What's so great about Playa Bajamar beach with various pools?

Playa Bajamar is amazing. In 2008, happy, barefoot children in pastel colored swimming costumes were running around on its soft sand which was neither black nor white.

By the way,  a gigantic long break-water structure protects the sand beach on its northern ocean side.

Size of the beach? It may be 25 m wide but certainly doesn't look like the length of two football fields, namely 400 m long. Perhaps, people designate that size to both the sand beach as well as the adjoining area of the three pools that is located behind it.

Bajamar beach amenity plus-points

1. Free entrance for Playa Bajamar for everybody
2. Change rooms with showers and toilets however require a small fee
3. Two large semi-natural swimming pools one of which of Olympic size are bordered by the awe inspiring Atlantic ocean
4. A kiddy pool that is set back slightly for additional safety
5. Life guards are in charge of the beach as well as the semi-natural pools

However, natural pools in Tenerife, such as those depicted at the far end of Playa Barjamar are rarely guarded.

Take a stroll there to the most Western end on a fairly long beach promenade that also leads via stairs onto another coastal trail past the Bajamar Nautical club.

Playa Bajamar Tenerife beach kept changing every time I passed by. I first saw it in 2004, then in 2008, 2013 and again in 2024.

It was better every time. Indeed, the excellent and generous outlay on three levels at this beach is extraordinary. The entire set-up stands out for the skill and outstanding quality of materials.

The above photo links to the Lago of Puerto de la Cruz, a luxury resort with seven semi-natural pools that are also bordering the Atlantic of the North Coast. Obviously, it comes with a price.

January,2013 news of a €15000 pool-on-ramp for the disabled

Now, there even is a 21m (about 63 foot) x 2,70m (about 8,5 foot)big on-ramp for disabled persons to enter the pools without help from others. The slightly descending ramp was designed with a rail. 

The Playa Bajamar location and distances between important places nearby

Its location is about halfway between the towns Tejina and Punta del Hidalgo at a mere 5 to 7 km respectively by the Northeastern side of Tenerife on the TF13 road. You reach San Cristóbal de la Laguna, the municipality it is part of, after just under 13 km. 

Titsa bus number 105  offers cheap public transport between San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Bajamar.

An about 23 minutes drive connects Bajamar with La Laguna University town with its 153224 inhabitants.(INE census of 2013)

20 minutes by car or taxi separate it from the TFN Tenerife North Airport Los Rodeos

How get to Playa Bajamar Beach fast by car ?

From the south by TF5 to Tacoronte,
Tacoronte TF 152 to Guamasa,
Guamasa TF 154 to Tegueste,
Tegueste to Tejina on TF 13 which continues
to Bajamar until Punta del Hidalgo.

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 that is depicted above.

Where sleep near Beach Bajamar?

3 star Bajamar accommodation by Hotel Delfin Bajamar
Alternatively, discover the much more exciting Nirvana Hotel in the context of Tenerife romantic holidays in La Laguna by clicking here.

If you want to see a beach complex with another face, go from Playa Bajamar beach to the man made Martianez lakes which have an entirely different charm.

From Playa Bajamar back to Tenerife beaches.

The best information on Bajamar I could find is only available in Spanish here.

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