Spain Tenerife beaches in the South are different from the ones on the north west cost and from the dry eastern shores.

The Tenerife South beach by
Adeje near El Duque Hotel, which is depicted beside, doesn't look so gray in reality. This was caused by the time of day and poor light.

The Tenerife south beaches
from Los Gigantes onwards have one advantage:

Most are bigger and have better access than in the north. They also get more days with full sun and are generally 2 degrees Celsius warmer. This is not so good for your skin...Right?

Use good sun protection, don't ever forget!

Yet, contrary to southern beaches, Tenerife beaches in the north are more onvenient to take pictures by the sea. There, we rather have the sun in our back all day than being blended.

Walk on beautiful palm lined beach promenades with cafés and bistros. All this is almost the norm on those southern shores. They are on the same latitude as Florida, you know. However, such subtropical walk ways become very scarce, once you turn the tip of the island, before you move east.
Therefor, spoil yourself with Miami look alike splendor before, semi desert like country takes over...

Southern Tenerife beaches:

Mind that ocean currents can be strong, above all in spring. Beach Playa la Arena is proud to have the blue flag.

Ask for free beach WiFi

Los Gigantes also has a smaller beach close to town. It is much used by school children to play and cool off. . This tiny town beach, however, doesn't have glamorous features of resort beaches, at all. It prides itself of the blue flag, just like nearby Playa La Arena, though.

Playa de las Americas beach disco dancing:

Discover much colorful, happy, humming Salsa beach fun of masses of young people at an outside disco at the Monkey beach resort club by Playa de las Americas. See sexy beach girls in bikinies or summer gear dancing... Follow them, as they mingle... Discover all the glorious beach life, you would expect by white sand, sea and sun in the following video...

Playa de las Americas La Arona is where I saw guys surfing by moon shine, in autumn 2007, by the way. Here, too, one can enjoy the surfing action, while sitting at a beach front café. Usually, an agitated ocean is needed to surf la Arona seas. This doesn't make La Arona beach ideal for every swimmer. But, then, there are always calmer times during the year.

By the way, wait until you come to the more southernly Tenerife beaches... There, surf is at its best by the airport TFS of Reina Sofia.

Get an impression of Beach Fanabe by this picture... Beach Playa Fañabe as written in Spanish is another touristic sea shore on the coast Costa Adeje.

Note, this 650m long beach almost forms a half circle, while you only see about half of it... Notice big hotels and other holiday resorts in the background of the photo...

Then there is the 130m white beach Playa del Bobo which is similar, but rather small.

Playa Torviscas beach of about 140m which is in the same area, is equally pleasant and so is Beach Playa Pinta Playa La Pinta which is adjacent to the Puerto Colon Marina yacht harbour with its own beach. La Pinta beach is formed like a half moon, has lovely white sand and offers protected calm swimming. Also, a beach warden patrols it several times a day.

Continue walking for 15 to 20 minutes and get to Playa de las Vistas. There, a 1,5 km artificial beach was created on a large bay. Playa Las Vistas is the largest of all three Las Americas beaches but, may also be the most crowded in July and August.

Therefore, a holiday home in Tenerife may be found cheaper in Los Christianos than by other neighboring shores.

This was the experience of a friend of mine. She struggled to find something reasonably priced for a family of six in high season during summer 2007 and located it closer to Los Christianos town, just before Playa Las Vistas.

If you were walking from Las Vistas along the shore in direction of Costa Adeje you would get to Playa de Camicón, then to more beaches of Arona including Playa de Troya with 650m and Playa Las Cuevitas as well as later on to Playa del Bobo with 130m.

Beaches of Playa de las Americas I and II:

By the way, I could never figure out, where the Tenerife beaches of Playa de las Americas I and the beaches of Playa de las Americas II start or end, which all have the blue flag, by the way. Nobody seems to know or to care about Playas Americas 1o 2 and nothing is indicated by signs, either. Perhaps, some knew that secret, when Playa de las Americas was firmly placed onto tourist maps, after it got the boost of golden sand from Africa way back in 1960.

Adeje beaches

Beach Playa del
Duque is by Gran Hotel Bahia del Duque which has many towers. In fact, a black and white tower distinguishes it from similar Tenerife hotels. I made 'its acquaintance' during my holiday in 1997 which didn't leave the best feelings for a hotel body guard in my mind.

Admire, how beautiful some parts
of beach del Duque are... One could almost mistake this photo for one showing a sea shore in the Seychelles.

Explore the Adeje El Duque beach shore of Tenerife beaches and you'll even find an old fort by this seaside...

Spend some unforgettable Tenerife holidays at el Duque... Use its small, pretty blue and white beach cabins
to change your clothes...

I heard much about a small beach near Arona. It has a break water which fends off strong currents and high waves. This is ideal for a person like me with screws in the spine.

Its name is Beach Playa San Eugenio.

I've been there once but, the weather was neither fortunate for beach fun nor for photos.

The picture shows part of the subtropical beach front and promenade with an overcast San Eugenio beach in the back ground.

A friend of mine who adores this beach was swimming there in early June, while the water temperature was 21 degrees Celsius, which is rather pleasant.

Also nearby are the subtropical park Parque San Eugenio and a casino by the beach promenade. Go straight up through the park and climb the hill to the San Eugenio shopping center, where this same friend raves about good customer service.

