Es Canar Hippy Market, Santa Eulàlia

History, situation and timetables

Near Santa Eulalia is the original Hippy market of Es Canar, the biggest Hippy market on the Island. It was originally started in the early 70’s by a group of swiss hippies selling jeans to “5 pesetas” -2 pens- a pair. They converted a small piece of land into a place where the could sell articles –all hand made- to be able to live, very simply in their own hippy style on this magical island.

Nowadays, it’s a market full of life and colours, very well known, and much visited by tourists. Although it has lost a lot of its original ideas. Now very few things are artisan or hand-made, it has grown with the times, therefore apart from hand-made-jewellry, pottery, leather goods and food. It now has various stands dedicated to tattooing or piercing and, of course, there are many stands selling the typical ad-lib ibicencan clothes in pure white cotton –dresses, skirts, tops, trousers etc. The ad-lib clothes are now sold all over the world, one of Ibiza – the White Island’s most famous products.

The market is held only on Wednesdays and is open until six in the afternoon. Well worth a visit to this colourful and fun market. Best spend the day there to visit also the beautiful surrounding area in the countryside and by the sea.