Grand Palladium Select Palace Ibiza
Grand Palladium Select Palace Ibiza is a 5-star all-inclusive at the quiet southern end of Playa d'en Bossa, on the south-western coast of Ibiza in the Balearics, with the Ses Salines nature reserve behind it. It shares a resort complex with the Grand Palladium White Island next door, so one booking opens up eight restaurants, nine bars, four pools, a water park and three children's clubs across both hotels. Families come for the theatre shows, the pools and the run back to the airport at the end of the week.
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Is it worth it?
Who the Palace suits, what the price covers and the facts to skim first.
Grand Palladium Select Palace Ibiza is a 5-star all-inclusive at the southern end of Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza's longest beach, with the Ses Salines nature reserve immediately behind it. The Infinite Indulgence board covers every meal, every restaurant including the four à la carte rooms, the bars, the activities and the children's clubs, and the Palace shares all of it with the Grand Palladium White Island next door, so a booking at either hotel opens both. What families single out is the entertainment, especially the theatre shows in the open-air amphitheatre, and the four pools and the water park.
Two things shape whether it suits you. It's big: 841 rooms across the two hotels, so the pools, the restaurants and the beach are busy through July and August, and the four à la carte restaurants are shared by everyone, which is why families who leave their dinner bookings late find the good evenings gone. The Baby Club also starts at 1 year, so a family with a baby under 12 months has no club to use here at all. The party reputation of Playa d'en Bossa puts some families off before they get that far, and the geography mostly answers that one, which is covered further down.
Best for
You want a 5-star all-inclusive with real dining choice, a long sandy beach, four pools and a water park, with children of 1 and over to use the clubs.
Maybe not for
You have a baby under 12 months, you want a small or quiet resort or you'd rather not be on Ibiza's club-strip beach at all.
Best ages
From 1 year up. The Baby Club takes 1 to 3s at extra charge, the Mini Club runs 4 to 11 and the Junior Club 7 to 16.
What stands out
The theatre shows in the amphitheatre, plus four pools and a water park on site. Three miles from the plane to the pool.
What to check
Baby Club rates and session times, which the resort sets, plus your à la carte dinners, worth booking at or before check-in.
Where is it?
At the southern end of Playa d'en Bossa on Ibiza's south-western coast, with the Ses Salines nature reserve behind it and Ibiza Town a short drive north.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where the Palace sits, how the two hotels work as one resort and what the club-strip reputation actually means from here.
The Palace stands on Carretera Playa d'en Bossa at the southern end of the beach, on the south-western coast of Ibiza in the Balearics. The Ses Salines Natural Park starts immediately behind it, which is why the land on that side is protected scrub and salt flats rather than more hotels, and why the southern end of this beach is the calmer half of it.
It's a low-rise hotel in lush gardens, not a village stacked up a hillside. The gardens, the pools, the restaurants and the way out to the beach are all on or near the same level, so you walk between the two hotels. Five lifts serve the Palace's five buildings, which means a pram reaches any room floor without a single step, and there are 12 accessible rooms here, with a wheelchair-accessible version of the White Island's Standard room next door.
The other thing to picture is the scale. Between the two hotels this is one of the larger all-inclusive complexes in the Balearics, and the shared areas, the pools and the restaurants especially, get busy at peak season. The upside of that scale is how self-contained a week here can be: the clubs, the dining, the entertainment and the beach are all in one place, and plenty of families never leave. For the island itself, its beaches and when to go, see our Ibiza guide.
Two hotels, one resort
The single most useful thing to understand before you compare prices is that the Palace isn't a standalone hotel. It shares a resort complex with the Grand Palladium White Island Resort & Spa next door, and under Infinite Indulgence guests of either hotel have full access to all the dining, bars, pools, activities and children's clubs at both. The Palace has 411 rooms and suites; the White Island has 430. So when you read that the complex has eight restaurants and nine bars, that's what your booking buys, whichever of the two names is on it.
