Cafe del Mar - The begining

Café del Mar was inaugurated on 20th June 1980 on the island of Ibiza in the town of San Antonio de Portmany. A well-known Catalán architect, Lluis Güell, was in charge of the design, decoration and architecture Well-known personalities, including writers, bohemians and intellectuals, among others, soon began to visit the café to contemplate the sunset, undoubtedly one of the most incredible and marvelous sunsets on the planet.Well-known personalities, including writers, bohemians and intellectuals, among others, soon began to visit the café to contemplate the sunset, undoubtedly one of the most incredible and marvelous sunsets on the planet. The ritual is accompanied by a type of music we are not accustomed to hearing on the Ibiza night scene (jazz, classical, blues). It was precisely this music and the sunsets that made this magical place famous.
The collections of the music played at the café were first sold on cassette at the end of the eighties. In 1994, the English company React published the first “Café del Mar” CD, which included works by world-renowned artists such as Underworld, A Man Called Adam, Stelle, Tabula Rasa, etc. The success of this first collection was followed by the publication, in the summers of 95 and 96, of “Café del Mar – Volume Two” and “Café del Mar – Volume Three”.
The CDs were so successful that the executives of Polygram UK (Universal Music) decided to publish “Café del Mar – Volume Four” and “Café del Mar – Volume Five” in 1997 and 1998, which again include the works of world-renowned artists.
The first Café del Mar shop opened in the 1998, selling personalized sport-wear: t-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, merchandising.