TUI BLUE Aura
TUI BLUE Aura is a four-star all-inclusive family resort at Port des Torrent, on the quiet south-west coast of Ibiza in Spain's Balearic Islands. Sold in the UK by TUI and run by the local Sirenis group, it's a low-rise, village-style resort set in gardens a short walk from a small sheltered beach. Families come for the free waterpark next door, a graduated main pool, a crèche and Baby Lounge built for the under-threes and a calm setting away from the clubs.
On this page
- Is it worth it?
- Quick facts
- What the resort is like
- Every restaurant and bar
- All-inclusive board
- Rooms and suites
- Pools and water
- The waterpark
- The beach
- Babies and toddlers
- Kids' clubs and things to do
- The area and days out
- Loves and gripes
- How it compares
- Getting there
- Weather
- Practicalities
- Awards
- Questions
- Photo gallery
Is it worth it?
Who it suits, what the all-inclusive covers and the things to weigh before the detail.
TUI BLUE Aura suits families who want a calm, non-party base in Ibiza with a lot of water for young children and a real setup for babies. It's a four-star all-inclusive on the quiet south-west coast at Port des Torrent, run by the local Sirenis group and sold in the UK under TUI's BLUE brand. The draw for families is the free waterpark next door, a graduated main pool that shelves from shallow to deep, a shaded toddler pool, a crèche for the youngest children and an air-conditioned Baby Lounge that parents of under-threes single out. Three things are worth weighing first. There's no lift on a site spread across several low-rise buildings, so a pushchair and heavy baby kit mean ramps and paths rather than a quick trip up. The waterpark is shared with the larger hotel next door, so loungers fill early in peak summer. The children's mini club is also for TUI-booked guests only, so if you book another way, check what your children can join. You'll get the most from it if a quiet setting, water play and baby facilities matter more to you than a lively strip or a lift to the room.
Best for
You want a quiet, non-party base with a lot of water for young children, a crèche for the early months and a Baby Lounge for the under-threes.
Maybe not for
You'd struggle with a pushchair where there's no lift, you want a lively resort strip on the doorstep, or you need evening babysitting at the hotel.
Best ages
Babies and younger children. The crèche takes the youngest, the pools and waterpark suit toddlers and early swimmers, and the big slides need older children.
What stands out
A free waterpark next door, a graduated main pool and baby facilities that parents rate, in a calm setting away from the clubs.
What to check
Whether your booking gives your children the mini club, and that baby equipment will be available for your dates.
Where is it?
Port des Torrent, on the quiet south-west coast of Ibiza in Spain's Balearic Islands, about an hour by coach from the airport.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where it sits, how the low-rise site is laid out and what that means with a pushchair.
TUI BLUE Aura is a four-star all-inclusive run by Sirenis Hotels, an Ibiza group, and sold in the UK as a TUI BLUE resort. You can also book it directly with Sirenis, where it's called Sirenis Hotel Club Aura. It opened in 1999, and its rooms are modern and spacious, which guests put down to a refit around 2019. There are 230 rooms and suites in all.
The resort sits at Port des Torrent, in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia on the south-west coast of Ibiza. This is the outer, residential edge of San Antonio Bay, well away from the town's nightlife, and it faces west for the sunsets Ibiza is known for. The buildings are low-rise and white-painted, laid out like a small Mediterranean village among large gardens, with a separate Deluxe annex that holds the Deluxe rooms and suites along with the Infinity Pool and its bar. It shares its street and its waterpark with a sister property next door, the Sirenis Seaview Country Club, which First Choice sells as Holiday Village Seaview Ibiza.
The thing to know before you book is that there's no lift anywhere in the hotel, and the accessible rooms are all on the ground floor. On a site made of several buildings spread through gardens, moving between your room, the pools and the restaurants means paths and ramps rather than a quick lift ride, which is worth weighing with a pushchair or a lot of baby kit, especially late at night. The boardwalk down to the beach is buggy-friendly, and you can hire a pushchair at the hotel for a deposit and a per-stay fee if you'd rather not bring your own. For the wider island, its beaches and when to go, see our Ibiza guide.
Every restaurant and bar
The buffet, the two à la carte restaurants, all the bars and how the meals work.
There are three restaurants and a set of bars. The buffet and the bars are part of the all-inclusive, and the two à la carte restaurants work a little differently.