The Palace is the more expensive half, and that's what Select means; the hotel was renamed from Grand Palladium Palace Ibiza Resort & Spa to Grand Palladium Select Palace Ibiza to carry that tier in its name. Palladium Hotel Group, a Spanish company based in Madrid, runs a Select Collection tier that sits above the standard Grand Palladium hotels, of which the White Island is one, and below TRS, which is the group's adults-only brand. Two things about Select are concrete. The first is Portofino, the Mediterranean restaurant with sea views that the official site describes as the exclusive dining for Select Collection guests, and which the White Island's own pages don't carry. The second is the room specification: memory foam mattresses and blackout curtains throughout, and Nespresso machines in the suites.
The Palace is not adults-only. TRS, the group's adults-only brand, is a different thing entirely, and families are the whole of the Palace's pitch: the official site sells it as the best all-inclusive for families on the island.
The Playa d'en Bossa questionThe club strip is at the other end of the beach
Playa d'en Bossa carries Ibiza's clubbing reputation, and for a lot of families that's the first and sometimes the only thing they know about it. The geography is worth walking through. The beach is the island's longest, roughly 1.5 miles (2 to 2.7 km) of south-facing pale sand, and it has two quite different characters along its length. The northern and middle stretch is the club strip, where Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza are. The southern end, where the Palace and the White Island sit, is the quieter, more upscale half, with the nature reserve behind it and nothing beyond it.
Between the two is about half a mile to a mile (1 to 1.5 km) of sand. That distance, plus how self-contained the complex is, is why families staying here are insulated from the club atmosphere in practice rather than in theory. None of that makes the worry silly, and if the idea of being on that beach at all sits badly with you, the east-coast resorts covered further down are the honest alternative. It does mean the address on its own shouldn't rule the Palace out.
Every restaurant and bar
Every venue across the two hotels, what the board covers and how the à la carte booking really goes.
The complex counts eight restaurants and nine bars, and all of them are open to every guest under Infinite Indulgence. The Piacere Coffee Corner appears in both counts, because it's a coffee corner sitting inside the Salinas Lobby Bar rather than a room of its own.
What's included is generous and worth being clear about: every buffet, every à la carte dinner, all nine bars and the coffee corner. There are no per-restaurant supplements to find later. What's charged is the premium layer, the Balinese beds, the massages and the top-shelf spirits.
| Restaurant | Type | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Il Palazzo | Italian, à la carte | Pizza and pasta from different regions of Italy, with a wide vegetarian selection. Semi-formal, with outdoor seating. |
| La Doña | Mexican, à la carte | Fajitas, tacos, quesadillas and burritos, eaten in the dining room or out on the cactus-lined terrace. Semi-formal. |
| First, Wine | Ethno-Mediterranean, à la carte | Local ingredients, dishes you can adjust to how you eat and a premium list of imported wines. |
| Portofino | Mediterranean, self-service at lunch, à la carte at dinner | Sea views, lunch from 12:30 to 4pm and dinner from 6:30 to 10pm. The exclusive dining for Select Collection guests, so it's the Palace's own addition to the complex. |
| La Sal | International, self-service with live cooking | A big room with a different cuisine in the spotlight every night, from Tex-Mex to Asian to Mediterranean. Outdoor seating. |
| Sa Prunera | Mediterranean, self-service with live cooking | Mediterranean and global dishes, with a terrace looking over the main pool. |
| Sa Figuera | International, self-service | An open-air spot near the main pool serving snacks between meals. |
| Piacere Coffee Corner | Café, specialty coffee | Specialty coffee and fresh pastries, inside the Salinas Lobby Bar. |
The day runs to a schedule. Breakfast is 8 to 11am and dinner 6:30 to 10pm, with Portofino serving lunch from 12:30 to 4pm. Between meals you can eat at Sa Figuera or at the Xtra Time Sports Bar, whose kitchen runs 24 hours.
