This small interpretive centre, attached to Sant Francesc's beautiful, whitewashed 18th-century village church, explores the history of the salt trade in Ibiza, and the local environment of the surrounding Parc Natural de Ses Salines.
Centre d'Interpretació de Ses Salines
South Ibiza
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