Las Vistas beach
In the summer season, there is nowhere for an apple to fall on an almost kilometer-long strip of Las Vistas beach. Maybe because the natural sand washed from the sea on this beach attracts you so nicely. Maybe because Los Cristianos, where Las Vistas is located, together with Los Americas in the neighborhood, are the most popular tourist areas. Behind the stone mole on the left there is a local port, from where yachts, pleasure boats and boats start. A flat entrance to the calm ocean water in this place attracts families with children.
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Beach description
The feature of Las Vistas is a fountain, working from the sea wave, located right in the center of the beach. Not every beach can boast its own fountain. The entrance to the sea is even, the width of the beach strip is almost 150 meters, so everything that the beach industry has to offer can fit here. Inflatable water park, riding on bananas and scooters, paragliding over the beach. Water activities work only in the summer season. Thanks to the calm water in the coastal strip, hundreds of kids frolic who like to splash around in shallow water.
There are many restaurants and cafes in the Los Cristianos area, and a wide promenade provides evening activities for active vacationers. This area is called the most democratic. It is located between the fashionable Del Duke and the party-like Los Americas, smoothly flowing from one state to another. And wide flat sloping ramps and wooden walkways make it possible for people with disabilities to relax here. There are even free wheelchairs on which people with disabilities can swim. By the way, Las Vistas became the owner of the Blue Flag for the highest cleanliness of the water and the beach infrastructure.
When is it better to go
In Tenerife, you can relax all year round, but the most comfortable months for a beach holiday are July, August and September. In winter, the island is prone to precipitation and strong winds. The temperature of the ocean all year round is around +21 °C.
Video: Beach Las Vistas
Infrastructure
The beach has everything you need for a good vacation: sunbed and umbrella - a pair of 6 €, a safe for storing valuables - 1 €. Vigilant lifeguards work on the beach throughout the day. Although due to the stone moles that protect the bay from strong waves, they do not have much work.
In the area there are many four- and five-star hotels nearby: Hotel Cleopatra Palace, Hotel Mediterranean Palace. Prices start at 150 € per day, but apartments in the vicinity can be found cheaper. In the beach strip there are many eateries, bars and restaurants offering Mediterranean, European cuisine. One hundred meters from the beach there is McDonald's. There are many shops and souvenir shops, and Vista Sur shopping center is located near the beach. It should be noted that there may be no places at the nearest parking lots during the high season. You have to leave the car for a kilometer from the beach area.
In the vicinity of Los Cristianos there are many attractions for every taste. Most popular at this place: The church of Nuestra Senora del Carmen of the 16th century, like a bride in white, organizes the space of the old city. Here there is not only a local congreation, but also many visiting tourists. In the Monkey Park, children will enjoy talking with lemurs and green monkeys, which you can feed, they are used to it. Truly, force-feeding animals is not worth it, they can bite. And well-fed animals are inactive. Exotic Park is a whole complex of parks where there is Amazonia Park with the flora and fauna characteristic of these places, Eagles Park - a reserve of birds of prey, Reptile Park, where snakes and crocodiles are collected, Cactus Park - the name speaks for itself. Exotic Park can be visited as a whole, or each individually, depending on the desire. Montagna de Guasa is an extinct volcano located in the Los Cristianos area. Climbing to its top, you can explore the surroundings, take cool photos. From a pier on a nearby beach, tourists go by ferry to the island of La Gomera, it can be seen from the south coast of the island. La Gomera is a large botanical park with many unseen exotic plants. An excursion to the island will take a whole day and will cost at least 50 €.
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