Gran Canaria Info - Every Gran Canaria Beach

Every Gran Canaria Beach

Every Gran Canaria Beach

Welcome to the Ultimate Guide To Gran Canaria's beaches. Whether you love the wild beach and dunes at Maspalomas, the beautiful Caribbean white sand at Anfi beach, the resort beaches at Puerto Rico and San Agustín, or the urban splendour of Las Canteras beach in Las Palmas, this is the place to find all the info you need to enjoy the beach in Gran Canaria.

This guide covers all the beaches in Gran Canaria, from busy Playa del Inglés and Puerto de Mogán to hidden beaches that even the locals don't know about. We've photographed them all, even hiking down to remote Güi Güi and Faneroque on the west coast.

Each beach comes with detailed information about the type of sand, occupancy level, access, parking and even our exclusive hippy rating. You can even locate each beach on our useful Gran Canaria beach map.

For information about Gran Canaria's famous nudist beaches, read our guide or download the Dare To Bare: Nudist Beaches Of Gran Canaria book.

Gando Bay: The Gran Canaria Beach The Military Keeps To Itself

Gando Bay Beach in east Gran Canaria is military only

Gando Bay beach, right next to Gran Canaria's airport runway, is within the military airbase and therefore off limits to civilians. It opens to the public on one or two days per year during sporting events.

Pasito Blanco: The Beach Gran Canaria's Yachty Crowd Don't Want You To See

Pasito Blanco beach is a well-kept south Gran Canaria secret

Tranquil Pasito Blanco is as close to a private beach as you get in Gran Canaria but is open to all.

Hoya del Pozo Beach In East Gran Canaria

Hoya del Pozo beach in east Gran Canaria

Hoya del Pozo beach is low-key even by east Gran Canaria standards, but it is clean and a pleasant place to sit in the sunshine.

East Coast Blonde: Aguadulce Beach

Golden Aguadulce beach is the star of Gran Canaria's east coast

Agualdulce is the prettiest beach on Gran Canaria's east coast and one of the island's best small beaches.

La Garita Beach: East Coast Brunette

La Garita beach in east Gran Canaria

La Garita is popular with Telde locals thanks to its famous fish restaurants and wide, black sand beach.

Gran Canaria Beaches: El Cabrón Dive Beach

El Cabron beach in East Gran Canaria

Golden El Cabron's beach is famous amongst divers but only gets a few local visitors. The snorkelling is spectacular, and it was named after a bucaneer.

Playa del Inglés: Europe's Most Famous Beach

The vast Playa del Inglés beach in Gran Canaria

Playa del Inglés must be Europe's busiest and most famous beach; its three kilometres of sand are packed every day and it gets millions of bums on sand each year.

Airport beach: Ojos de Garza

Ojos de Garza beach right by Gran Canaria airport

Every tourist coming to Gran Canaria comes within metres of Ojos de Garza beach, but nobody ever visits.

Go West: Playa de La Aldea

Go West: Playa de La Aldea

Split in two by a little headland, La Aldea is the west coast's only beach that's accessible by car.

Gran Canaria Beaches: Tiny Tufia

Tufia beach and hamlet in east Gran Canaria

Tufia hamlet is famous for it's existential battle against the Spanish government. Its beach, tiny as it is, is the headquarters of resistance.

Aquamarina beach in Gran Canaria

Aquamarina beach in Gran Canaria

The tiny patch of sand called Aquamarina Beach isn't much to look at, but it's got a great swimming channel and a perfect lunch spot right next door.

Amadores Beach: Gran Canaria's Half-moon Holiday Paradise

Amadores beach in south Gran Canaria

The blue water and white sand at Amadores gleam in the sunshine and, along with the restaurants, make it the island's most popular tourist beach.

Medio Almud Beach: Local South Gran Canaria Nudist Spot

Medio Almud nudist beach in south Gran Canaria

Medio Almud beach is a natural and nudist beach in south Gran Canaria that is rarely crowded.

Guayedra Beach: Where The Locals Go To Get Naked

Guayedra nudist beach in north west Gran Canaria

Guayedra beach is where nature-loving locals from all over the north of the island go for nudist sunbathing in the west coast sunshine.

Clear Water And Rare Falcons At El Juncal Beach

El Juncal beach in Agaete

A tough beach to get to, but El Juncal rewards the intrepid with great swimming, total peace and rare Barbary falcons.

Archaeology Beach: Llano de los Militares in Gran Canaria

Archaeology Beach: Llano de los Militares in Gran Canaria

The south Gran Canaria beach where you're most likely to find a Canarii relic: Llano de los Militares, just east of El Pajar and Arguineguín, has its own archaeological ruin.

El Pajar: Great Beach With Its Own Cement Factory

El Pajar beach close to Arguineguín in south Gran Canaria

El Pajar village is literally in the shadow of Gran Canaria's cement plant but once you're on the sand you can't see the factory and the little golden beach is calm and pretty.

Las Marañuelas: South Gran Canaria's Local Beach At Arguineguín

Las Marañuelas beach in Arguineguin

While Puerto Rio and Playa del Inglés hardly existed before tourism, Arguineguín has always been a local town first and destination second. It's Las Marañuelas beach is the only easily-accessible one in south Gran Canaria with a real local feel.

La Lajilla: Arguineguin's Little Secret Beach

La Lajilla beach and pool at Arguineguín in Gran Canaria

Arguineguín's Scandinavian winter residents hang out La Lajilla beach and natural swimming pool and are quite happy that nobody else knows where it is.

Pebbles and Peace at Gran Canaria's Playa del Aguila

Playa del Aguila beach in south Gran Canaria

Playa del Aguila is a long way from most people's idea of a south Gran Canaria beach: quiet, pebbly and almost completely local. And that's how its fans want it to stay.

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