Platja des Niu Blau | |
Map: | Spain Ibiza |
Location: | Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza, Spain |
Coordinates: | 38.9925°N 1.5525°W |
Type: | Beach |
Free Label 1: | Patrolled by |
Free Label 2: | Hazard rating |
Free Label 3: | Access |
Platja des Niu Blau is a beach in the south east seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is in the municipality of Santa Eulària des Riu[1] and is 1.4miles[2] east of the town of Santa Eulària des Riu, and 2miles west of the beach resort of Es Canar.[2]
Platja des Niu Blau is a small beach in a cove on the eastern outskirts of the town of Santa Eulària des Riu. The beach has a backdrop of pine trees and the water is shallow and clear. The cove is at the mouth of the seasonal river called Torrent d'Arabí. The name Niu Blau means Blue Nest and derives from the name of a small house which stood on this bay in the 1930s.
Niu Blau or Blue Nest was a small dwelling built[3] on the cove by the Valencian impressionist artist Rigoberto Soler for himself and his girlfriend Pilar, a model. Soler painted many works featuring the landscape around Santa Eulària des Riu its environment.[4]