Playa San Marcos Tenerife is so much nicer than I thought

Playa San Marcos is the beach for Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife Canary Islands. 

It is a medium sized black sand beach of hardly 160 m of length. It nests in a cozy Atlantic bay which is formed almost like a horse shoe. It's flanked by a hill where pines and other trees grow in abundance. Part of them cover the world's largest Volcanic Tube system called Cueva del Viento where strange Lava formations abound over a length of 18 km. Volcanic boulders and rocks are also under water by the shore. Therefor, it is recommended to wear ocean shoes.

My friend Guenther and I stopped over on San Marcos beach for the first time on our way of a day trip to the Teno Mountains and a beach of Los Silos

Unfortunately, this  popular restaurant of Doña Rosa doesn't exist anymore. It seems to have been taken over by Italia in Bocca a new owner.  You can eat there but,  know that the price of fish you order  is calculated by weight. What you see listed in Euros is for small fish only. Hence, my friend and I were preferring Restaurante Amarca next door on February 17 in 2023.

A Winter visit to Amarca of Playa San Marcos in 2023

My friend and I also shared a very good Amarca mixed salad not shown here. All ingredients were crisp, fresh and very appetizing.

Otherwise, no problem to find parking for our car. This, of course, may not be so easy in Summer and on weekends.

The Address of Restaurante Amarca is Avda.Maritima, 29 Playa San Marcos 38430 Icod de los Vinos Tenerife Tel: 922 815136

More amenities of Playa San Marcos that immediately meet they eye

The aquanaut club of Playa San Marcos

Sitting under the shady restaurant canvas roof you can see the San Marcos Aquanaut Club high up on a mountain outcrop by one side of the bay.

  We spotted another magnificent panorama when we were standing behind the boat dry dock. It's also a boat shelter about 50 meters from the former Italian restaurant Dona Rosa. There, the mountain crops of Cueva del Viento by the other side of the bay invite experienced mountain climbers to take them on.

Playa San Marcos not ideal for swimming for people with mobility problems

My friend Guenther told me that he had tried to get into the water once and found it difficult. As mentioned before, the ground under the water by the shore is not at all even and one can lose balance. Luckily, Guenther found a helpful beach warden.  

How reach this beach from Icod de los Vinos or Puerto de la Cruz?

People without mobility problems may easily take on the walk down to its sea-level by descending 235 meters.
Alternatively, there is the Titsa bus 362 to take you. It operates about once an hour from the bus station along five bus stops and arrives within 10 minutes near the shore.

Getting from Puerto de la Cruz to Icod de los Vinos by Titsa bus 354 over the mountains takes 1 hour while the coastal way with bus 363 requires about 50 minutes.

How warm is the ocean at Playa San Marcos in autumn?

The ocean temperature of Playa San Marcos Tenerife of October 14 of 2024 was 24 degrees according to meteorological data

Discover Icod de los Vinos with attractions like Cueva del Viento, the Millenium Dragon tree, museums, Plaza de la Pila and its Convent, Malvasia tasting and lovely shops here

From Playa San Marcos to Tenerife beaches which are on four coasts.

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