For a family with young children the split is simple. The three self-service restaurants are the flexible ones: open through the day, no booking needed, with enough range that a toddler who changes their mind at the table has somewhere else to go. The à la carte rooms suit a child old enough to sit through a multi-course dinner, which is a real distinction at 6:30pm with a two-year-old. Highchairs are available across the resort's dining venues. One guest review mentions gluten-free options were available during their stay, and the same account describes vegetarian and pescatarian dishes all day alongside fresh salads.
Nine bars serve the complex. The Savina Lobby Bar is the 24-hour hub, doing cocktails, coffee drinks and the Bites & More menu, which is the bar's food offering rather than a restaurant in its own right. The Salinas Lobby Bar is the Palace's own, open late, serving cocktails and coffee drinks, with the Piacere Coffee Corner inside it. Four bars serve the pools: Olivera does margaritas, daiquiris and mojitos steps from the water, Bossa has a big seating area for cocktails, mixed drinks and soft drinks, Shake It! serves the Ovalada pool, and Tony Go's Shack is the family one, a few steps from the water park and all three children's clubs. Bar La Gavina sits beside the open-air amphitheatre so you can watch the shows with a drink. The Xtra Time Sports Bar is the other 24-hour room, American-casual with flatscreens, pool tables and outdoor seating; from 1am to 7am it's 18 and over, and beer is the only alcohol served.
How the à la carte booking works
Everyone in the complex shares the same four à la carte restaurants, and this is the thing families flag more than anything else about eating here. Book the evenings you want at or before check-in, and the earlier in that window the better. It's worth contacting the hotel before you travel to ask whether they'll take your bookings ahead of arrival; if they won't, do it at the desk on day one rather than leaving it. The three self-service restaurants take walk-ins all day, so nobody goes hungry if a booking doesn't come off.
Rooms and suites
Every room type with its official size, then the four pools, the water park and the beach beyond the gardens.
The Palace has six room types and the White Island next door has three, and because the two hotels share everything, families comparing the complex should look at both. The table is the full line-up with the official sizes; the guidance after it is which of them suit a family with a baby or a toddler, and why.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Family notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Garden View | 33 m² | 1–3 | One double or two singles plus a single sofa bed, with a balcony or terrace. Takes a travel cot, though it's compact. |
| Deluxe Pool View | 33 m² | 1–3 | The same room as the Garden View, looking over a pool. |
| Junior Suite Garden View | 54 m² | 1–5 | An independent bedroom and living room, a Nespresso machine and a TV in each room. |
| Junior Suite Sea View | 54 m² | 1–5 | The same layout as the Garden View suite, facing the sea. |
| Junior Suite Jacuzzi Terrace | 63 m² | 1–4 | An outdoor hot tub on a furnished private terrace. |
| Suite Garden View | 54 m² | 1–5 | An independent bedroom and living room plus a second bathroom with a double sink. Website exclusive. |
| White Island Standard | About 23 m² | 1–2 | A room at the sister hotel, and the smallest in the complex. It sleeps two, so it isn't a family room. Website exclusive, and there's a wheelchair-accessible version. |
| White Island Suite Seafront View | About 57 m² | 1–4 | A two-floor duplex with a bedroom, a separate lounge and an upper terrace with an outdoor hot tub. Sea views. Website exclusive. |
| White Island Superior Suite Seafront View | About 84 m² | 1–6 | Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two balconies and a hot tub terrace. The largest room in the complex. Website exclusive. |
For a family the choice comes down to whether a door closes on a sleeping child. The 33 m² Deluxe rooms take a travel cot, but they're compact, and a cot plus a walking toddler makes short work of the floor. The 54 m² Junior Suites are the step that changes your evenings: an independent bedroom and living room means you can sit up after bedtime instead of sitting in the dark. For a family of three, the Junior Suite's sofa bed is a full sofa bed rather than the single sofa bed in the Deluxe rooms, and the separate bedroom gives an older child privacy a Deluxe can't. The Suite Garden View is the only Palace room with two bathrooms, and the official site names it among the best options for families; it's a website exclusive, so it only appears if you book direct. For a larger family, or two couples travelling together, the White Island Superior Suite Seafront View at about 84 m² is the biggest thing in the complex, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and room for six.
