Cala d’en Serra

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Cala d’en Serra
Location of Cala d’en Serra on Ibiza
Location Sant Joan de Labritja, Ibiza, Spain
Coordinates 39°6′27″N1°32′13″E / 39.10750°N 1.53694°E / 39.10750; 1.53694 Coordinates: 39°6′27″N1°32′13″E / 39.10750°N 1.53694°E / 39.10750; 1.53694

Cala d’en Serra is a beach in the northern part of the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja and is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) [1] north of the village of Sant Joan de Labritja, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the beach resort of Portinatx. [1]

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The beach of Cala d’en Serra is a small horseshoe bay with a further satellite coves near by. The sandy beach has clean clear water [2] and was once named in The Guardian newspaper, one of Europe’s best beaches. [3] The bay is surrounded by steep cliffs. [3]

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