Portinatx is a resort

Resort

A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company....

 on the island of Ibiza

Ibiza

Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

. It is located 40 minutes from the island airport

Airport

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 in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja

Sant Joan de Labritja

Sant Joan de Labritja is a village and municipality of the Balearic Islands on northern Ibiza. Among others, the resorts of Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent are located there.The municipality encompasses the following towns and villages:...

 and is the most northern resort on the island.

Portinatx has been criticised by some for being remote, making it difficult to get to other parts of the island. There is a bus

Bus

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 service to Ibiza Town

Ibiza Town

Ibiza Town is a city and municipality located on the southeast coast of the island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands autonomous community. Although called Ibiza in English and Spanish, the official name is in Catalan Eivissa and its inhabitants call it Vila d'Eivissa or simply Vila...

 (bus number 20 http://www.ibizabus.com/Page29.html) and Santa Eulària des Riu

Santa Eulària des Riu

Santa Eulària des Riu is a municipality on the eastern coast of Ibiza. The only river on the island flows through the town of Santa Eulària. The town was depicted, in the time before and up to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town...

 (bus number 21 http://www.ibizabus.com/Page30.html), however they only run every few hours. There is also a boat service to Es Canar and Sant Miquel, but again the service is infrequent.

Portinax has been praised for its picturesque

Picturesque

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scenery and many believe it to be the most beautiful resort on the island. Some landmarks include a Pirate tower and a lighthouse.