Playa Los Roques the Los Realejos beach below hotel Maritim

Playa los Roques  a beach of Tenerife Spain by Camino el Burgado,3 of 38410 Los Realejos is contrary to a place by that name in San Juan de la Rambla.

This seashore with the three prominent rocks is part of the Cape Punta Pejes Reyes that's depicted below. The photo shows a smaller beach, as is normal already in autumn. By the way, it also portrays Hotel de Los Roques and further up the hill the 14 story-Hotel Panoramica Garden of Los Realejos above the suburb La Romantic-2 and La Longuera that's not in the picture.

See it here without people from above at Hotel Maritim in February 2010.  This Atlantic seashore is not on normal tourist maps.

Most of the time this Realejos beach of the rocks  of black volcanic sand with pebbles is too wild and dangerous for swimming. Also, it only has about a size of 150 by 30 meters during summer. The sand and parts of its stone ground are submerged in Winter. Then, not even fishermen go near it.  Why? The tiny rocky island they use for fishing is too difficult to get to.

Mind that no warden puts up a red flag or protects you there, as is normal on most of seasides in North or South Tenerife.

<h3> But who needs sand on a beach</h3>

Why?

We couldn't believe our eyes when my friend Petra and I gazed down to the beach. A young girl in a bikini seemed to chill out lying on top of big, volcanic pebbles. Some were uneven and partly bigger than my feet. Later,  I hardly managed to keep my balance when I climbed over them, although I was quite agile.

More surprises by the rocky beach?

Indeed... Petra pointed out potentially harmful fairly big peaces of broken plastic in yellow, red, blue and white, that had been washed ashore. There even was a bucket. Such things would certainly do much damage if they were landing in the stomach of a whale or a dolphin.

Playa Los Roques with fishermen from Los Realejos

We saw quite a few of those guys. They looked small like ants on an elongated stone island in the ocean. There, they were busy with their fishing rods, as depicted below. Next to it, on the right was another striking sight. It was an enormous round black rock that had green flora all over it.   

That Tenerife beach of Los Realejos by Puerto de la Cruz was the favorite holiday hangout of a British
Reiki master, a few years ago. This friend of a friend of mine felt in absolute tune with nature by Playa Los Roques. There, he could relax and meditate best.

No secret on how to get to beach Los Roques Tenerife?

Discover convenient stairs on a 300 m long winding path  to Playa Roques on the side of the 4 star Hotel Maritim in the photos above! They lead alongside Tamarix trees the branches of which whisper in the wind. I have been told that nowadays this access is not suited any more for people with walking problems of any kind.

You can decide by a crossroad almost at the end of the stairs how to go on. You may descend to the seaside or could turn into the romantic coastal path toward San Pedro as shown below.

And then there is even a third option by the cross road.

Venture out onto the cliff Punta Pejes Reyes

 This Cape is stretching further out to the sea above Playa Los Roques. You see how to get there to walk around it before you take the last steps to the ocean below. There even is a cave by the side of the path of the Punta the Cape. 

One could sit down in it a bit cramped,  though. The path in the picture on the right underneath has a bench for resting on Puna Pejes Reyes. The image on the left portrays how the path leads to the back of the cliff with a totally different view of the Atlantic from high above.

The intriguing hiking route below leads also to the Beach of the Rocks from Los Realejos La Longuera, as well as from Hotel Los Roques in La Romantica 2.Shown underneath is the landscape that you face when you come from that direction.

Conclusion

Beach Playa Los Roques is well worth exploring for its beautiful surroundings and adventure pathways beyond. However, never venture out there alone...

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Did you know that there are five more Tenerife beaches of Realejos most of which are insider surf beaches?

From Playa los Roques back to Tenerife beaches in the North with a link to Southern beaches.

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