Every room has a balcony or a terrace, a memory foam mattress, a 42-inch TV, a safe, a steam iron, tea and coffee, a hairdryer, Wi-Fi, blackout curtains, a minibar and a dock for a phone. The blackout curtains matter more than that list suggests if you have a child who wakes with the light. Junior Suites and above add a Nespresso machine, a bathrobe and slippers and a second TV in the living room. The minibar is included, and under Infinite Indulgence so are its soft drinks and standard spirits, with top-shelf spirits charged. Room service runs 24 hours, covering breakfast, the day and the night, at an additional charge.
Bed configuration is a request rather than a promise. The hotel will try to match what you ask for, so a double or twins is something to state on the booking and then check again nearer the time.
Pools and water features
Four pools serve the complex, and none of them is adults-only. The Palace Ibiza pool is the biggest at 895 m², 140 cm at its deepest. The Ovalada, named for its oval shape, is 875 m² and 130 cm deep, with the Shake It! Pool Bar alongside. The White Island pool at the sister hotel is 630 m² and 140 cm. The one for small children is the Splash Mini Club pool: 100 m², 45 cm deep and fitted with slides, which is paddling depth for a toddler.
That children's pool sits beside the resort's own water park, a zone of slides and splash features next to Tony Go's Shack and all three children's clubs. It's inside the complex and included in the board, so it costs nothing on top and needs no trip out. All four pools are outdoor, which is worth weighing in May and October, either side of the main summer, when the sea itself is still on the cool side for a paddling toddler. Four pool bars serve the pools: Bossa, Olivera, Shake It! and Tony Go's Shack.
The beach
The resort sits alongside Playa d'en Bossa, a short, level walk from the gardens to the sand. The sand is pale and fine, the beach faces south so it takes the sun all day, and it shelves in gently at this end, which is exactly what you want for paddling. Behind the southern stretch is the Ses Salines Natural Park, so the backdrop is a protected reserve rather than more building, and the water is the clear Mediterranean that goes with it.
It's an open, south-facing beach rather than a sheltered cove, though, and that shows in a southerly wind. When the swell gets up it can be rougher here than in the coves on Ibiza's northern coast, and on those afternoons it's a beach for a walk rather than a swim. Watersports on the sand, the paddleboards, kayaks and pedalos, are run by independent beach operators through the season at their own prices.
Babies and toddlers
The three children's clubs and where they stop, what's set up for a baby and the rest of a resort day.
The three children's clubs sit together beside the water park and Tony Go's Shack, with a garden of their own and a children's "bar" serving soft drinks, which is the resort giving older children their own version of the grown-up one.
The Baby Club takes children from 1 year to 3 years. It's capped at three babies per time slot and closes daily from 2pm to 3.30pm. Sessions carry an additional charge, and the resort sets the rates and the times, so ask when you book what's available and what it costs. Inside it's a ball pit, ride-on toys, soft toys, crafts and games, staffed throughout. One mother who left her 16-month-old there wrote that the staff were wonderful with her, and that her daughter was too busy playing to notice being collected.
That 1-year floor puts the Palace in line with mainstream all-inclusives and behind the specialist baby resorts, which take babies from six months or from birth. If drop-off care is a large part of why you're paying for a hotel like this, it's the fact that decides the booking.
Above that, the Mini Club runs from 4 to 11 and the Junior Club from 7 to 16, both included. The overlap between 7 and 11 is deliberate, so a child in that band can use either. Cinema, crafts and games fill the programme, and guest reviews mention DJ classes having featured in the Junior Club.
