We loved this hotel & don't want to share the secret of how good it is because we'd like to keep it to ourselves.
We adore older properties because that gives them a relaxed feeling & one isn't worried about accidentally scratching a posh polished table and being charged a million. Anyway, North Ibiza is famous for hippiness & is now 'hippi-chique' & all of Ibiza, such as San Antonio, has 'rustic-chique', such things as we found in niches of San Antonio: beautiful 'rustic' elements, including whole honey comb for breakfast, old doors made into chair backs, knarled olive trees gracing poolsides, that's the beautiful Ibiza vibe.
If you want relaxed & 'rustic-chique' Ibiza's for you, if you want gold taps & polished everything, then maybe find a friend with a super yacht? They have those on Ibiza too. We adore the Ibiza 'rustic-chique' island vibe. The hum of cicadas (crickets) is the music we prefer!
This hotel was in a pine wood full of buzzing cicadas, so perfectly Ibiza-lovely for us.
Families seem to have discovered that Stella Maris is a paradise for kids, the beautiful pools were crammed with kids chortling with joy and splashing about. Almost no teens during our stay, but it suited our 15 year old fine: we loved the pools despite them being busy, there was plenty of space around them, and we played table pool in the games room. Plus, it was a short steep walk down a side road to a sea cove.
Who needs a beachside hotel when you have pine woods and cicads?