Sant Ferran de ses Roques is the town in the centre of Formentera, where the roads from La Savina, Sant Francesc Xavier, Es Pujols and La Mola meet. The island's main road forms its southern boundary, and behind it lies a small historic centre with a church, a square and a network of pedestrian streets renovated in recent years.
The town
In the 1970s Sant Ferran was the meeting point for hippies and bohemians, who gathered in the legendary Fonda Pepe, still open today. That free, creative character survives in the summer markets. The Sant Ferran Craft Market, on the main street leading to the church, and along the same street the Art Market, where painters and artists show work inspired by the island, open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 20:00 to midnight in summer, in 2026 from 30 May to 26 September; the artists occasionally organise activities for children. The "music in the squares" programme brings a live concert to the church square on Friday evenings, in 2026 from 19 June to 2 October, and in September the Guitar Festival gives two nights of music with local and foreign musicians.
The church of Sant Ferran de ses Roques is the smallest of the island's three parish churches. The 1785 decree creating the parishes of the Diocese of Ibiza and Formentera planned a church at Las Salinas, but the site proved unsuitable; work on the present church, on the spot the residents chose at Ses Roques, began at the end of 1883 and it was inaugurated in 1889. It has a Latin cross plan with two chapels on either side of the presbytery and was declared of cultural interest in 1996.
Around the town are the Punta Prima watchtower to the north, the Cala en Baster jetties and the sandstone cliffs to the east, two old windmills, Molí d'en Teuet to the south and Molí de ses Roques to the east, and the megalithic tomb of Ca na Costa to the west beyond Es Pujols.
Getting there
By bus, lines L1 (Port La Savina to Es Pujols), L2 (Port La Savina to El Pilar de la Mola), L5 (Port La Savina to Cala Saona) and L7 (Migjorn to Es Pujols and Ses Illetes) all stop in the town; from 1 May 2026 a short trip costs 2.25 EUR, a long trip 3.20 EUR and a day pass 15 EUR. By road, the town sits on the main road east of Sant Francesc Xavier, with the turn-off north to Es Pujols in the town itself. By bicycle, the terrain around it is flat.
Services
Bars and restaurants, the craft and art markets in season, the Friday concerts and the September Guitar Festival.
When to go
Thursday to Saturday evenings in summer, from 20:00, for the craft and art markets, and Fridays for live music in the square. Outside the season the town is a quiet central base with buses in every direction.
Nearby
Es Pujols and Platja des Pujols are a short ride north, with Sa Roqueta and Platja de ses Canyes beside them. Cala en Baster is 3.1 km to the north-east, and Platja de Tramuntana, or Es Carnatge, runs along the north coast beyond it. Platja de Migjorn is reached by the turn-offs south of the main road, and the road east leads to Es Caló de Sant Agustí and El Pilar de la Mola.