The Restaurant is the main buffet, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with international and local dishes and some cooked to order in front of you. It's the practical choice with a young child: you walk in, there's plenty of choice, and there's a microwave for warming baby food if you let the restaurant head know. There's a dress code, so no swimwear, bare feet or wet clothes, and dinner is a little smarter. There's no separate children's menu, but the buffet has plenty a young child will eat.
Teppanyaki Club is the Japanese à la carte restaurant, where the food is cooked on a hot plate at your table. Your all-inclusive covers one booking here per stay, and any extra visits are charged. You book it at reception once you arrive.
La Taverna, sometimes written Tavern, is the à la carte restaurant with a Spanish menu. Whether it's included in the all-inclusive or costs extra isn't confirmed, so check when you book if you'd like to eat there.
For drinks and lighter bites there's the Entertainment Bar, the focal point for the daytime and evening shows, a Snack Bar for light bites, a general bar called The Bar, the Infinity Bar up at the Deluxe annex pool, an outdoor Drink Truck, and Thea's Coffee Shop for coffee and something lighter.
What's includedAll-inclusive board
Your board covers the buffet meals at The Restaurant and most meals, snacks and drinks through the day, along with one dinner at the Teppanyaki Club. Extra Teppanyaki visits are charged. A few things sit outside the all-inclusive: the Baby & Tots Club crèche, the swim school, hiring baby equipment, a pool-towel deposit, late checkout, the Balearic tourist tax and car or motorbike hire.
How the meals and booking work
The buffet takes walk-ins; the Teppanyaki Club is booked at reception once you arrive. If you land late, you can ask ahead for a cold supper, and there's a picnic service if you order it at reception before 8pm the day before. For an early departure, request an early breakfast at reception by 8pm the previous evening. Tell the restaurant manager on arrival about any dietary needs, whether that's vegetarian, diabetic or an allergy.
Rooms and suites
Every room type with its official size, the four pools, the free waterpark and the beach below.
The resort has eight room types, from a couples' Double up to two-bedroom Master Suites, including two set aside as wheelchair-adapted. The table lists them all with the official sizes where Sirenis gives them; the guidance after it is which suit a family with a baby or toddler.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Layout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Room | Not given | 2 adults | 1 king bed (1.5 x 2 m). A couples' room, with no child occupancy listed. |
| Deluxe Double Room | 49 m² | 2 adults + cot | 1 king bed (2 x 2 m), with room for a cot. |
| Junior Suite | Not given | 2 adults, 2 children + cot | 2 twin beds (1 x 2 m), bedroom and lounge separated. The standard family room; the twin beds can split the adults at full occupancy. |
| Junior Suite Deluxe | 42 m² | 2 adults, 2 children + cot | 1 king bed (2 x 2 m), in the Deluxe annex by the Infinity Pool. |
| Deluxe Master Suite (whirlpool) | 65–83 m² | 3 adults, 2 children + cot | 2 separate bedrooms and an outdoor whirlpool. Only 2 of these exist. |
| Deluxe Master Suite (roof terrace) | 65–83 m² | 3 adults, 2 children + cot | 2 separate bedrooms and a roof terrace. Only 2 of these exist. |
| Specially Adapted Room | Not given | 3 adults, 1 child | 2 twin beds and a separate bedroom. Ground floor, wheelchair accessible. |
| Deluxe Junior Suite (accessible) | 42 m² | 2 adults, 2 children + cot | 1 king bed. Ground floor and wheelchair adapted. |
For a family, the main family room is the Junior Suite, with its bedroom and lounge separated and space for two adults, two children and a cot. It's worth knowing that it has two twin beds rather than a double, so at full occupancy the adults may end up sleeping apart. If you want two separate bedrooms, so a toddler can nap behind a closed door while you use the lounge, that means one of the two-bedroom Deluxe Master Suites. There are only four of those in the whole resort, two with an outdoor whirlpool and two with a roof terrace, so they're hard to get and worth booking early if a separate sleeping space matters.