Travel cots are available on request and availability is limited, so ask for one when you book rather than when you arrive. In-room babysitting is available at an additional charge, on request: arrange it at booking or at reception when you get there, and book ahead in peak season. For weaning, the self-service restaurants are the practical option, open through the day with a wide range including fresh salads and vegetarian and pescatarian dishes, though they're a normal buffet rather than a dedicated weaning service, so bring what your baby is used to. There's a playground and mini golf in the grounds.
On resortThings to do
The entertainment is what families rate highest here, and the open-air amphitheatre is where it happens. The resort stages theatre productions including adaptations of The Lion King and The Greatest Showman, and guests name them as the high point of the week. Bar La Gavina is right alongside, there are live musical performances through the programme, and a mini disco for the children.
The sport and the classes are included: tennis, beach volleyball, water aerobics, stand-up paddle pilates and daily dance, pilates and yoga classes shared across the complex. So is the gym, which is at the spa.
The Zentropia Palladium Spa & Wellness is the resort's spa. The gym is included; every treatment and massage is charged on top, as are the Balinese beds. The confirmed facilities are the gym, whirlpool bathtubs, a sauna and steam rooms. Guests also describe bubble beds and a Turkish massage area. If you're hoping to book a treatment for an older child, ask the spa directly.
Off resortThe area and days out
The Palace has one of the better day-trip positions on Ibiza, with Ibiza Town and the Formentera ferry both about 3 miles (5 km) away. Our Ibiza guide covers the island properly; this is what's within reach of a week here.
Ibiza Town and Dalt Vila are 10 to 15 minutes by car or taxi. Dalt Vila, the UNESCO-listed walled city above the harbour, is the set piece: a cathedral, castle walls, a Phoenician museum and the views. The lanes inside the walls are steep and cobbled, so a carrier is more practical than a pram, though a buggy can get in through the main gate.
Ses Salines Natural Park starts behind the hotel, and 5 to 10 minutes by car gets you into the interior: salt flats and wetlands with over 200 bird species, flamingos among them, visible from the approach roads and tracks. Las Salinas beach sits inside the park, about a mile (1.5 km) of pine-backed sand, though it's a scene beach that gets crowded and music-heavy by midday in summer, so before 10.30 is the window with young children.
Formentera is a 30-minute fast ferry, or an hour on the regular boat, from Ibiza Town's port, with Balearia and Trasmapi both running the crossing. Ses Illetes is the draw, turquoise water shallow enough to keep a small child happy for hours, and under-4s usually travel free with Balearia. There's next to no shade on the sand spit and it's very crowded in August, so June or September suit young children far better.
Cala Bassa is 25 to 30 minutes by car, or 20 minutes plus a boat from San Antonio, and it's the most-cited family beach on the island: an enclosed cove, ancient sabina trees for shade, water that stays shallow for up to 50 m out, and wooden walkways a pram can use. The Cala Bassa Beach Club runs the paid side of it during the day; the public section of the beach is free.
Aquarium Cap Blanc at San Antonio, 30 to 35 minutes away, is a natural sea cave turned aquarium, with Mediterranean species and a sea turtle rehabilitation programme. Its season runs from about May to September. It's small and sheltered, with the marine life at child eye-level. Santa Eulalia del Río, 25 to 30 minutes east, is the island's family town: a UNICEF Child Friendly City with a Blue Flag beach, a flat promenade, no clubs, a tourist train and ferries out to nearby coves. Las Dalias hippy market at Sant Carles, 30 to 35 minutes, runs on Saturdays all year on flat ground a buggy handles easily. Acrobosc near Es Canar, 35 to 40 minutes, is a tree-top adventure park with a green circuit for 3 to 5 year olds accompanied by an adult, open from Easter to 31 October, with under-3s watching rather than climbing.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what they flag, how it stacks up against the other Ibiza options, the journey in and the weather by month.
