It is an unusual but true fact that we do not have any railway trains in Ibiza. It seems that whilst the industrial revolution was taking place throughout the rest of Europe, people in Ibiza chose to stage horse and cart races?
Ultimately, they were right as can be proven by the existence of the 'Road Trains'. Road Trains can be driven on normal roads, don't consume enormous amounts of coal (which we don't have in Ibiza) or water (which we don't have much of in Ibiza) to make steam, or leave little smuts on your clothing if you decide to look out of the window.
In fact, Road Trains are basically strong cars, dressed like trains, which can pull over 50 people slowly around the island all at the same time! This may sound remarkable until you get trapped behind one on a bendy road as they're too long to overtake.
Anyway this is how they describe themselves on the sandwich board outside the Santa Eulalia Town Hall, which is the local 'IbiTren' bus stop. If locals don't know what you mean when you ask for the Road Train or IbiTren - try the 'Wally Wagon'.
Santa Eulalia Express
Departs: 10:00, 12:00, 16:00, 18:00 o'clock.
"Touristic tour of about 12 kilometres from Santa Eulalia till a typical place in the country. We shall visit first of all the Ethnologic Museum 'Can Ros' to know about the traditions of Ibiza island in a 20 minutes visit. Afterwards we shall go up to the top of the 'Puig de Missa' hill, from where we can overlook the city and the sea. ?Going down we shall begin a round trip of 6 kilometres across the country to have a drink during about 20 minutes. Endly we shall go back to Santa Eulalia. The round trip takes aproximately 01'30 h. Sale of tickets on aboard"
San Antonio Express
The car park by "The Egg" (main roundabout)
Departs: 11:00, 13:00, 16:00, 18:00.
"Tourist excursion to the countryside from San Antonio to the typical village of Santa Ines. On the way we can enjoy the beautiful scenery, the countryside, the mountains, the coastline and the sea during the 20km outing. You can enjoy a drink (Sangria, beer, coca cola, orange or lemon juice) in the bar "La Palmera" of Santa Ines and have a look around for 20 minutes.
On the way back we will stop again on the top of the mountain for 5 minutes to photograph the bay and it's Islands. ?Finally we will return to San Antonio at the end of our excursion.
The round trip takes approximately 2 hours. Minimum 15 people for the trip."
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