Playa San Marcos Tenerife is so much nicer than I thought.

Exception below...

We went there on our way of a day trip towards
Los Silos Playa Agua Dulce.

The Icod los Vinos beach is so amazingly nicely tugged in its small
bay that one feels
like in a beach oasis, almost.

Outstanding early May summer weather which felt like 30 degrees Celsius at high Noon contributed to a real holiday feel.

The beach doesn't look like more than 160 meters long

Quite a few people were swimming in San Marco's Atlantic.

I discovered little children and a small dog frolicking by the water's edge.

Generally, dogs are not allowed on Tenerife beaches.

By the way, there is a very unusual feature on this Icod de Los Vinos beach front. It's the grave of the little dog of the owners of the Italian beach Restaurant called La Cocina de Doña Rosa of San Marcos.

The restaurant where we had a cheap pasta lunch is a rather inviting asset of San Marcos beach.

Very close to the dog grave and restaurant is a wheel chair access leading onto the black beach sand.

My friend Guenther pointed this out to me.

What was very practical at San Marcos beach was how near the shore we found parking for our car.

From this San Marcos boats shelter one can also see the mountain crops by the other side of the bay which are favored by experienced hikers by this Icod de los Vinos beach.

Some weeks later, my friend Guenther told me that he had gone swimming at San Marcos beach.

He found it difficult to get into deep enough water to be able to swim because of many big round pebbles of different sizes below the water surface close to the water's edge. He said he had to stalk over those stones for too long and could only, eventually, dive in. However, on his return he had the same problems to reach shore. He said that a friendly beach warden was watching him struggle to balance and came to his rescue.

Guenther also added that I most probably wouldn't lose my balance because of the hidden submerged stones as I am less clumsy. Those were his exact words.

You can imagine my surprise to hear this because, San Marcos beach looked so perfect to me.

Anyway, Playa San Marcos has more to offer than just water sports because of its surroundings.

You will find some information on the town the beach belongs to in my page holiday in Tenerife as well as in a page on a property hunt where a friend was so keen on finding one of the region's many Icod vineyards for sale.

It was supposed to be his holiday home in Tenerife.

Yes, Playa San Marcos is indeed in wine producing country.

Please, return from Playa San Marcos to Tenerife beaches.

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