Playa De La Arena

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Playa De La Arena is a resort located just south of the resorts of Los Gigantes and Puerto Santaigo in the Santiago del Teide municipality on the West Coast of Tenerife. Close to Los Gigantes, the giant cliffs of the resort can be seen from across Playa De La Arena. The resort has many restaurants, bars and shops aimed mainly at tourists. Playa De La Arena's main business is tourism. The playa, meaning beach in English is entirely of black, natural, volcanic sand. The beach is one of the cleanest on the island, and even won the European Blue Flag for cleanliness.

Contents 1 Tourism 1.1 Playa La Arena Hotel 1.2 Barcelo Varadero 1.3 Bahia Flamingo

[edit] Tourism

Playa De La Arena receives thousands of tourists a year, mainly from Spain and the United Kingdom, but also from Germany and The Netherlands. There are three main hotels in Playa De La Arena, which are the Playa La Arena hotel, which can be seen from the main part of the town, Barcelo Varadero and the Bahia Flamingo.

[edit] Playa La Arena Hotel

Although situated in the resort of Puerto Santaigo, the Playa La Arena hotel shadows Playa De La Arena as it offers tourists a modern look to their holiday in a nice area of the island. The hotel has 432 rooms.

[edit] Barcelo Varadero

South of Playa De La Arena, is the Barcelo Varadero resort in El Varadero, around half a km from Playa De La Arena. The hotel, which is part of the Barcelo hotel chain, has 319 apartments spaced over six blocks, named from A-F as well as a swimming pool.

[edit] Bahia Flamingo

With 142 rooms, the hotel Bahia Flamingo stands next to Barcelo Varadero. The hotel offers leisure and sport activities such as tennis, archery and football.