Sunday 11 January 2009

Ibiza: High Street Homogeneity

Back in 2001 I wrote a satirical little paragraph for my Ibiza Sun Newspaper column. Here it is

" Turn right at the Airtel shop, left again at the Airtel shop (the other one) and straight on until Amena. Turn right here and continue to the Movistar shop and then bear left. Finally make another right at Airtel (the other other one) and when you see Telefonica go right because it's one way there."

They're all mobile phone shops, but equally could have been opticians, shoe shops, kids clothes shops or ladies' underwear emporiums which seem to take turns Starbucks style even in Ibiza.

However, lurking above our faceless ground level facades are some breathtakingly beautiful structures. Here's a few shots from Ibiza Town's main square the Vara de Rey taken yesterday.

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