To catch the official guide of the Consell Insular beaches, we discovered a beach to the North of Ibiza, in the municipality of Santa Eulalia. The Guide defines it as Pou des Lleó or Canal d’ Marti. Sometimes, one thousand times through the same area and fails to discover a piece of sandy coast less than a hundred metres. But Sant Carles de Peralta, East where we are located, is a place that later rather than sooner, the residents have just discovered. Although there are times that we don’t like what we see.
Reaching Pou des Lleó
Not have loss. We headed towards Sant Carles (San Carlos) by the road that crosses Santa Eulalia. After passing through the main street of the small town we went to Cala Mastella. Arriving at the single fork in the road, take the road on the left. Five kilometres out of Sant Carles, arrived at Pou des Lleó. You can leave the car almost in any site, because almost that not there will be nobody.
Exploring the Canal d ‘ in Marti
I mentioned before that he did not remember a beach as the area. And when you get to Canal d’ Marti, continued without discovering her. In Ibiza, rare time they are two places similar. Had already been before, in winter, where the channel does not seem anything to discover in summer. Because it is a channel. The beach not is more than a training Sandy consequence of centuries of tidal. Sixty meters of sand accumulated with an incredible density of boats in the area. The channel is used by the owners of the boat ramps that cover the coast and, during the summer, leaving their boats anchored in the sheltered portion of the coast. The sand has the color which provides both loose oil, and a bar meets the needs of the few who come to the beach.
But Pou des Lleó, lion well, keep some secrets. Very neglected, that Yes, but secret. Geologists do not end up agree. Some have determined the naturalness of the channel. Others instead believe that it is completely artificial. One way or another, the beach found a Roman oven dedicated to the production of purple dye. A dye made with different mollusks that are on the coasts of Ibiza and of great social importance at the time.
A ride to enjoy the landscape and dress us in Romans we discover, a little horrified, that place looks like more of a landfill than a tourist beach. Debris accumulate above boathouses giving the impression of a real dump. Archaeological remains, none. We still wonder who was the luminaries who decided to include this item on the map as a beach. Probably someone who did not know the island, or when less, visited the beach in winter. During this time of year, there are many who come to Pou des Lleó a drink after the meal. But if some environmentalist with notions of the law of coasts will visit the surrounding area, it would take the hands to the head with such panorama. A pity this Pou des Lleó.
