Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Summer's Island

For years now, every summer I see dream like images of Formentera, the smaller and southern most of the Balearic Islands. I've seen images of beautiful summer houses, white sanded beaches, and crystalline blue waters. Silly enough {and quite uneducated} I always thought it was an Italian island and when I realized how wrong I was I looked a little bit more into it.


The island is one of those vacation destinations that has successfully been able to be not just a tourism spot but also a sustainable place to go to. The island is unique in so many ways beginning with the fact that it is rare to find an island in the Mediterranean that has white sand beaches all around, also it is surrounded by a posidonia {a type of sea plant} that cleans and filters the water naturally.

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The island can only be accessed by boat from Ibiza and because of its user friendly size visitors are more into exploring the island on mopeds and bicycles than they do in cars {they are widely available!}. Besides that the island has a large infrastructure that encourages people to use bikes.



The island was declared world heritage by UNESCO in 1999 and for the past few years has been gaining a lot of popularity especially  by the European jet set who are looking for an alternative to the party environment in Ibiza.


Once again sorry if your productivity hours are interrupted by this post, but you'll be happier after a little wanderlust... I know I am!

Have a great day!

21 comments:

  1. Oh that's beautiful - count me in on that trip. I bet it's super quiet and peaceful with little to no cars around. Just the lapping of the waves

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  2. It is so beautiful! thanks for sharing this. Definitely adding it to the must see list!

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  3. amazing! i love this :)

    xx

    natalieoffduty.blogspot.com

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  4. I have always wanted to go. Everyone loves it! I have gone plenty a time to Palma which is close by.....but I think Formentera is way more relaxed with better beaches.

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  5. I've been dreaming of it forever too! Love how their are white sand beaches too. Such a unique thing for there.

    Hope you're doing well, love! xoxo

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  6. Please transport me right into that last photo! I could use a day at the beach right about now!

    xo Mary Jo

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  7. I am happier. I feel much calmer! :)

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  8. Oh!!!! What an incredibly beautiful place. I want to go on holiday NOW and AGAIN.
    Wonderful pictures. There are so many nice places in the world, I hope to find time to visit all of them in my lifetime.

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  9. Ohhh lovely, you have introduced me to a new place of beauty and wonder. Those images will be on my mind all week!

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  10. Wow, this would be an amazing getaway. I'm loooong overdue for a beach vacation and need to go on one STAT!

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  11. BEAUTIFUL! now you have me dreaming of this too!
    xx.M
    www.bellesandrebelles.blogspot.com

    PS. Two out of three of us from LMM have your interview questions answered! Waiting on one more girl! Sorry for the delay! Two of the three girls are traveling! Will get to you soon! :)
    Thanks!!!

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  12. looks like such a great place for a getaway!
    Chic on the Cheap

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  13. Gorgeous! A place where you bike and lounge away all day? I love that!

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  14. what a DREAM! hahaha if it can only be accessed by boat, there's not a lot of tourist there which is good. never heard about this place. thanks for the info!
    http://www.averysweetblog.com/

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  15. I'll be there in 1 week and can't wait!! Formentera is truly a magical island, there is a lot of tourism but not as much a ibiza, you should definitely go there when you have the chance :)

    http://fashion-gourmet.blogspot.com/

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  16. interrupt ANYTIME!!!
    i needed this. thank you.

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  17. Love it...great minds think alike! :) xx

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