Ses Salines is the long sandy beach at the southern tip of the island, inside the natural park of the same name, with the working salt pans immediately behind it and Formentera on the horizon. It is the most straightforwardly good swimming beach on Ibiza: fine pale sand, shallow water, and enough length to absorb a crowd.
Because it sits inside a protected park, nothing is built behind it. Dunes, junipers and sabina pines rather than apartments.
What is there
Sunbeds and parasols along most of the sand, showers, lifeguards in season, and a maintained disabled access route, which is rarer here than it should be. Watersports run from the beach: paddleboards, bodyboards, volleyball on the sand, and guided snorkelling out into the marine reserve.
The beach clubs run its length. Sa Trinxa is at the far end and the least formal, Jockey Club the busiest, with Beso Beach and Malibu between them. Parking sits behind the beach and is charged in season.
The park
The road in runs between the salt pans and is worth stopping on: they hold flamingos on migration and a long list of other birds year round. We cover that in our guide to the salt flats and flamingos.
From the far end, a flat coastal path runs round past the Torre de ses Portes to Es Cavallet, about an hour on foot.
Quick answers
Is Ses Salines sandy? Yes, fine pale sand, and the seabed too.
Is it good for children? Yes. Shallow, calm and long enough to find space.
Is there parking? Yes, behind the beach, charged in season, and it fills by the middle of a summer morning.
Is there disabled access? Yes, a maintained route down to the sand.
How far is the airport? About ten minutes, and you will hear the planes.
Can you walk to Es Cavallet? Yes, about an hour round the point.