Playa Bajamar Tenerife beach is so different. Find out why it's absolutely great!

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I saw the whole finished up area with its top design again
in June 2008.

Happy, barefoot children in pastel colored swimming costumes were running around on its soft sand which was neither black nor white.

Its location is halfway between Tejina and Punta del Hidalgo at a mere 5 to 7 km respectively by the north western end of Tenerife.

How get to Playa Bajamar Beach fast?

You find the beach by turning into a road without visible name between a pharmacy and a triple story blue house on Carretera General Baja Mar/Punta del Hidalgo which is the main road.

On the bottom you walk down some steps until you reach an open square facing the new beach Playa Bajamar.

At first sight you don't see the sand of the beach because, the dark, pointed Playa Bajamar faro (lighthouse) draws your gaze like a magnetic tower.

It stands on a sort of elevated, very wide, roundish podium.

Everything else you make out is almost square, massive and large.

From the lighthouse elevation a perhaps 200 meter long wall with 6 steep steps leads to the left. You think of pyramids in Egypt or Machu Picchu where the previledged climbed them, long time ago.

Here, they serve for all modern sun worshippers to walk, climb and rest on.

The gigantic long break-water structure protects the beach Playa Bajamar in front.

More steps to the right of the Faro face 2 huge natural swimming pools plus one for kids at the end.

I was in company of a friend who knows every beach and natural pool on Tenerife Island. He couldn't get over the beauty and uniqueness of this place and, so did I.

In case you wonder about a photo showing me at Bajamar I must say: "Sorry, there wasn't any I liked"...

What is so special about the beach in Bajamar with its saltwater pools?

Everything blends in so perfectly with its surroundings!

The basins with their solid pool fences in between sturdy metal poles are continously fed by the Atlantic with its salty, healthy, powerful waters splashing over pool edges. Sometimes, they almost come up like fountains.

Obviously thrilled people near them are sprayed by the for ever active ocean at regular intervals.

The sandy beach - to the contrary - is rather a calm corner at the side.

The way in which the whole place has been designed and adapted to the overpowering wild, surrounding nature in this little town in the very north of Tenerife was the idea of a genius.

He found a perfect solution ideal for its geographical location applying simple but, top architectorial design.

This whole place is made to last, weatherproof and strong standing up to the gigantic sea.

You will feel something which is timeless in this place.

Not to compare with all the water you see around you...
That oscillates as if its surface was sprinkled with billions of diamonds kissed by the Tenerife sun.

Underneath, wooden benches invite to sit on them. Even the trash baskets beside them have style.

Walking by this long terrace which is at least 150 meters long you could proceed to the children pool at the end.

You can look down onto the stage below and beyond from this veranda lookout.

You spot tanned people looking like swim-ware clad actors from afar. However, stage scenery or background are never the same at beach Playa Bajamar.

A few old fashioned tall black lamp stands rise to the sky. They are, almost, scurril, focal points against the anthracite colors of all that's made of stone. Light timber on top a long slightly curbed wall where people can sit breaks the monotony, too.

The spectacle is for free. No entrance is being charged by Bajamar beach.

Beach Bajamar complex is a generous place for outdoor activity.

It's healthy for the whole family and would be ideal for trips on the island or even for special Tenerife holidays.

Changerooms with showers and toilettes by the pools may be used for a small fee.

Plants are scarce at the beach and pool complex Bajamar except by its entrance and main walkway where little baby trees are only just growing up.

The recreation beach spot of Bajamar certainly comes handy for school kids and others during the Spanish 3 hour Siesta break.

One would think that the world is still in order at Beach Playa Bajamar.

Being at the other end of the island it might never be overcrowded by island explorers.

The sunbathing girl with her rucksack on a stone wall could have been such a tourist. Locals, normally, keep their bikini tops on, you know...

Beach Bajamar and its pools are not far from Tenerife Island's central, biggest resort Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava. Less than 40 minutes should lead you to Playa Baja Mar from there. I would rent a car for this which comes with a map where you'll find my directions given above confirmed..

Normal town buildings look onto the beach complex Playa Bajamar with
its giant pools.
Café Audamar right opposite the entrance steps of the lido of Playa
of Bajamar is said to belong to the same owners like Melita Café which you pass continuing towards Punta de Hidalgo.

Café Audamar also offers the best Tenerife Island apple pie to buy. Its ice cream is an other of its menu items of fame.

This I, indeed, already, sampled during a trip to the sea side shores Bajamar, 4 years ago.

More information on resources is given by Bajamar Turist office at tel.: + 34 922 176002.

If you want to see a beach complex with another face, go from Playa Bajamar beach to Lido Lago Martianez which has an entirely different charm.

Please return from Playa Bajamar to Tenerife beaches.

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