San Jose
To get to San Jose , tourists will need to get off the road to the airport about twenty kilometers (or thirty minutes) from the capital at the roundabout where McDonald s is. This village sits high on top of the hills right in the middle of Sanjoseland . Although first and foremost an actual living village (as opposed to a tourist center), San Jose nevertheless has everything the average everyday tourist might want to go looking for: bars, restaurants, shops, an arbor, winding streets, as well of course the basic essentials to any village like medical centers, schools, vets, and the Town Hall. At San Jose , one can see the church or iglesia built in pure Ibizan style: white thick walls encircled by the via crucis or the way of the cross, along which path saints are taken on procession during Patron Saint holidays. Behind the iglesia which dominates the village, one can find the Can Manyanet , a restaurant where one can sample and enjoy such typical Ibicencan food as Sofrit Pages (lamb casserole with chicken, potatoes and saffron) right in the middle of a garden. Right across the other side of the main road, El Destino serves tapas (a fusion of traditional Spanish vegetables, pulses and meats), and in the arbor opposite, is the Bar Bernat Vinya where one can see old-timers gather round the shaded tables to while away their time playing card games and bandying about hunting game with the Podenco (Ibicencan hound), whose pictures plaster the walls. In the San Jose shops, one can buy everything from traditional Ibicencan baskets and pottery, beach mats, farm implements to designer bathroom suites, children s toys, one could even buy whole farms altogether. In this small but perfectly formed village with a stunning view of three sides of the island, the rat race is unheard of as everybody takes their own sweet time living the good life.
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