Editing Formentera (section)

== Attractions ==
Since the 1960s, Formentera has been a popular destination for [[hippie]]s.<ref name=Stewart>{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=James|title=Formentera: where the party's still chilled|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/19/formentera-balearics-party-island|access-date=15 June 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 June 2010}}</ref> Formentera is renowned across Europe for many pristine white beaches and the fact that [[Nude beach|nude sunbathing]] is allowed on most of its [[beach]]es.<ref name="MischkeSchwarz2001">{{cite book|last1=Mischke|first1=Roland |last2=Schwarz|first2=Berthold |title=Ibiza, Formentera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xsTzAaa582cC&pg=PA91|year=2001|publisher=Nelles Verlag|isbn=978-3-88618-768-3|pages=91–}}</ref>

Throughout its history, Formentera has been the subject of many legends, written in novels by famous writers such as [[Jules Verne]], and in songs by musicians as varied as [[Gilberto Gil]] and [[Pink Floyd]]. From this artistic curiosity, the annual ''Formentera Jazz Festival'' has been held annually in early June and features many emerging and established musicians from the local and international scene.<ref>{{cite web |title=Formentera Jazz Festival |url=https://www.formenterajazzfestival.info/cat/el-festival |website=formenterajazzfestival.info |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref>

The Canadian writer [[Patrick Roscoe]] was born in Formentera.<ref name="death458">{{cite book|last1=Burton|first1=Peter|title=Death Comes Easy: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories|date=2003|publisher=Gay Men's Press|location=London, U.K.|isbn=9781902852461|oclc=58997265|page=[https://archive.org/details/deathcomeseasy00pete/page/458 458]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deathcomeseasy00pete/page/458}}</ref> [[Joni Mitchell]] wrote her 1971 album ''[[Blue (Joni Mitchell album)|Blue]]'' on the island while [[Bob Dylan]] once slept on the Far de la Mola on the island.<ref name="haig231">{{cite book|last1=Haig|first1=Matt|title=Reasons to Stay Alive|date=2015|publisher=Cannongate Books|location=London, U.K.|isbn=9781782116820|page=231|quote=Bob Dylan spent some time living in the lighthouse at Cap de Barbaria, on the island's southern tip. Formentera was also where Joni Mitchell wrote the album ''Blue''.}}</ref> Author [[Matt Haig]] also writes about visiting the island often in his twenties in ''[[Reasons to Stay Alive]]''.<ref name="haig231"/>  The opening track of the [[King Crimson]] album ''[[Islands (King Crimson album)|Islands]]'', ''Formentera Lady'', is named after the island. [[James Taylor]] also worked on his hit song ''[[Carolina in My Mind]]'' on holiday from recording with [[Apple Records]], though he began writing it in London and completed it on the nearby island of [[Ibiza]].<ref name="Halperin">{{cite book|last=Halperin | first=Ian|title=Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story|edition=Revised|publisher=[[Citadel Press]] | year= 2003|isbn=0-8065-2348-4|page=71}}</ref>

The Cap de Barbaria Lighthouse plays a pivotal role in [[Julio Medem]]'s 2001 Spanish film, ''[[Sex and Lucia]] (Lucía y el sexo)'', which was filmed on the island and served as a touchstone for the various characters' interwoven relationships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Far Del Cap de Barbaria |url=https://www.illesbalearsfilm.org/en/locations/far-del-cap-de-barbaria?ref= |website=Illes Balears Film Commission |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Basté |first1=Jordi |title=Tras los pasos de 'Lucía y el sexo´en Formentera |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20140810/54412854798/verano-de-cine-lucia-y-el-sexo.html |publisher=La Vanguardia |date=9 August 2014}}</ref>

Although [[Road surface#Gravel surface|paved roads]] allow access to all parts of the island and cars are easily hired in the port, many people choose to rent mopeds or even bicycles due to the flat nature of most of the island and the availability of dedicated cycle tracks in many locations.

The island also has four [[Martello tower]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Bill |last2=Clements |first2=William H. |title=Martello Towers Worldwide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLX7kXj-lrsC&pg=PA56 |access-date=March 5, 2015 |year=2011 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=9781848845350 |page=56}}</ref>