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What makes Pi ver de Can Besuró special
Pi ver de Can Besuró is an old stone pine (Pinus pinea) in the hilly interior of northern Ibiza. The tree stands in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja, near the village of Sant Miquel de Balansat. ‘Pi ver’ is the Catalan name for this species, and Can Besuró is the name of the nearby finca.
On 17 February 2003, the Balearic government added the tree to its catalogue of monumental trees (arbres singulars). The catalogue describes it as the largest stone pine on Ibiza.
- Height: 12 metres
- Crown width: about 25 metres
- Trunk circumference: almost 4 metres
- Age: more than a hundred years
- Structure: three main branches with many side branches
What really stands out is the crown: at around 25 metres across, it’s more than twice as wide as the tree is tall.
Storm damage in 2023
During a storm on 3 September 2023, one of the three main branches was largely torn away. Ibanat, the Balearic agency that manages the islands’ natural areas, then cordoned off the tree. The torn branch was left where it was: as long as it’s still alive, it helps support the tree, and removing it could throw the tree off balance. According to the local press, the tree keeps its protected status for as long as it lives. Its condition hasn’t been checked on site since 2023.
Getting there and parking
The tree stands on private land beside the road that runs from Sant Miquel to the Can Besuró finca, in the area between Sant Miquel and Sant Mateu d’Albarca. Use the map pin as a guide. You view the tree from the road; the land itself isn’t open to the public.
There’s no car park. Only stop briefly, somewhere you won’t obstruct the road, driveways or other traffic.
Tips for your visit
- Stand back a little and you can fit the whole crown into your photo from the road.
- Don’t go onto the land, and never carve anything into the bark: wounds in the bark leave an old tree more vulnerable.
- Avoid coming when it’s very windy: it was during a storm in 2023 that a main branch broke off.
- Combine the stop with a drive through the villages of Sant Miquel and Sant Mateu in the north of the island.
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Practical information
- Coordinates
- 39.04768, 1.42710 · Show on map
- Good for
- nature, photography and a short stop on a drive through the interior
- Parking
- No car park; only stop briefly where you won’t get in anyone’s way
- Best time to go
- During the day in calm weather, not when it’s very windy
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