Sotavento - Matas Blancas

• General details
• Directions
• How the winds work
• Tidal conditions
• Hazards
• Facilities
• B&B's / Campsites
• Pubs & eateries

General details:

This is a small, pebbly "beach" which is useful if it's off it's head at the World Cup site. If it's force 8 at Los Gorriones, it'll be nearer force 6 here: This beach is just North of Costa Calma - the ever growing resort - which itself is a couple of kms North of Los Gorriones.

Wind here is offshore and pretty gusty.

No waves. Water is flat as a pancake.

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Directions to the right place:

Heading S along the coast road towards Sotavento, drive past Tarajalejo, La Lajita (with its camels, zoo & a fantastic cactus garden) and the old derelict Matas Blanca restaurant. At or just before the roundabout for La Pared, turn L off the road onto a track. You'll see the beach from the main road.

It's difficult to be precise about exactly where the track turns off from the main road - it used to be before the roundabout, is currently on the roundabout, but it looks like the routing of the main road is about to change (as in Jul 2003).

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How the winds work:

Wind is offshore here & pretty gusty.

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Tidal conditions:

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Facilities:

None.

Excellent and inexpensive supermarket in nearby Tarajalejo (EuroSPAR).

Costa Calma is very close by with whatever attractions it holds!

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B&B's / campsites

Hotels & apartments in Costa Calma.

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Pubs and eateries

I'm sure there are a couple of restaurants & bars in Tarajalejo, but I've never tried them. Probably worth trying.

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