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Plaça d'Europa underground car park, at the disposition of residents and tourists

parking3The arrival of May brings with it the start of the tourist season here on Formentera, which means a general re-servicing on the island to better receive the first tourists. For this reason, the Office of Infrastructure wishes to inform both the local population and our visitors of the existence of an underground car park located at the Plaça d'Europa in Es Pujols, which provides parking for 136 vehicles.

It is the island's first pay-to-use car park, created with the goal of increasing mobility and accessibility in Formentera's most popular tourist destination. The site is, slowly, gaining popularity among visitors to the island.

Parking at the plaza's underground car park is subject to a fee-based system of 1.50€/hour for short-term parking, and 70€/month for business owners and residents of Es Pujols, the latter group having the possibility of parking vouchers that do not imply a reserved parking spot.

parking2Drivers can reach the car park by way of the Aigua Dolça road, which, after descending by ramp to the underground level, connects with the centre of Plaça d'Europa. The space has undergone a complete change of image, and the opening of new commercial establishments all around the plaza has infused an atmosphere of prosperous commercial activity and lent a sense of continuity to the market that stretches across the seaside promenade.

The unstructured growth experienced by Es Pujols over the years provoked any number of parking problems, as well as a marked shortage of pedestrian areas. This facility, then, offers a necessary parking alternative during the season's most intense months. Likewise, the Es Pujols bypass road created another 131 parking spots, bringing the total of new parking spots for Formentera's most tourist-oriented town to 267.

To find out how to get an underground parking voucher for the Plaça d'Europa car park, please visit the Citizen Information Office (OAC) in Sant Francesc (C/ de Ramon Llull), telephone 971.32.10.87 ext. 0 or visit the Formentera Island Council's website www.consellinsulardeformentera.cat.

Parking rates for the Plaça d'Europa underground car park

Non-members
parking11.50€/hour of parking. The price per minute is 2.5 cents. The minimum cost is 0.50€ (equivalent to 20 minutes of parking). The maximum parking cost is 18€ (equivalent to 12 hours of parking).

If the maximum length of time is exceeded, an automatic penalty of 2€/hour will be applied beginning from the moment the maximum length of time is reached through to 12 midnight of the following day. At this point, a fee of 50€/day will be charged.

Members/Residents
70€ for a monthly membership for residents of the Es Pujols town centre, with a limit of 24 hours continued parking. If the maximum length of time is exceeded, an automatic penalty of 0.50€/hour will be applied beginning from the moment the maximum length of time is reached through to 12 midnight of the following day. At this point, a fee of 10€/day will be charged.