It rates well with families: a families-specific score of about 8.5 out of 10 on Booking.com as of April 2025, and a place on MadeForMums' 2025 round-up of the best family hotels in Ibiza, with a "Best for foodies" label attached. Scores move, so treat that as a rough steer rather than today's number, and check the current one across a couple of booking sites before you commit.
What families love
- The entertainment programme, and the theatre shows above all.
- The kids' club staff, the Baby Club team especially.
- The food, across the buffets and the à la carte rooms alike.
- The pools and the splash areas, and the range of them for different ages.
- The short airport transfer.
- The position at the quiet southern end of the beach, with the reserve behind.
- The room condition, described as fresh and contemporary after a winter 2022 refurbishment.
Common gripes
- À la carte restaurants that need booking early, by some distance the most common complaint.
- The scale, and shared areas that get busy through July and August.
- Nerves about the Playa d'en Bossa party reputation, which the geography largely answers.
- The Baby Club's 1-year floor, which rules the resort out for a family with a baby under 12 months.
How it compares
For a family with a young baby the comparison that matters is TUI Blue Aura at Port des Torrent, Ibiza's dedicated baby and toddler hotel. Its Baby Club starts from birth, and the Sirenis Aquagames waterpark next door comes included in TUI packages. With a baby under 12 months that settles it: Blue Aura has provision the Palace doesn't. It's a 4-star, though, and what the Palace answers with is 5-star dining, a much bigger entertainment programme and a considerably better beach than Port des Torrent's small cove.
Holiday Village Seaview Ibiza, also at Port des Torrent, is the other 4-star in the frame: three pools plus the same Sirenis Aquagames included, swim-up rooms and a dedicated teen zone. Its food reviews as adequate rather than a highlight, and there's no à la carte programme or spa on the Palace's level. On water variety and 4-star pricing it's competitive.
Invisa Figueral sits on the quieter east coast, on the Blue Flag beach at Es Figueral, with a 5,000 m² waterpark called Invilandia included and a real distance from the party reputation. What it costs you is the journey: 30 minutes and more from the airport, well over double the Palace's run.
Martinhal Sagres in the Algarve isn't an Ibiza rival, but it's our benchmark for families with very young children: a crèche from 6 months, deeper baby provision and a boutique scale, though it isn't all-inclusive, so the food and the activities are charged separately. The Palace wins on inclusion and the scale of the entertainment; Martinhal wins on babies.
One to rule out before you get attached to it: TRS Ibiza in San Antonio is the same group's other 5-star and it's strictly adults-only, so it isn't an option with children in tow.
The journey inGetting there and when to go
Ibiza airport is about 3 miles (5 km) away, which is 10 to 15 minutes by road. That short run is the practical advantage families mention most. A delayed flight or an overtired toddler at the end of a week is a short problem here rather than an hour-long one. Direct flights go from most major UK airports, with British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair, TUI and Vueling all on the route, at roughly 2 hours from London and 2h30 to 2h45 from the northern airports.
You don't need a car for a resort-based week. Taxis wait outside the hotel and take 10 to 15 minutes into Ibiza Town, about 3 miles (5 km) away, bus line 14 runs between Playa d'en Bossa and the town, and the Formentera ferry goes from the town's port, roughly the same distance. A car is worth having if you want the days out: Cala Bassa, Ses Salines, Cala d'Hort and the rural middle of the island.
The resort is open year-round, but the practical beach season is May to October. From November to April beach tourism essentially stops on Playa d'en Bossa and most of the bars and restaurants along it close, so this isn't a winter-sun destination the way southern Tenerife is.
