Landmark · Ibiza Town

Dalt Vila - Phoenician Acropolis to Renaissance Fortress

Dalt Vila UNESCO 1999: Phoenician Ibossim 654 BC, Moorish stronghold, King Philip II's Renaissance walls 1554-1585, Mediterranean's best-preserved coastal fortress acropolis.

What to do there

TourDalt Vila - Phoenician Acropolis to Renaissance FortressWith 2,500 years of history, Dalt Vila (High Town) began as Phoenician Ibosim in 654 BC. Enter through the 1585 Portal de ses Taules, flanked by headless Roman statues. 25-meter-high walls (5m thick) were built by order of Charles I and Philip II. Free walking tours unravel layers of Phoenician, Roman, Moorish, and Spanish history.

Places to see and wineries nearby

Museum MAEF Archaeological Museum - Phoenician Ibiza Treasures MAEF Archaeological Museum Ibiza Town: Phoenician treasures spanning 2500 years of Mediterranean wine trade, salt commerce, and Bronze Age shipping routes.
Winery Puig des Molins Necropolis - UNESCO Phoenician Cemetery UNESCO-protected 7th-century-BC Phoenician necropolis on a windmill-topped hill: 5 hectares, 3,000+ tombs, Mediterranean's best-preserved burial site.
Winery · Santa Eulalia del Rio Ibizkus Winery - Phoenician Grape Revival Founded 2007, Ibizkus revives Ibiza's Monastrell tradition, producing hand-harvested, ungrafted grapes rated 92 in Spain's Guía Penín—the first Ibiza wine to achieve that score.