Charco de Isla Cangrejo
Volcanic natural pool by Los Gigantes, sheltered from the swell by rock, very photogenic but delicate for bathing.
Charco de Isla Cangrejo is a lava-formed natural pool beside Los Gigantes, in south-west Tenerife. The dark rock shelters it from the open sea and creates a serene lagoon of great beauty. Bathing calls for caution, since at high tide and with strong swell it can be dangerous.
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A turquoise natural pool among the Los Gigantes cliffs at Puerto de Santiago. Highly photogenic, with a blowhole that means bathing only in calm sea at low tide.
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Playa de los Guíos
An urban black-sand cove at the foot of the Los Gigantes cliffs, with calm waters sheltered by the marina.
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Playa de la Arena
An urban cove of black volcanic sand in Puerto de Santiago, next to the cliffs of Los Gigantes, with a steep shore and waves to watch.
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An urban cove of black volcanic sand in Puerto de Santiago, next to the cliffs of Los Gigantes, with a steep shore and waves to watch.
Charco La Vaca
Charco La Vaca is a natural pool set into the volcanic rock of the Punta Negra shoreline, in Santiago del Teide, between Playa de la Arena and Puerto de Santiago. It is not a sandy beach but a hollow among dark lava flows that the sea fills and empties with the tide. You reach it on foot from Calle Acacia, through a narrow alley between houses and a short descent whose final stretch runs over bare rock.
Charco La Vaca
Charco La Vaca is a natural pool set into the volcanic rock of the Punta Negra shoreline, in Santiago del Teide, between Playa de la Arena and Puerto de Santiago. It is not a sandy beach but a hollow among dark lava flows that the sea fills and empties with the tide. You reach it on foot from Calle Acacia, through a narrow alley between houses and a short descent whose final stretch runs over bare rock.
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Playa de las Arenas
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