Cafe del Mar Ibiza

The Cafe del Mar is a bar in Ibiza, next to the beach of San Antonio, famous for its selection of music played at dusk. Cafe del Mar is filled with people willing to watch the sunset. Based on an idea of Ramon G. Broto, Carlos Andrea and Jose Les and designed by Catalan architect Lluis Guell, it was inaugurated on 20th June 1980. It commercially exploited a simple idea: enjoy the quiet evenings of the Calo des Moro bay while listening to good music and a drink.

Since 1994 Cafe del Mar has released albums every year with the themes chill out, lounge, ambient, chill house and Balearic beats with a choice of music that reflects the atmosphere in Ibiza. They started under the English label React Music and under the distribution of Vital, but in 1997 switched to Mercury Records in London. In 1999 the Cafe del Mar Music label recorded and part of that new house builds Chill with the distribution of New Records.

Published in 2002 was Cafe del Mar – 20th Anniversary, with two CDs: a selection by Ramon G.Broto showcasing the success of the past 20 years and Bruno (Resident DJ), with music of the new millennium. He also published Cafe del Mar – Classic, highlighting the tailored classic sound of Cafe del Mar.

In the summer of 2004 the local cafe opened in Altea Sea and Lanzarote, which were followed by others, and (according to data published in 2005) on that date more than 4 million people had seen the sunset from Cafe del Mar and over 9 million of its 25 CDs had been sold worldwide and over a million units of clothing. To celebrate the event, Cafe del Mar on its 25th Anniversary, released a triple CD with unreleased tracks and a second album Cafe del Mar – Classic.

On 13th July 2007, the jury of the School of Tourism of the Consell Insular de Ibiza awarded the School of Tourism Award in recognition of the work of professionals in tourism enterprises in Ibiza.

The organization gave one to the Cafe del Mar for their “creativity and innovation”. DJ Jose Padilla has been responsible for the most Café del Mar discs. Today, Café del Mar has a radio program on FM radio station Europe Chill out content that is broadcast on Friday and Saturday nights, between 1 and 4 in the morning.

Outside in the evening