Los Cancajos, also known as Playa de Los Cancajos, is a tourist resort in the Canarian island of La Palma. It is the second largest resort on the island, after Puerto Naos.
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Los Cancajos is located in the municipality of Breña Baja on the east coast of La Palma, between the island capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma, and La Palma Airport. It lies just off the main road that encircles the island, near the interchange with the road crossing the centre of the island, to the towns and villages on the west coast, notably Tazacorte.
The area used to be dominated by salt pans, which fell into disuse, leaving a large, flat area, and was designated for a tourist resort in the 1980s
The hotels and self catering apartments have 2,000 of the 7,500 guest bedrooms in La Palma. As well as hotels, the town has a supermarket, stores and restaurants, and, in addition to the tourists, a resident population of 434 (INE, 2004).
Los Cancajos has several small beaches of black sand, protected by artificial breakwaters, with some rocky coves and headlands, and a palm-tree lined promenade along the shore.