Every room has a balcony or terrace, air conditioning, a free safe, a mini fridge (there's no minibar), a hairdryer and tea and coffee making, with an iron and board free on request from reception. TUI lists these rooms under its own names, like seafront superior family suites and one-bedroom family rooms, and they don't map neatly onto the Sirenis names, so if you book through TUI it's worth matching the size and layout rather than the name. Room upgrades can't be locked in before you travel; you can email a request to the hotel, but it's only settled on arrival, subject to availability and at extra cost.
Pools and water
The hotel has four pools. The Main Pool is the family one, three linked levels that shelve from a shallow entry to deeper water, so it works for paddlers and swimmers together, and floats and inflatables are allowed. There's one separate, shaded children's pool for babies and toddlers; you may see it marked as the Baby Pool on the resort map, which is the same pool. Up in the Deluxe annex is the Infinity Pool, a 228.57 m² pool 1.40 m deep with a flat, beach-style entry that's also the step-free option for anyone who needs it. There's an indoor heated pool as well, but it only opens in May and October, at the cooler edges of the season. Pool towels come with a €10 cash deposit per towel (rates as of 2026), which you don't get back if a towel goes missing.
Sirenis Aquagames waterpark
Next to the hotel is the Sirenis Aquagames waterpark, a 4,500 m² park that's free for guests six days a week. It's shared with the larger hotel next door, so the loungers get busy in peak summer and arriving early to claim one is worth it.
For older and taller children there's a 9 m tower with two slides and a 12 m tower with a multi-lane slide, a fast open slide and a free-fall slide. These have minimum heights, so the Tornado needs 1.40 m, the Kamikaze 1.22 m, and the Aquatubo, Aquafun and Aquaracer 1.10 m. That puts the big slides out of reach for most children under about seven or eight. The younger ones have their own areas instead: a pirate-themed zone with ten small water slides and four tipping splash barrels, and a shallow pool with animal statues and water sprinklers. There's a playground in the park too, and the sister hotel's side has added an aerial adventure course.
The beach
Port des Torrent beach is 150 m from the hotel, reached along a boardwalk you can push a buggy down. It's a small, sheltered, sandy beach on the outer edge of San Antonio Bay, with calm, shallow water that's good for paddling toddlers and enough fish near the surface to keep a small child looking. Lifeguards patrol in summer. If you fancy a change, several family beaches on the west coast are a short drive away, among them Cala Bassa, Cala Tarida and Cala Conta.
Babies and toddlers
The crèche and Baby Lounge, the kit you can hire, cots and feeding, and what costs extra.
The Baby & Tots Club is the crèche, for the youngest children up to around three, run six days a week in two-hour sessions for an extra charge. It's worth confirming the exact ages, hours and price for your dates, and because places fill fast in peak summer, book as soon as you can on arrival or in advance if TUI lets you. The Baby Lounge is the other thing parents of under-threes single out: an air-conditioned room with changing facilities, bottle warmers and microwaves, a calm place to settle an infant away from the busier parts of the hotel. There's also a sensory room, added in 2025 and designed by TUI's childcare and neurodiversity team with communication cards, which TUI describes as a calm space for a child who needs a break from the noise and bustle. An indoor playroom rounds out the spaces for the youngest children.
Cots are free for under-twos and waiting in the room when you arrive, with nothing to arrange first; for an over-two a cot is free on request, subject to availability. A pushchair, a bottle warmer and a steriliser can each be hired for a €20 cash deposit plus €25 per stay (rates as of 2026), though they depend on what's available, so if you rely on any of them it's safer to bring your own than to count on hiring one. High chairs are on hand, and while there aren't any specific baby-food dishes, the main restaurant has a microwave for warming a jar or a pouch if you tell the restaurant head. The tap water is safe to drink, though the hotel suggests bottled, which you can buy at the bars or the supermarket across the road.
There's no babysitting at the hotel, so an evening to yourselves isn't something the resort can arrange. The children's mini club and daytime activities are run by TUI for its own guests, so a booking made directly or through another operator doesn't include the mini club; your children may be able to join some activities if there's space, and only if they speak and understand English.
Clubs and activitiesKids' clubs, swim school and things to do
Older children have a kids' club for ages 3 to 12, split into a group for 3 to 6s and a group for 7 to 12s, running two sessions a day six days a week, with a mini disco in the evening. There's a teens' space too, The Hangout, for ages 12 to 15, alongside separate teen activities for 13 to 17s. Check the exact age bands for your children when you book. During school holidays there's a swim school for an extra charge, with groups by ability, from Splash4Fun for four to sevens through a swim school for fives to nines and a Rescue Academy for nines and up, plus one-to-one lessons for children and adults.
