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Just back from a week in Lanzarote, with this much rain the suntan looks like rust.
We stayed at Las Piteras in Charco del Palo, 20 yards from the tidal swimming pool. Very pleasant to wake up to the sunrise, inspect the state of the tide, chat to the next door neighbours and have breakfast on the patio, all without having to dress. It was a little cool some mornings but soon warmed up as the sun started to make itself felt.
We spent most of our time in Charco del Palo, did some (dressed) tourism as there is a lot to see on Lanzarote but also found time to do a little beach exploring. We did not go all the way south to Papagayo, etc. but paid a couple of visits to Famara. The road is signposted to Caleta de Famara which is the village at the Southern end of Famara bay. Turning right before you get to Caleta takes you to the earliest beach access point and to the Famara bungalows development.
Joining the beach here you need to be clothed to start with but after about 20 minutes walk across splendid flat firm sand you can reach the c/o regions. No markers but by this time there is plenty of space for everyone.
On our second visit we found the road (track) that goes behind the Famara bungalow area and then loops back to the shore. Taking this can bring you directly to the c/o area. Kind souls in the past have built many stone circles and we had no problem in finding an unoccupied one which provided a good base and a place to eat our lunch. The top of the beach is composed of large pebbles but once you are on the sand it is a joy to walk on. We took along nude walk to the north but still did not reach the end of the beach.
The surf was light on the first visit but a bit heavier on the second. The beach is so flat that you can go a long way into the water before it is up to your knees. Altogether a splendid afternoon!
Some words of warning - our visits were on weekdays, probably busier at the weekend. Some reports talk of sandblasting and I can well believe it if the wind is strong. All reports warn of strong tidal currents - beware. At high tide there is probably not much sand, time your visit to lowish tide if you can.
We also took a drive on the coast road up towards Orzola. Playa Caleton Blanco was fascinating, sand amongst volcanic rock. Busy but we found a few nude couples among the rocks. There are a couple of other beaches nearby one of which was obviously c/o and one which did not appear so but parking was a little difficult so we did not stop.
Altogether an excellent week, not sunny all the time but an awful lot better than England. A further point to note is that, on the morning we left the JCB moved in to start work on a swimming pool for Las Piteras. Probably very nice for the future but it may be a little noisy from time to time over the next few months.
Hope this is of interest to URN readers - would it fit somewhere on the NUFF pages?
Mike
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