Sir Joan Hotel

If you’re familiar with the rest of Sir Hotels’ portfolio, then you might be clued in to the location of Sir Joan: it’s the place where Joan is a gentleman’s name rather than a lady’s. For their first island outpost they’ve chosen Ibiza, and while it’s not the first time some globetrotting Northern Europeans have been transformed by their Balearic experience, it may be the first time that such a pilgrimage results in a luxury boutique hotel that genuinely improves the destination.

Ibiza, right now, is two different places in one: the up-all-night party mecca, and the semi-secluded, quasi-rural island paradise. Sir Joan is a hotel that can do a bit of both, as it turns out that even the most dedicated reveller needs a quiet place to sleep, eventually. But it’s perhaps most in tune with the private-retreat type, as its rooms are luxurious, light-filled, and though they’re stylish, thanks to designers Baranowitz + Kronenberg they’re rather subtle and sedate about it. Meanwhile you’re walking distance from both the beach and the nightlife, though if you prefer, you’ve got a good reason to stay in as well: Izakaya, the Japanese-Peruvian restaurant based in Amsterdam, has an outpost here as well.