Beach Playa Torviscas Adeje luxury beach:

Playa Puerto Colon with its clean, golden sand beach has a breakwater running parallel to its shore. It protects bathers in a similar fashion, as happens at Playa San Eugenio.

Puerto stands for Harbor or Port. The harbor of Puerto Colon is indeed quite known for boat excursions of Tenerife day trips Alternativelyl use shorter ones to watch whales and dolphins. Boats of all kinds transport people up the west coast on such tours. Diving schools operate from this place, too.

A catamaran was still taking the adventurous tourist to Playa Blanca, in 2007.
Please, go from Tenerife beaches to Playa Blanca which is a rather special insider beach by the Adeje Coast.

Fans of Playa Puerto Colon are lucky that its Port isn't in its immediate vicinity.

The ocean barrier break-wall, obviously, prevents good surfing as strong waves are vital for it.
Parking space is not very big by Puerto Colon beach but, is close by.

Much nicer for swimming is Beach Playa La Pinta which is adjacent to the Marina Puerto Colon.

Southern Tenerife beaches summed up:

Just figure many Tenerife beaches by the south west with almost one endless beach front... Imagine them divided by small rocky outcrops...

One large hotel after the other lines roadsides with tall palms. Often, a narrow promenade is between the beach sands and the street.

The picture is rounded off by many restaurants. Pick the one, where most guests sit outside, and you will not be disappointed...

Behind the coastal road you either find more holiday home apartment blocks or a what's left of a once purely Spanish village where local people live in large residential houses nearer the shore. Often small shops are on ground floors. That's what the surroundings of beaches in the south look like.

The exception is by the beaches of Adeje where you encounter Gran Bahia Hotel del Duque Gran Bahia Hotel del Duque which is so different from the rest. This is also the more expensive tourist resort in the south. Here, you also glimpse most of Tenerife's millionaires, many of which are British.

Less touristy Tenerife beaches Adeje:

Black Adeje Tenerife beaches

• Beach Playa de la Caleta with 75m length,
  black sand and pebbles
  but suited for wheelchair access
  and parking
• Beach Playa Enramada (330m long)
  with gray sand and pebbles, revamped in 2008
• Diego Hernandez Beach Playa Blanca
  of 200m length, the only nudist beach
  for all Adeje and Las Americas
>

More things to do by southern Tenerife beaches:

Also, mount Teide is only a mere 2 hours up the road, depending, from where exactly you depart.

Los Gigantes beaches are between 35 and 20 minutes further north.

Go kart tracks Atogo:

Go test your driving skills at a fancy formula 1 cart racing track, (which is also spelled kart) track near Atogo by the southern beaches of Tenerife Island... The tracks are for all drivers, only when no professionals and champions need them... Perhaps, homemade karts may be tested there. The Spanish call this sport karting, by the way. The 4 wheeled racing vehicles are named go-carts in Germany. Both Germans, Ralf (Ralph) and Michael Schuhmacher, drove them when they were only 2 years old. Also, Fernando Alonso is still very passionate about kart racing, which he learned from his father. Almost all famous formel 1 racing drivers practiced motor sport racing with go carting.

Watch this thrilling kart racing video to get a taste of the go cart sport by Tenerife beaches...

By the way, I am not sure if go karts parts can be bought by any Tenerife beach in the south. Experts will advise you other suitable car parts.

South Tenerife beaches east coast for best surf:

From Las Americas go back to the freeway and drive inland towards eastern shores... Turn off by airport Reina Sofia at exit 22...Reach the beaches of El Medano after about 4 km... Once you pass the prominent red mountain Montaña Roja, you are there.
Notice a camping ground with basic amenities on the same elevation... That is the place to enjoy good surf in a country of indigenous low growing vegetation. There are also the southern surf beaches El Cabezo and beach La Jaquita, close by.

Luxury el Medano Surf beach:

Needless to say is that this 2km long international surf beach El Medano by Granadilla has a blue flag and all important beach amenities, such as showers, toilettes, change rooms, bistro, umbrellas, pool loungers and parking nearby.

Surfing competitions and surfing champions El Medano:

The Tenerife airport beach Playa La Tejita:

Beach Playa de la Tejita by El Medano in southern Tenerife has a small section for nudists. A friend of mine used to call Beach Playa Tejita the airport beach. Why? It is very close to the Tenerife south airport Reiina Sofia.

Note, the further south and south east Tenerife beaches are stretching, the more wind doesn't only cause high waves, but may also blow sand into your eyes. Therefore, this part of Tenerife is not ideal for sun bathing. It is however a rather unspoiled and quiet spot with sea gulls on big empty sand and local fishermen going out to sea to catch fish.

Playa las Teresitas
is a rather unspoiled and very popular white scenic beach by Santa Cruz Tenerife San Andrés, which is a beach of true Tenerife attractions.

Beach Playa del Draguillo. Teneriffa Forum calls this beach the nicest at the end of the road from Taganana to Benijo. It also says that good tapas bistros are nearby.

Natural swimming pools like lidos with saltwater basins are more alternatives such as Lago Martianez in Puerto de la Cruz which has been very well landscaped by the famous designer César Manrique.

You will see pools like on crab island in the main beach page with all northern beaches.

Not to be missed are amazing romantic beaches in the North of Tenerife...

Other information on Tenerife beaches in the south may be looked up in the threat of 'What's your favorite beach' at Tenerife forum.

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