strolled through the glamorous party to chat with guests invited to the inauguration of the first grand hotel to open in the little fishing village. He was also able to congratulate the owner of the hotel, Josep Roselló Cardona, who the Berlin philosopher and writer would feature in one of his short sto-ries One Afternoon Travelling. Roselló was a visionary entre-preneur, son of a family of wealthy peasants, who brought to the small town what many came to call “progress”. Roselló was able to see that this Ibizan enclave could become a tourist destination that attracted not only wealthy locals but foreign-ers as well. He chose a location facing the bay of Portmany to build his hotel, a groundbreaking design with luxury rooms and en suite bathrooms, terraces with sea views, an electricity generator and even its own ice factory. The Portmany hotel became a meeting point for celebri-ties like actor Errol Flynn who, when his yacht was anchored in the bay, would drop by for a cocktail in the bar, which was decorated with exclusively designed furniture in the Majorcan Renaissance style, according to Juan Pantaleoni, Cardona’s grandson and current manager of the establish-ment. Other distinguished guests included Aristotle Onassis, who, already in the late 50s and early 60s, would have coin-cided with Don Juan de Borbón in the Portmany’s restaurant. If a diner happened to fancy eating fresh lobster, a member of hotel staff would take a boat and row out to the hotel’s own lobster nursery. They were followed by posh hippies, intellec-tuals and artists (like Ignacio and Josefina Aldecoa and Rafael Azcona) who came to the bay to switch off from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Long live the Portmany. IBIZA Vista del puerto de Sant Antoni en los años 30. // View of the port of Sant Antoni in the 1930s. © Cortesía de Juan Pantaleoni Roselló. Terraza y habitación del renovado hotel Portmany en su 90 aniversario. // Terrace and room of the renovated Hotel Portmany on its 90th anniversary. © Cortesía Hotel Portmany. Terraza y habitación del renovado hotel Portmany en su 90 aniversario. // Terrace and room of the renovated Hotel Portmany on its 90th anniversary. © Daniel Pérez IBIZA Vuelos // Flights: Hasta tres vuelos al día programa Air Europa entre la isla Pitiusa y Madrid. También hay tres vuelos semanales entre Ibiza y la ciudad de Bilbao. // Air Europa schedules up to three flights a day between the island of Ibiza and Madrid. There are also three flights a week between Ibiza and the city of Bilbao. www.aireuropa.com