- PUERTO DEL CARMEN BEACHES
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The Municipality of Tías, around the fishing village of Puerto del Carmen, is the most important tourist area in the province as well as the island as a whole. Its coastline covers a succession of wonderful beaches interspersed with small rock outcroppings.
Possesses one of the best beaches in Lanzarote and its waters, apart from being calm throughout the year, are among the most pleasant and those that are most appealing to the tourist sector in Lanzarote.
PLAYA GRANDE BEACH In Puerto del Carmen, the prime tourist zone that has been created on the island, you’ll find Playa Blanca, also known as Playa Grande by the locals in order to distinguish it from the Playa Blanca in the south. It is more than a kilometre in length (1,190 m.) and a hundred metres wide.
Very popular, it has lifeguards, showers, changing areas, washrooms, rentals for hammocks, sunshades, boats and water sports equipment.
Services: Restaurants, accommodations, boardwalk, signage, first aid, showers, newsstands, washrooms, hammocks, sunshades, parking.
Features: Zone: Puerto del Carmen
Long: 1.190 m.
Wide: 100 m.
Shore: fine golden sand
Swell: calm waters
Category: natural
LOS POCILLOS BEACH The beach at Los Pocillos with fine golden sand is part of the development of the same name. It is more than a kilometre long (1,230 m.) and 150 m. wide. High tide leaves pools on its flat surface.
Windy but with calm waters, it is very popular and offers good wind surfing conditions as well as all types of services from hotels and apartment-hotels to restaurants, shopping centres and boutiques. You can get to it by guagua (bus).
Services: Hammocks, restaurants, parking, signage, boardwalk, commercial zone, showers, litter bins, handicap accessible, first aid, accommodations, washrooms, sunshades.
Features: Zone: Los Pocillos
Long: 1.230 m.
Wide: 150 m.
Shore: fine golden sand
Swell: calm waters
Category: natural
MATAGORDA BEACH The beach at Matagorda, part of the tourist development of the same name, measures 850 m. long and has an average width of 40 m.
Windy beach of fine golden sand but with calm waters, offers good conditions for windsurfing, particularly for beginners.
Can be reached by bus and has accommodations and rental services for sunshades, hammocks and water sports equipment.
Services: Hammocks, accommodations, sunshades.
Features: Zone: South-east
Long: 850 m.
Wide: 40 m.
Shore: fine golden sand
Swell: calm waters
Category: natural
LIMA BEACH Lima beach is about one kilometre long (900 m.) and 50 m. wide.
A mix of fine golden sand and picon (small lava stones), this is a windy beach with calm waters ideal for first time windsurfers.
Located beside the Matagorda development, it can be reached by guagua (bus).
Services: Litter bins.
Features: Zone: Matagorda
Long: 900 m.
Wide: 50 m.
Shore: fine golden sand
Swell: calm waters
Category: natural
PEñA GRANDE BEACH The little cove of Peña Grande has fine white sand and pebbles.
Windy beach with calm waters, 40 m. long and 5 m. wide, it offers full services that include lifeguards, restaurants, accommodations, showers, parking and telephones.
It also has a seaside boardwalk and can be reached by guagua (bus).
Services: Restaurants, parking, signage, boardwalk, showers, litter bins, first aid, accommodations.
Features: Zone: La Peñita
Long: 40 m.
Wide: 5 m.
Shore: fine golden sand & pebbles
Swell: calm waters
Category: natural
PILA DE LA BARRILLA BEACH Pila de La Barrilla beach, around Puerto del Carmen is 90m long and 22m wide.
Of fine golden sand and calm waters, it has a boardwalk and hotels.
Lifeguards and security. Accessible by guagua (local bus) with parking area.
Services: Parking, boardwalk, lifeguards, accommodations.
Features: Zone: Puerto del Carmen; Length: 90m; Width: 22m; Ground: fine golden sand; Swells: calm waters; Origin: natural.
FARIONES BEACH Fariones beach of fine golden sand can be found in Puerto del Carmen next to the hotel of the same name.
It is a small cove, 60 m. long by 5 m. wide with calm waters.
Accessible by guagua (bus).
Services: Accommodations.
Features: Zone: Puerto del Carmen
Long: 60 m.
Wide: 5 m.
Shore: fine golden sand
Swell: calm waters
Category: natural
