The best beach hotels in Formentera
An expert guide to the best beach hotels in Formentera, featuring the top places to stay for gold sand beaches, cerulean sea views, rustic-chic interiors, enticing pools, and beachside restaurants and bars, in locations including Migjorn, Cala Saona and Es Pujols.
With one of Formentera’s most stunning beaches on your doorstep, you’ll find little reason to wander much further than the immediate vicinity of the hotel. It’s encompassed by the vibrant greens of a pine forest, the most enticing cerulean ocean blues, and the softest of white sands. The hotel design is a tribute to the nature that surrounds it. Huge, floor-to-ceiling windows are interspersed throughout the building, framing the stunning coastline like a postcard, while interiors are a combination of white and sandblasted hues that ooze sophistication.
• The best hotels in Formentera
Relaxed glamour comes to bohemian Formentera in the form of the ultra-chic Gecko Hotel & Beach Club, where guests start the day with yoga in the gardens or long breakfasts gazing at the sea. Rooms with plunge pools and daybeds on the terrace mean chilling out has never felt more natural. The two-storey white building is flanked by a pool, lawns and terraces, but it is the full-frontal view of the shimmering sapphire Mediterranean that makes your jaw drop. You might find yourself babbling incoherently and quite possibly dribbling – it doesn’t matter, you’re on holiday now.
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As the name suggests, everything is white at the Blanco. The pared-down chic fits the no-fuss Formentera ethos to a tee. Don’t expect any frills here, just sink into the laidback life style of swimming, sunbathing and cycling. The hotel is a couple of minutes’ walk from Es Pujols beach, which is about the nearest Formentera gets to a resort, with a string of low-key bars and restaurants on the waterfront. But life at the Blanco revolves mainly around the pool, which is lit up with floating candles at night and overlooked by the restaurant's romantic terrace.
To some, Formentera is a place where five-star luxury should be eschewed in favour of a simpler, rustic charm. If that’s you, Las Dunas, a self-catering hotel hidden in the sand dunes of Migjorn beach, is heaven on earth. The sea-facing side of the hotel is where all the action is; here, you’ll find a lovely, curved pool spooning a smaller plunge pool, a restaurant and bar. There are 40 apartments in total, but as they’re dotted over the sand dunes between the dirt road and the beach, you never feel a lack of space or privacy.
