IBIZA - SANT CARLES DE PERALTA - BAR ANITA / CA N’ANNETA

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BAR ANITA - CA N’ANNETA

Update November 2026: The centre of Sant Carles, around Bar Anita (Ca n’Anneta), has been pedestrianised, so you can no longer park directly outside the bar as before. Through traffic is now routed around the village, with parking available outside the pedestrianised centre.

You now have to park just outside the village.

This allows for more outdoor seating, although not everyone is happy, as they believe it has spoiled the previous atmosphere.

Bar Anita (Ca n’Anneta), Sant Carles, Ibiza.

Located in Sant Carles (San Carlos), a tiny village near Santa Eulària des Riu, beside the church of Sant Carles de Peralta, this much-loved bar and restaurant is one of Ibiza’s most famous. Known as both Bar Anita and Ca n’Anneta, its history stretches back to 1872/1876, when the building began life as Can Pep Benet: a family grocery, small bar and postal point.

In 1942, Ana Marí Torres and her husband, Bartolomé Noguera, took over the family business and opened the bar that became famous across the island. Ana — affectionately known as Anita or “Mamá Anneta” — ran it for decades. During Ibiza’s hippie years of the late 1960s and 1970s, it became an essential meeting place, with travellers using its postboxes to receive letters and money from home. Today, the old mailboxes, telephone-cabin furniture and house-made hierbas still preserve its unmistakable character.

It became a must-visit for bohemians and intellectuals in rural northern Ibiza. For many, it remains one of the few surviving reminders of the island’s hippie era — perhaps the last of its kind.

Ana Marí Torres, known as Anita, made Ca n’Anneta famous and celebrated her 100th birthday in March 2026. Sadly, she died in May 2026. In her youth, when medical services were scarce, Ana also acted as an informal nurse for local people. She was deeply loved by residents and visitors alike.

In 2006, Ana received the Ramon Llull Prize from the Balearic Government in recognition of her work preserving Ca n’Anneta’s hierbas ibicencas, including the careful sourcing and blending of local herbs used in their production.

The wood-burning stove is no longer in use today, but it adds to the rustic charm of this historic bar.

You will find a billiard table and a much-loved large-screen TV, typical of Spanish bars, plus a well-stocked bar and a side room with more tables and chairs.

The side area can be hired to hold local events.

You can breathe in history and fresh air at the same time. Ca n’Anneta first opened at the end of the 19th century and is a genuine architectural treasure and social institution in Sant Carles and throughout the Islas Pitiusas (Pine Islands).

You will see artworks in a range of styles, many dating from the hippie years, when artists with little money would sometimes exchange their work for food.

In the bar and terrace area, you will notice several small wooden mailboxes. During the hippie era, many visitors had no fixed address, so they used Ca n’Anneta to receive letters and money from home. Some of these mailboxes are still in use today. Additionally, there is an old telephone kiosk, the only telephone available in the area at the time.

Although it serves good tapas and authentic Spanish food, it is far more than a place to eat. A visit offers a wonderful, nostalgia-filled journey back in time, full of nostalgia.

They have some excellent olives, aioli, and bread.

Cheese and Jamón.

Our friend Jonathon Lipsin writes: “Here I am at Bar Anita for a morning coffee in Ibiza with Miguel Renoir, who has known the White Isle well after decades of visiting the island.”