Beyond the clubs, the resort has a gym (BLUEf!t), a family fitness trail and an on-demand virtual workout platform, a multi-purpose sports court, a playground and a soft play area, a sports and watersports programme, and a daily animation programme with evening shows in the entertainment venue and an indoor venue for shows when needed. There's no spa at the resort; the wellness side is the gym.
Off resortThe area and days out
The immediate area is quiet and residential, and the big clubs and nightlife are over in San Antonio proper and Playa d'en Bossa, both a drive or a taxi away. There's a public bus stop near the hotel, and San Antonio itself is about 4 km off, the island's second town, with a harbourside promenade, cafés and boat trips. Its Aquarium Cap Blanc, set in an old smugglers' cavern with rays, octopus and a turtle rehabilitation centre, tends to go down well with young children. Boat trips run from the harbour in the warmer months, though it's worth checking current times before you go. The Sunset Strip, home to Café del Mar and Café Mambo, is famous for its evening sunsets; it's not an evening out with young children, but a calm walk earlier in the day.
Ibiza Town, about 20 km and 25 to 30 minutes by car, has Dalt Vila, the UNESCO-listed fortified old town, with its cathedral, castle and lanes to explore by day. Closer to the resort, the Sa Caleta Phoenician settlement is another UNESCO site. Further afield you could take the ferry to Formentera from San Antonio, half an hour to an hour across, for crystal-clear shallow water and sandy beaches that suit young children well. Over on the east coast, a longer drive of three-quarters of an hour or more, the Es Canar hippie market runs on Wednesdays from May to October and has a dedicated children's section, and the Acrobosc treetop adventure park nearby has circuits for ages three to five and six to ten. The Ibiza tourist train from Santa Eulalia, about half an hour away by car, runs a 15 km scenic route that train-mad toddlers enjoy. For everything on the island, see our Ibiza guide.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what frustrates them, how it compares, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love
- The pools, and the graduated main pool that suits paddlers and swimmers together.
- The Baby & Tots Club and the Baby Lounge, which parents of under-threes rate highly.
- The spacious, modern rooms.
- The quiet, non-party setting.
- The free waterpark next door.
- The shallow, calm beach a short walk away.
- The food, with the teppanyaki a regular favourite.
Common gripes
- The waterpark loungers, which fill early in peak season as they're shared with the hotel next door.
- The TUI-only mini club, which shuts non-TUI guests out.
- No babysitting at the hotel.
- Baby equipment that depends on availability and carries a deposit and a hire fee.
- No lift on a multi-building site, which is hard work with a pushchair.
How it compares
Three comparisons come up most. The Grand Palladium Palace Ibiza over on Playa d'en Bossa is a larger five-star with more restaurants and a spa, and it's much closer to the airport, about 2.4 miles against nearly 12 here, which counts for something with a baby; the trade-offs are that it sits on the party beach and its baby club starts at twelve months rather than taking the youngest, which is where Aura's crèche and Baby Lounge stand out. Right next door, the Sirenis Seaview Country Club, sold by First Choice as Holiday Village Seaview Ibiza, shares the same waterpark; it has swim-up rooms, which Aura doesn't, and its Twinklestars crèche runs to a stated ratio of up to three children per rep. Otherwise the two mostly differ in room style and brand. TUI BLUE Tarida Beach, along the coast at Cala Tarida, is the more boutique option, with an adults-only pool and a sensory nursery but no waterpark, so Aura is the stronger fit for mixed-age families who want serious water play.
Getting thereGetting there and when to go
Ibiza airport is about 12 miles (19 km) away, roughly an hour by coach. The transfer isn't automatic, so book it ahead through Sirenis or your operator, or take a taxi. There's a public bus stop near the hotel if you want to reach San Antonio under your own steam, though the exact journey time isn't something the hotel states.
For a family with young children, June and September are warm, with a sea that's warm enough to swim and fewer crowds than the July and August peak. July and August are hottest, busiest and best for a water-heavy holiday, with the waterpark loungers at their fullest. May and October are cooler and quieter, with the sea fresher, which is when the indoor pool opens.
