Black Sand or Yellow Sand Beaches of Tenerife

Tenerife has a very wide range of beaches for visitors to the island to select from, and, of course, beaches are what most holidaymakers need when they’re away on vacation. There are black sand beaches, made from the natural volcanic sand, and there are yellow sand beaches, made with sands transported from the Western Sahara, or made with sand collected from the oceanbed. There are very big beaches and small sheltered ones, there are beaches at resorts where it could be very straightforward to get to them, and there are distant beaches that are only accessible by footpaths and even by boat, in some cases. The beach at Masca is like that because it is only accessible by boat or by taking a protracted and quite difficult climb down a ravine. There are rocky beaches and mixed beaches the place there are rocks and pebbles and sand. With all the different types of beaches available you are positive to find the kind of beach you like finest somewhere on the island. So let’s take a look at a few of the finest beaches of Tenerife.

Playa de las Teresitas beach at the village of San Andres, just up the coast from Santa Cruz the capital of Tenerife, is believed by many people to be the perfect beach in the island. It’s made from golden-yellow Sahara sand and is a really lengthy beach. There is a breakwater that makes Las Teresitas safe for bathers. It has palm trees at the top of the beach making it look very tropical and exotic, it has a automobile-park, and could be very simple to get to by road.

In the south of the island are the main tourist resorts of Los Cristianos and Playa de las Americas, and never surprisingly these places have yellow sand beaches. Playa de las Vistas is likely one of the hottest of the beaches of the previous resort, whilst Playa de Troya is the primary beach at Las Americas. It provides watersports, sun-beds, restaurants and other facilities. Further up the coast are the beaches of Fanabe and Torviscas.

Additionally, within the south are the beaches of El Medano. Playa la Tejita is a large sandy beach here that may be very popular. The only problem with El Medano is it gets very windy but this has made it very best for windsurfers.

We find a lot of the black sand beaches in the north of Tenerife, and probably the greatest is known as Playa Jardin (“Backyard Beach”) at the resort of Puerto de la Cruz. Awarded European Blue Flag status, this lengthy beach has attractive gardens on the high, therefore its name. It is also proper by Loro Parque (“Parrot Park”), a location highly regarded with vacationers on vacation within the Canary Islands.

Further down the northwest coast, right by the town of Icod de los Vinos, well-known for its 1,000-yr-old dragon tree, we find the black sandy beach of San Marcos. Sheltered by cliffs and with a seafront with loads of bars and restaurants, this is a real hidden gem, and a very popular beach with those that have discovered it.