Formentera · West

Cala Saona

A small protected cove on Formentera's west side — the office's overnight anchorage of choice on a second night of the Pitiusas loop.

ala Saona is the small cove on the west coast of Formentera that the office uses as the second-night anchorage on most multi-day Pitiusas charters. The bay is protected from the prevailing wind, the water is calm enough to sleep through, and the small Cala Saona hotel ashore is a quiet option for a dinner off the boat. The light at sundown — red cliffs reflecting on glassy water — is among the best in the Balearics.

The chartered day-boats return to Ibiza by early evening; from 18:30 the cove holds a handful of overnighting yachts and the sundown is, briefly, yours.

Anchorage facts

How the day reads on paper.

Best time: Late afternoon and overnight

Anchorage

Cala Saona, 38.704 N · 1.388 E

Depth

6–10 m, sand

Wind shelter

Good from E–N, exposed to W

Distance from Marina Ibiza

≈ 22 nm · 1h 20 cruising

Ashore

Hotel Cala Saona · small beach restaurant

At Cala Saona

What to do on the water.

01Overnight at anchor with the boat barely moving
02Sundown over the small red cliffs that frame the cove
03Dinner ashore at the Hotel Cala Saona — quiet, residential, a real local table
04Morning swim in still water before the day-boats arrive

If you step ashore

Tables we reserve through the office.

·Hotel Cala Saona · the residential option, low-key, excellent fish

Questions we hear

Cala Saona — answered.

Is Cala Saona safe overnight?+

Yes — in normal westerly weather. The captain checks the forecast at 19:00 the evening before; if a westerly is building overnight we move to the more sheltered S'Alga at Espalmador.

Plan a charter via Cala Saona