Puig de Missa Ibiza

Set between the town of Santa Eulima des R,u (Santa Eulalia del Rio) and the river of the same name is the Puig de Missa, a shallow hill reached by Avenida Padre Guasch, which leaves the main road into town just beyond the river bridge. At the top is a church dedicated to the saint of the town's name. Dating from the 16th century, the church has a somewhat mysterious origin although the accepted wisdom is that it replaced one destroyed at around that lime by Turkish raiders.

Whatever its origins the church was built, as was often the case on the island, to act as a refuge in times of pirate attack. However, its design is far more complex than that of most other island churches. Indeed, after Eivissa's cathedral it is the most architecturally extravagant church on lbiza. In addition, both its setting and views are superb. The cemetery beside the church is worth a visit for its quiet dignity, while the nearby houses set out like chicks around a mother hen are the familiar white lbizan cubes.

Below the church is the Museo Etnologic d'Eivissa i Formentera, set up in 1994 in Can Ros, one of the Puig's older houses. The restored house contains clothing and jewellery, plus various bygones.