Ibiza

The White Isle, the whole story of Ibiza, from a Phoenician trading post founded around 654 BC to the club capital of the world. The walled old town of Dalt Vila and the salt flats of Ses Salines; the myths of Es Vedrà and the sunset ritual at Café del Mar; the 1960s freaks and the hippie markets; Pacha, Amnesia, Space, Privilege, DC10, Ushuaïa and Hï; DJ Alfredo, Carl Cox, Circoloco and Solomun; the Balearic beat that lit the Second Summer of Love and the EDM era that followed; the beaches and boat parties, the villages and the gastronomy, Manumission and Club Tropicana and all the myth and excess of the island that never sleeps.

A chronological documentary of 737 moments spanning c. 5th century BC–2026 on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-09-20

1. c. 5th century BC - Greek aryballoi in a Punic grave. Greek aryballoi, small oil flasks, excavated from the Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins. Greek pottery in a Punic burial is the clearest evidence of Ebusus as a trading island rather than an isolated colony.
2. c. 5th century BC - A Greek krater from the necropolis. A Greek krater found in the Phoenician necropolis at Puig des Molins. The vessel was made for mixing wine and water in a Greek symposium, and ended up as grave goods on a Punic island.
3. Punic period - A painted ostrich egg from the necropolis. A Punic ostrich egg found in the Phoenician necropolis at Puig des Molins. Ostrich eggs were imported across the Punic world and painted for burial, cut and used as vessels or masks, one of the most distinctive objects of Carthaginian funerary practice.
4. 550–200 BC - Crotals, cymbals and bone flutes. Bronze crotals and cymbals and fragments of bone flutes from Punic Ibiza, dated between 550 and 200 BC and used in the funeral rituals held at the Puig des Molins necropolis. The dead were buried with the instruments that had been played over them.
5. 4th century BC - The bust believed to be Tanit. A terracotta bust of a female figure, thought to represent the goddess Tanit, excavated from the Puig des Molins necropolis and dated to the 4th century BC. Tanit was the chief deity of Punic Ibiza; the island's Roman name, Ebusus, and its modern one both descend from that settlement.
6. Punic period - Punic unguent flasks. Punic flasks for scented oil, recovered from the Phoenician necropolis at Puig des Molins. Unguentaria were placed with the dead in numbers; the perfume trade was one of the island's exports.
7. Punic period - Punic terracotta, moulded and painted. A moulded Punic terracotta from Puig des Molins. The necropolis was in use from the 7th century BC and holds some three thousand tombs, the largest and best preserved Phoenician-Punic burial ground anywhere.
8. Punic period - Punic terracotta figure. A Punic terracotta figure from the Puig des Molins necropolis. Thousands of such figures were placed in the rock-cut hypogea that honeycomb the hillside above Ibiza town.
9. Punic period - A satyr in terracotta. A Punic terracotta depicting a satyr, found at Puig des Molins, Greek iconography made in a Punic workshop, a sign of how thoroughly the island traded with the wider Mediterranean.
10. 250 BC - Puig des molins Ibiza Terracota sIIIaC. Terracotas del siglo III aC del yacimiento de Puig des Molins, Ibiza. Depositada en el Mudeo de Prehistoria de Valencia, Comunidad valenciana, España.
11. 1947-02-27 - Ibiza-1947, La isla blanca. Ibiza 1947 pre-hippie island, Ibiza 1947.
12. 1955-05-03 - Ibiza, 1950's. Archive film 93700. 1950s Ibiza fishing-village archival, Ibiza 1955.
13. 1959-06-11 - Ibiza for tourists, 1959. Archive film 93694. 1959 Ibiza early tourism, Ibiza 1959.
14. 1960-08-13 - Arenal Pequeño de Portinatx (Ibiza) (18388212566). Ibiza, 1960 Procedencia: Desconocido Fotógrafo: E. de la Vega Registro nº: 00660 Signatura: Caja 7 Fondos: Biblioteca de la Facultad de Empresa y Gestión Pública (Universidad de Zaragoza) Legado: Luis Fernández Fuster / E.S. Turismo Huesca
15. 1962-02-03 - Documentary made about Ibiza in August 1962. Award winning documentary made by by father Brian Cox in 1962 about life in Ibiza. Ibiza Town Sant Antony de Portmany Cala Bassa (only by boat in 1962) Filmed on Standard 8 cine film. Had a soundtrack originally which I'm trying to locate and retrieve.
16. 1963-10-15 - 1960s Unspoilt Ibiza, Rare Colour Home Movies. Unspoilt 1960s Ibiza in colour, Ibiza 1963.
17. 1964-08-27 - Old Ibiza, 8mm cine film from the 1960s. 1960s Ibiza 8mm, Ibiza 1964.