Month by monthWeather
Playa d'en Bossa is low-lying and sits at the southern end of the island with no high ground between it and Ibiza Town, so the island's figures describe it well. July and August are the peak: near-dry, the busiest beach and pools, school-holiday prices and the complex booked out in August. June and September are the two months to aim for with young children, warm enough for the sea and noticeably quieter, with flight prices dropping sharply once term starts in September. May and October are comfortable in fine weather and good value, with the entertainment still running and fewer families in it, though the sea is fresher.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16° | 7.5° | 36 mm | 5 | 15° |
| February | 16° | 8° | 26 mm | 4 | 15° |
| March | 18° | 9.5° | 24 mm | 4 | 15° |
| April | 20° | 11.5° | 28 mm | 4 | 16° |
| May | 23° | 14.5° | 20 mm | 2 | 19° |
| June | 27.5° | 18.5° | 7 mm | 1 | 23° |
| July | 30° | 21.5° | 4 mm | 0 | 26° |
| August | 30.5° | 22.5° | 21 mm | 2 | 28° |
| September | 27.5° | 20° | 68 mm | 4 | 26° |
| October | 24.5° | 16.5° | 52 mm | 5 | 24° |
| November | 19.5° | 12° | 66 mm | 6 | 20° |
| December | 17° | 9° | 48 mm | 5 | 17° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The resort is open year-round; the practical beach season is May to October.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
Can we use the Baby Club with a six-month-old?
No. The Baby Club takes children from 1 year. With a younger baby you'd be hands-on right through the day and paying for babysitting for any evening to yourselves, so price that in before you compare the Palace against a hotel that takes babies from birth.
What does the all-inclusive not cover?
Most of what you'd expect to pay for is already in: every restaurant, every bar, the coffee corner, the activities and the Mini and Junior Clubs. Charged on top are the Baby Club, babysitting, spa treatments and massages, the Balinese beds, top-shelf spirits and 24-hour room service. The first two are the ones to budget for if you have a child under 4 and want any time off.
How early do we need to book the à la carte restaurants?
Four à la carte restaurants serve 841 rooms, so on a week's stay you won't eat in all of them anyway. Work out which two or three you actually want before you travel, and ask for those evenings the moment the hotel will take a booking. Leave it until day three and you'll be choosing from whatever nobody else wanted.
Will there be a cot?
Only if you ask for one. Cots come on request rather than as standard, so put it on the booking rather than raising it at the desk on arrival. Highchairs are around the dining venues, and anything else your baby needs day to day is worth packing.
Can we get an evening to ourselves?
Yes, with in-room babysitting, which is charged on top and has to be requested. Ask when you book rather than on arrival, and in July and August ask as early as you can. If evenings as two adults are part of why you're booking all-inclusive, price it in, because Infinite Indulgence doesn't cover it.
Does booking direct actually matter here?
It does if you want a particular room. The Suite Garden View, the only Palace room with two bathrooms, is a website exclusive, and so are all three White Island types. That's the one solid reason to go to Palladium rather than a package operator, so compare the two before you commit.
We're booking with a toddler and the Playa d'en Bossa reputation worries us. Should it?
The clubs sit about half a mile to a mile north along the same beach, and the Palace is at the far southern end with the nature reserve behind it, so the day-to-day here is a family resort rather than a party one. What it does change is which way you walk: head south towards the salt flats for a quiet stretch of sand rather than north up the strip.
Is there anywhere for adults to swim in peace?
No. All four pools are family or children's pools and there's no adults-only pool anywhere in the complex. With 841 rooms sharing them, that's worth weighing if a quiet swim is part of why you're paying for a 5-star.
Who runs the watersports on the beach?
Independent beach operators, through the season and at their own prices, rather than the resort. So if paddleboards, kayaks or pedalos are part of what you're picturing, treat them as a separate cost rather than assuming Infinite Indulgence covers them.
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Useful links
- Palladium Hotel Group: the group's own site, for the Grand Palladium Select Palace Ibiza's rooms, dining, Infinite Indulgence and the children's clubs.
- GOV.UK Spain travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Ibiza with little ones: our guide to the island, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 15 July 2026.
