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Kiosco Lucas
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Nick C
Gravesend, UK36 contributions
Lovely beach, shame about the wind
Family
Lovely beach extremely windy. The beach is a yellow sand beech with a nice gradient into the sea. The bay is protected by a sea wall and so the waves are gentle/ non existent. On the day we visited it was extremely windy and from time to time it felt like you were being sandblasted. The Sun beds were reasonably priced (€2 per item) and the cafe seemed to serve good food and drinks.
Written August 4, 2022
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fulltimeholidayer
London, UK358 contributions
Beach day
Couples
Visited here when staying in Puerto Cruz, it was about a 40 min drive each way and easy to find.

Plenty of free parking close to the beach
Lots of space when we visited and its a very big beach you'd need a huge amount of people for it to be full or busy.
Very well organised with a bar/cafe,toilets and showers at equal distance points all along so you're never far from the facilities.
The food was surprisingly good and good value for a beach cafe, recommend the chefs salad and my husband enjoyed his chefs burger which was very generously filled.
Very cheap to rent beds and a parasol, think it was €6 per couple per day. There was also cabana beds to rent.
Lovely sea and mountain views.
Definitely recommend
Written October 20, 2021
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BRIAN J
Ripley, UK56 contributions
Safe Bathing Good Sandy Beach Improved Facilites
Since our last visit 3yrs ago the beach facilities have improved. There are not only the 'standard Spanish' showers on the beach but also free toilets and changing huts. There's also 'smart lockers' where you can lock away your valuables, and a couple of beach cafes.
The vista is great and the sea was warm enough to go straight in, and it's safe too.
It can be a bit windy at times, but on this visit it was just a nice breeze and being winter the sun was not too hot.
Well worth a visit we spent all day there - much better than than 'the visit to the beach' trip by the cruise line and it has the advantage of being able to go back whenever suits you and much cheaper!
If you arrive by cruise ship it's easy to catch a bus No.910 just outside the cruise terminal - 20mins later the bus drops you off at side of the beach(terminus stop) you can't go wrong. Just €1.20 each each way and they run every 20mins or so.
Written February 12, 2020
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David D
Devon, UK16,608 contributions
Nice stretch of beach with good scenery
Couples
Wednesday 8th December and we visited this beach which located north of the village of San Andrés. It is regarded the Beach of Santa Cruz.

It is an artificial beach measuring 1,300 metres (4,300 feet) in length and 80 metres (260 feet) in width.

We learnt that in 1973 the existing beach was expanded with the help of 270,000 tonnes of white sand from the Western Sahara Desert. The original sand was replenished in 1998, another 2,800 tonnes of Saharan sand.

A breakwater, a kilometre long and constructed with rocks protects the beach and it's sand and provides a safe area for swimming.

There are a variety of sunbeds, loungers, cabanas and umbrellas for hire. There are a number of restaurants and bar huts along the beach. It was definitely created with tourism in mind. It even has it's own Civil Guard office. There is some wonderful mountainous scenery.

There is a vast car park along the back of the beach. When we visited here it was not very busy so car parking was not a problem, can imagine that it is a different story during busier times. It was worth a visit but would not want to spend too long here.
Written January 27, 2022
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ArijLor
480 contributions
Brown sandy beach
Couples
Great beach facilities as in parking, sunbeds with umbrella, bars, toilets, showers and all for reasonable prices. Parking for free.
Seems like a very touristical place, as you see a cruise ship in front of the beach and some places are reserved at the beach for cruise people.
Ocean is quiet, sand is brown. Beach is not special, but the area is with the mountains around.
Written February 23, 2022
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SoAnaga
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain40 contributions
Good beach, not a great one though
Don't get me wrong, it's still a nice beach and tourists based in Santa Cruz seem to prefer it. The yellow sand (imported from the Sahara Desert) everybody seems to enjoy, I consider to be a disadvantage - it's to too "powder like" for my personal taste. With every blow of the wind you get sand in your ears, nose, mouth (a problem which is virtually absent with the more granular volcanic sand). Another thing I don't like is that the waves are really small. On the plus side - there's abundance of parking space. Showers, toilets, changing rooms and lockers are at visitors' disposal. There's also a bus connection with Santa Cruz although for some reason TITSA (the company that operates all bus lines across Tenerife) put the oldest and most rickety buses on this particular line (the bus number is 910 by the way).
Written January 20, 2020
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Darja L
Tartu, Estonia15 contributions
Worth going
Really good sandy beach with sandy seafloor and clear water (I wasn't sure about the oit tankers in the background, though...). The beach itself is nice and wide, the changing cabins are clean. I don't know whether we happened to be there on a less windy day, but if felt really safe, as the swimming part is hidden from the big waves. The parking is quite big but can still get very busy in the afternoon and it's almost impossible to get a free parking slot on January 1st, so don't plan going there after the New Year's eve.
Written January 4, 2022
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TOM H
Dublin, Ireland60 contributions
Beautiful yet very quite beach, a hidden gem
One of the best beaches in Tenerife Island, very well kept and maintained with no unnecessary hustle-bustle around, and that's what makes this so unique.
Very quiet and peaceful.
The water is very calm, with no big wares.
Plenty of free parking right at the beach.
There are no shops around, but a few small cafes are available on the beach.
Beach chairs are available for €4 for the whole day.
No water sports activities.
Loads of lifeguards around.
Written February 7, 2022
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emacdwilliams
Shefford, UK231 contributions
Lovely sandy beach with panoramic vistas
Couples
We spent the day here, the sea is beautifully clean and clear. We rented a sun lounger which also entitled us to food and drink- well worth the price. Easy and ample car parking.
Written January 22, 2020
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CiroA
Torre Annunziata, Italy7 contributions
Sandstorm
All day windy.
Nice beach as nice view but my stay there was awful. The wind was sometime strong blowing sand everywhere. I was eating bread and sand, wearing my wind jacket all the time.
Written May 3, 2022
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