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... perfect for long walks ...1753 views
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A long stretch of sand.1279 views
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Road.643 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.376 views
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Looooong beach ...367 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.308 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.305 views
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There's another lighthouse at a second tip of the peninsula, an even more desolate and windy one with views of the Cofete beach in the distance.294 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.292 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.288 views
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There is so much space the beach is never crowded. Well, maybe only when the World Windsurfing Championship is held here. ;)286 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.285 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.284 views
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The southern tip of the island is very desolate. The road isn't paved and only few people make it this far. This is the view from the lighthouse at the very end of the peninsula back towards the island.284 views
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Seagulls.282 views
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City beaches are not really our thing, so we headed to the wilder variety. The road there leads through some spectacularly arid landscape.281 views
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In the afternoon we continued past Morro Jable to the south. From this lokout the city beaches can be seen.280 views
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We took a different turn and climbed to the pass that leads to the other side of the mountains, to the isolated beaches of Cofete.279 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.279 views
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The beach is enormous. First you have to cross a wide belt of marshes to get to the sand and the lighthouse.277 views
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Enjoying the wind.277 views
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The city beach.277 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.276 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.276 views
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And they are really scenic.275 views
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Climbing the dune.275 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.275 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.273 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.273 views
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Beaches of Cofete.272 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.272 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.271 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.270 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.269 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?268 views
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We skipped breakfast and started at about 7 a.m., drove across the whole island and arrived at the town of Morro Jable at about 9 a.m. The place is quite touristy, but our main interest was the beach.267 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.266 views
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Patterns of the ground.266 views
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To help you cross a wide belt of sand to get to the sea, there's a wooden path, but it's wobbly. Very wobbly. :)264 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.264 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.264 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.263 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.262 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.262 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.262 views
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Cofete.258 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)257 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.257 views
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From the road along the peninsula.257 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.256 views
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Our Opel Corsa.256 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.254 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.253 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)253 views
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A Cofete house.252 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.252 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)250 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.250 views
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A rock in the sand.250 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.245 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.245 views
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