El Bollullo

For many people in Tenerife El Bollullo beach is one of the most beautiful on the island. It is also one of the most isolated and difficult to get to. Although a simple beach bar is the only facility visitors will find, it is impossible not to appreciate the beauty of its 400 metres of fine volcanic sand, the extraordinary clarity of its water, and the peaceful and cosmopolitan atmosphere created by those that go there.

At El Bollullo beach the currents and waves can be quite strong and dangerous, so it is wise to take care even when the sea looks calm. You also need to be careful with the sun as there are no sun umbrellas and not much shade available. The beach is located in the district of La Orotava, in the area called El Rincón, and is not easy to get to as there is no road. Access is by way of steps that make their way down between banana plantations, the walk down only takes a few minutes.

Before getting to the beach you to need leave your car in the pay and display car park of the El Bollullo restaurant. Take the exit for Puerto de la Cruz off the TF-5 motorway, you will need to take a different exit to the one that takes you to the tourist resort, and drive down to the coast via the area called El Rincón. At the restaurant San Diego take the turning on the left along a narrow road towards the beach. It is also possible to get there on foot from the tourist resort of Puerto de la Cruz, setting off from the Martiánez area or from the well-known “Urbanización La Paz.” This will take between 45 minutes and an hour. Los Patos Beach is also nearby but you will need to take a different and more difficult route to get there.

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Wines from Tenerife

The largest of the Canary Islands is also the one with the most important wine tradition, vineyard surface, production and variety of wines. There numerous wine regions nearly surround all the island. In fact, nowadays five of the ten designations of origin of the Canary Islands are located in Tenerife. Abona: this designation of origin dates from 1996 and include the wineries of the municipalities of Adeje, Arona, San Miguel de Abona, Granadilla de Abona, Arico, Fasnia and Vilaflor. The Teide is situated at the last one and also the highest vineyard of Europe, 1,600 meters high. It has a small production but of very high quality.

The predominant varieties are listan blanca and listan negra. Tacoronte: it is the Canarian wine region with the largest and oldest production. The designation of origin Tacoronte-Acentejo includes nine municipalities: La Laguna, Tegueste, Tacoronte, El Sauzal, La Matanza de Acentejo, La Victoria de Acentejo, Santa Ursula, El Rosario and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The varieties used for these wines are listan negro, negramoll, and the white varieties gual, malvasia, listan blanco and marmajuelo. Guimar: the region of Valle de Guimar include the municipalities of de Arafo, Candelaria and Guimar, and the main characteristic of its wines are the altitude and temperature contrasts. The most used varieties are listan blanca and listan negro. Orotava: the valley of La Orotava begins under the Teide and stretches to the coast. It include the municipalities of La Orotava, Los Realejos and Puerto de la Cruz. It covers about 1,000 hectares of vineyard and there are more than 20 wineries. Ycoden-Daute-Isora: more than 2,000 hectares, most of them with the varieties of listan blanca and listan negro. It includes the municipalities of San Juan de la Rambla, Guia de Isora, La Guancha, Icod de los Vinos, Garachico, Los Silos, Buenavista del Norte, El Tanque and Santiago del Teide.

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