The chillout one

HOTEL HACIENDA NA XAMENA

Right up on the northwest coast, in a part of the island inhabited mainly by locals and savvy expats, the Hacienda Na Xamena has a splendid air of isolation. It’s the perfect base for exploring the glorious other Ibiza, away from the clubs and resorts.

The low-lying white building has a stunning cliffside location, with a sheer drop several hundred feet down to the sea. Decorated in a somewhat schizophrenic Moroccan/Asian theme, the hotel’s 65 rooms seem slightly dated, but to compensate, they have gobsmacking sea views and many come with outdoor Jacuzzis.

The small but perfectly formed La Posidonia spa offers hydrotherapy treatments with a high-tech slant: the hotel is worth visiting for the extraordinary open-air terraced wave-cascade hydrotherapy pool alone.

Doubles from £150; 00 34 971 334500; www.hotelhacienda-ibiza.com

The DJ’s one

HOTEL ES VIVE

In quiet Figueretas, about a mile from Ibiza town, the Es Vive belies its location with a series of hedonistic pool parties in high season and an umbilical link to the island’s club scene. Packed with sexy bikini-clad dance divas recovering on teak sun loungers, this is categorically not a family-oriented hotel.

With 55 bright Ikea-chic rooms, the Es Vive provides perfect style on a budget. The two corner suites are well worth the upgrade, with huge showers and ocean-view double balconies.

The hotel comes into its own from about 3am, when the glam (fully soundproofed) DJ bar gets going as clubbers and DJs return from the venues and hold impromptu after-parties. If you plan to sleep, get a room away from both the bar and the lift.

Doubles from £69, suites from £124; 00 34 971 301902, www.hotelesvive.com
The jet-set one

EL HOTEL PACHA

If their yachts are out of commission, this is where the visiting glitterati hole up. From the owners of the Spanish mega club Pacha, El Hotel is the only international-standard hotel on the island. With obvious Schrager influences — double-height atrium, gallons of white paint and sculptural seating — this place radiates serenity, in contrast to its location in the industrial area of Ibiza town’s marina. The 55 all-white junior suites come with enough orchids to rival Kew, flatscreen TVs and pressure showers (a rarity on parched Ibiza). Only use the swimming pool if you have a model body or enormous amounts of chutzpah.

El Hotel has no atmosphere whatsoever, which makes it a perfect antidote to an up-all-night session mingling with the celebs at Pacha, opposite.

Rooms from £151; 00 34 971 315963, www.elhotelpacha.com

The chic one

LOS JARDINES DE PALERM

Perched on a hillside above sleepy San José, this is a charming boutique hotel set in a 17th-century finca. A labour of love on the owners’ part, Los Jardines is more akin to staying in a family home that just happens to be a laid-back but efficient hotel. There are just five double rooms, and four fabulous modernist suites in shades of taupe, with stunning polished concrete bathrooms.

Los Jardines has no central communal area, just beautiful terraced grounds where you can drift between the shaded bar, the infinity lap pool by the lemon trees, and a second pool in the centre of the hotel. A perfect breakfast of fruit, yoghurt and breads is served in an olive grove. There’s no restaurant or room service, but there’s a splendid tapas bar five minutes’ walk down the hill.

Doubles from £104; 00 34 971 800318, www.jardinsdepalerm.com

The budget one

HOSTAL LA MARINA

In high season, it’s almost impossible to find affordable short-stay beds in Ibiza — so keep La Marina under your hat. This friendly, cheap hotel is bang in the middle of Ibiza town, so ear plugs and a laid-back attitude are essential. The clean, primary-coloured rooms, with wrought-iron bedsteads and tiny bathrooms, are perfect for a weekend — any longer and the lack of a pool or beach, and the location, will begin to grate.

The accommodation is arranged around Calle Barcelona in four blocks, all with 24-hour access. The best rooms, because they are the quietest — relatively speaking — overlook the harbour in the main La Marina building, which dates from 1862. The ensuite rooms in Los Caracoles are smaller and noisier, but great value.

Doubles from £33; 00 34 971 310172, www.hostal-lamarina.com

Need to know

Sasha Wilkins was a guest of the Hotel Es Vive

Getting there: EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) flies to Ibiza from Gatwick and Stansted; Iberia (0870 609 0500, www.iberia.com) and British Airways (0870 850 9850, www.ba.com) fly from Gatwick; Jet2 (0871 226 1737, www.jet2.com) flies from Manchester and Leeds/Bradford; and Flyglobespan (0870 556 1522, www.flyglobespan.com) flies from Edinburgh and Glasgow.

When to go: club divas should hit the island from June to September. The island is more quiet and calm out of the clubbing season, and of the big clubs, only Pacha is open all year round.

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