When to goWeather
TUI BLUE Aura is open from about mid-April to late October, and the figures below are typical monthly averages for Ibiza across that season.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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° |
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 runs from about mid-April to late October.
Practicalities
Check-in, getting around, on-site services and what to know before you travel.
Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon. A late checkout costs extra: €60 to hold the room until 4pm, then €15 an hour after that (rates as of 2026), subject to availability. Wi-Fi is free for two devices per room, with the password from reception.
On site there's a self-service coin laundry as well as a paid laundry and dry-cleaning service, a luggage room, first aid, a shop and currency exchange at reception through the day. You can pay by Visa, Mastercard or Amex, there's a postal service, and smoking is on outdoor terraces only. A supermarket sits directly across the road, there's a medical centre nearby, cash machines are close by rather than on site, and reception can arrange car or motorbike hire.
Because there's no lift, the accessible rooms are all on the ground floor. There are five adapted rooms in total, four standard (three with a shower, one with a bath) and one Deluxe Junior Suite with a shower, and the Infinity Pool has a flat, step-free entry. The hotel entrance is wide, and adapted-room doors are around 80 cm. Getting around the village-style site with a pushchair means paths and ramps between the buildings rather than a lift, and the boardwalk to the beach is buggy-friendly.
Everyone pays the Balearic tourist tax, which is €3 plus VAT per person per night for over-sixteens, halved from the ninth night, with under-sixteens exempt (rates as of 2026). No vaccinations are needed for Ibiza. As it's part of Spain, a GHIC or travel insurance that covers medical costs is worth having, and GOV.UK's Spain travel advice sets out the current passport, visa and entry rules to check before you go.
RecognitionAwards and certifications
The resort holds a TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice award and a family-focused local award, Ibiza Family Moments. On sustainability it has the Travelife Gold award, ISO 9001 quality and ISO 14001 environmental certifications, and a calculated-CO2 environmental certificate.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
We're not booking through TUI. What will our children miss?
The mini club and the organised children's activities are run by TUI for its own guests, so a non-TUI booking doesn't include them. Your children may be able to join some activities if there's space, and only if they speak and understand English, so if the kids' club is central to your holiday, either book through TUI or ask the hotel exactly what's open to you before you pay.
Is there babysitting if we want an evening out?
Not at the hotel, which doesn't run a babysitting service. For a child-free evening you'd arrange an independent sitter yourself, well ahead, so plan around that rather than assuming you can sort one once you're there.
Which room should we book with a baby or toddler?
The Junior Suite is the standard family room and works for most, though its two twin beds can split the adults at full occupancy. For a separate room you can close on a napping child, you want one of the two-bedroom Master Suites, but there are only four in the whole resort, so book early or you're unlikely to get one.
Will our toddler be able to use the big waterpark slides?
Probably not. The main slides start at a 1.10 m minimum height and rise to 1.40 m, which rules out most children under about seven or eight. Younger children use the pirate area with its small slides and splash barrels and the sprinkler pool instead, so the waterpark still works for them, just not the towers.
How hard is it with a pushchair?
It's a fair bit of work. With no lift and the rooms spread through several buildings, a pram means the paths and ramps rather than a quick trip up, which is hardest at night with a tired child and a lot of kit. The path to the beach is level enough for a buggy, and the hotel hires prams out when they have one free.
Can we count on the crèche having a place?
Not without booking. The Baby & Tots Club fills up in peak summer, so reserve a slot as soon as you arrive, or in advance if TUI offers it, rather than turning up on the day and hoping.
Is La Taverna included in the all-inclusive?
Whether it's part of the board or costs extra isn't confirmed, unlike the Teppanyaki Club, where one dinner is included. If you're set on eating there, ask the hotel to confirm the terms before you rely on it.
When's the best time to go with little ones?
June and September, if you can. They're warm with a swimmable sea and fewer people than July and August, when it's hottest and the waterpark is busiest. May and October are cooler and quieter, and the indoor pool opens then, which helps if the sea is too fresh for small children.
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Useful links
- Sirenis Hotel Club Aura: the resort's own site for rooms, the all-inclusive and the FAQ. Pre-arrival queries about rooms, dietary needs or baby equipment go to [email protected] or (+34) 971 347 542.
- 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 17 July 2026.