18. 1965 - Ibiza 1960s Holiday 8mm Home Movie Cine Film part 1. 1960s Ibiza 8mm home movie, Ibiza 1965.
19. 1965 - 1960s Ibiza, Beaches, Hotels, Old Town, HD from 16mm. 1960s Ibiza on 16mm, Ibiza 1965.
20. 1965 - Spain 1960s, archival footage of Ibiza. 1960s Ibiza archival footage, Ibiza 1965.
21. 1966 - Ibiza holiday in 1966. Archive film 99467. 1966 Ibiza archival holiday film, Ibiza 1966.
22. 1968-08-18 - Ibiza 1968. Ibiza in 1968, early bohemia, Ibiza 1968.
23. 1969-02-10 - Hippie party on Ibiza 1969. 1969 Ibiza hippie party, Ibiza 1969.
24. 1969-05-24 - Película MORE grabada en Ibiza 1969. Barbet Schroeder film 'More' shot on Ibiza 1969, Ibiza 1969.
25. 1969-06-08 - Legendary art forger Elmyr de Hory throws out a challenge. Elmyr de Hory Ibiza forger, Ibiza 1969.
26. 1969-06-08 - Ibiza en 1969. Ibiza freak/psychedelic scene 1969, Ibiza 1969.
27. 1970-02-12 - Ibiza 1970. 1970.
28. 1972-02-10 - 1972 Ibiza. 1972.
29. 1973 - Ibiza Vintage 1970s Home Movie Cine Film. 1970s Ibiza home movie, Ibiza 1973.
30. 1975-08-01 - Ibiza Spain 1975 old cine film 356. 1975 Ibiza cine film, Ibiza 1975.
31. 1976-05-01 - Elmyr de Hory: "In Depth" (1976). Elmyr de Hory, Ibiza's legendary art forger, Ibiza 1976.
32. 1976-05-01 - La IBIZA de los 70: hippies, jóvenes, ibicencos y diversión (Super 8). 1976 Ibiza hippies in Super 8, Ibiza 1976.
33. 1979 - 1970s Ibiza | Fun in the sun | Brits abroad | Wish you were here? | 1979. Ibiza 1979 British TV travel segment, Ibiza 1979.
34. 1983 - Wham! - Club Tropicana (Official Video). Wham! Club Tropicana, filmed at Pikes Ibiza, Ibiza 1983.
35. 1984 - 'Ear Say' UK TV Documentary with Gary Crowley. Ibiza 1984. 1984 UK TV documentary on Ibiza, Ibiza 1984.
36. 1985 - Alfredo @ Amnesia, Ibiza (1985). Alfredo Fiorito is an Argentinian DJ. He has been credited as the "Father of the Balearic beat". In later years he has more commonly been referred to as DJ Allie Williams, and continues to perform. After emigrating to Spain and arriving on the Balearic island of Ibiza in September 1976, Alfredo became a DJ at Amnesia, where his eclectic DJ style had a major influence on dance music's explosion on the island and beyond in the late 1980s. Fiorito took various jobs following his arrival on Ibiza, including candlemaker, delivery driver and fashion designer. He also worked as a barman in a popula
37. 1986 - KU Ibiza 1986. Ku (later Privilege) 1986, Ibiza 1986.
38. 1987 - NINA HAGEN PUNK WEDDING IN IBIZA - Special report 10/08/1987. Nina Hagen 1987 Ibiza punk wedding, Ibiza 1987.
39. 1987-09-05 - Freddie Mercury last public birthday - Pikes hotel Ibiza 1987. Freddie Mercury 1987 birthday at Pikes, Ibiza 1987.
40. 1988 - A Trip Around Acid House - World in Action documentary 1988. 1988 acid-house moral-panic documentary, Ibiza 1988.
41. 1988-07-18 - Walk Through Late 1980s Ibiza Town, Bars, People. Late 1980s Ibiza Town, Ibiza 1988.
42. 1989 - Alfredo @ Amnesia Ibiza (1989). AMNESIA IBIZA, The birthplace of the Balearic beat. The history begins with a young philosopher Antonio Eschotado who signed a lease for the venue in the mid 1970’s. Originally named ‘The Workshop of Forgetfulness’ Escohotado’s theory is that people would be able to come to his disco and leave their worries behind, escaping from normal life. Very soon after he discovered the Greek word ‘Amnesia’ and he decided this word captured everything he wanted and more from his idea, and so the club was born. It was not until the early 1980s that house music started emerging from Chicago, soon making
43. 1989 - Ku Club Ibiza (Privilege anno 1989). House music invading Ibiza night clubs. This video is shot in 1989 in the Ku Club, the club that would later evolve into the famous Privilege. *update*: Music by Cesar de Melero Video review: http://deejay.es/redaccion/front-242-ku-club-ibiza-agosto-de-1989
44. 1989 - AMNESIA IBIZA 1989 CLOSING PARTY - ACID HOUSE BALEARIC BEAT. Amnesia 1989 closing / Balearic beat origin, Ibiza 1989.
45. 1990 - 1980s, 1990s Ibiza, DJ Booth, DJs, Super 8. 80s/90s Ibiza DJ booth Super 8, Ibiza 1990.
46. 1992-03-09 - DJ Alfredo @ Space Club Ibiza 1992. DJ Alfredo, Ibiza 1992.
47. 1992-04-01 - Café del Mar, Ibiza, Summer of 1992
48. 1996-03-16 - Sasha Amnesia Essential Mix 1996. Description
49. 1996-03-19 - 1990s Ibiza, DJ Brandon Block interview, Beach Scene, Clubbing. Brandon Block 1990s Ibiza, Ibiza 1996.
50. 1997-03-14 - Ibiza Uncovered - Episode 1 (1997). Ibiza Uncovered 1997 (Sky One), Ibiza 1997.

…and 687 more moments.

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