How to Get to Cala Comte, Ibiza

Cala Comte has no single front door. You can get there on the P4 bus from Sant Antoni (May to October), drive to the car park beside the access road, take a taxi, or come by boat from Sant Antoni harbour (also May to October). From November to April, plan on a car or a taxi. Which is best depends on where you are staying and whether you want to stay for the sunset.

The beach is officially called Platges de Comte and belongs to the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia. The Sant Josep tourism office puts it 24 km from Ibiza Town and 13 km from Sant Josep, and its directions are simple: from Sant Antoni de Portmany (San Antonio), take the road towards Port des Torrent and follow the signs, or turn left on the way from Sant Agustí des Vedrà.

The quick answer

• Staying in San Antonio? Take the bus for a beach day, or the boat once for the view from the water.
• Staying in Ibiza Town or the east? Drive, or take a bus to Sant Antoni and change. It is the far side of the island.
• Coming for the sunset? Book a sunset boat, or plan the last bus and the evening traffic before you go.

By bus: the P4 from Sant Antoni

Sant Antoni’s tourism office lists the P4 as the Cala Comte line, running from Sant Antoni bus station; the P5 goes to Cala Bassa. ALSA’s new island network started on 1 April 2026, and its 2026 P4 timetable runs like this:

The ride takes about 35 minutes each way. ALSA can change a timetable within the season, so check its Ibiza site the day before.

From November to March there is one public option: the A14 between Sant Josep and Cala Tarida stops at Cala Comte (and Cala Bassa) on request, Monday to Friday except public holidays. You book the stop by phone on 971 578 325 or in ALSA’s Mobi4U app. On the 2026 timetable it reaches Cala Comte at 12:43 and 17:58 coming from Sant Josep, and leaves Cala Comte for Sant Josep at 7:40 and 13:10, so a midday visit of about half an hour, or a morning lift, is what it allows. In April no bus stops at Cala Comte: the A14 runs only to Cala Tarida, and the P4 starts on 1 May. The best-time guide sets out what runs in each month.

The stop, called Cala Comte, is beside the coves, a short walk from the sand. When the clifftop was closed to cars in 2017, the council added frequencies on the Sant Antoni bus and ran it later in the evening for the sunset crowd. That is still the shape of it: from June to September the last bus leaves after sunset. In October the last bus, at 18:40, leaves before sunset until the clocks go back on 25 October 2026; after that the sun sets at about 18:00, so you can watch it and still catch the bus.

From Ibiza Town there is no direct beach bus: go to Sant Antoni first, then change.

By car: the car park and the 2017 closure

The council closed the clifftop at Platges de Comte to cars in May 2017. Up to 300 vehicles used to park on the cliffs, and the council blocked the old car park with large stones to stop the damage and the summer traffic chaos. Parking moved to a field on the left of the road, and the council lists parking among the beach’s services.

Three things follow from that:

1. Arrive in the morning in July and August. The car park can fill up on a summer day.
2. Park in the car park, not on the verge. In the first weeks after the closure, the local police fined 106 badly parked cars.
3. Expect a queue after sunset. Everyone leaves at once. If that sounds like a bad end to the day, see the boat options below.

If you are bringing your own car over on the ferry between 1 June and 30 September, Ibiza’s vehicle-entry rules apply: non-resident vehicles need an authorisation, issued through the Consell d’Eivissa’s ibizacircular.es portal. Hire cars come under a separate quota that the rental companies manage.

By taxi

Sant Antoni’s tourism office lists the island’s radio-taxi numbers, including Radio Taxi Sant Josep (971 80 00 80) and Radio Taxi Sant Antoni (971 34 37 64). A taxi is simple on the way there. Getting one back after sunset in August is harder, so agree the pickup in advance, or treat the bus or a boat as your way home.

By boat from Sant Antoni harbour

This is the way most visitors remember. Boats leave from the harbour along Sant Antoni’s seafront and cross the bay to the western tip, about 7 km in a straight line. There are two kinds:

• A return boat to Cala Conta or Cala Bassa. It is sold in the summer season, but it was not listed when this page was checked (October 2026).
• A boat trip that stops at the beach. The beach-hopping cruise at the top of this page docks at Cala Bassa and Cala Comte, so you walk off onto the sand for about an hour at each, then anchors in a swim bay with paddleboards. It costs from $58 in current promotion (usually $78) with lunch and drinks (October 2026).

The San Antonio boat guide compares every boat that goes to Cala Comte, from the beach-hopping cruise to a small sailing yacht and a jet ski.

On foot or by bike

The council lists the bicycle as one way in, and the road from Port des Torrent is the one to take. It is a hot ride in summer, so start early. Walking from Sant Antoni along the road is possible but long, and the boat or the bus is the better choice for most people.

Getting back

Whatever you choose, sort out the return before you settle in for the sunset. The last bus, the car park queue and the taxi wait all come at the same time. A sunset boat trip solves it: you watch from the water and land back in Sant Antoni. The sunset guide has the times by month and the sunset trips that stop at Cala Comte.