[4] 155 million years ago, continuous seismic movements in the Earth's crust caused great shifts in the Betica Mountain Range.

The island has no human inhabitants, although in 1855[5] a Carmelite friar by the name of Francis Palau y Quer[5] once lived here for a short time following his exile from Catalonia.

[citation needed] Es Vedrà is also the setting for one of Ibiza's popular fables (Rondalles [ca]).

Legend says that he spent a week meditating surviving on nothing but rainwater he collected from drips from the roof of a cave he used for shelter.

the sea was at peace, the air very soft, the sky somewhat overcast by dense black clouds... the moonlight was very dim.

I was aggrieved that I couldn't see her with the clarity I wished: a veil covered her face, but was transparent... she was silent and so was I, but a dumb voice was speaking and possessed words.