Charco del Palo is a sleepy naturist holiday village on the north-eastern coast of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It has a sea fed swimming and sun bathing area called Piscina Natural Coloseo. Lanzarote is one of seven islands that make up the archipelago of the Canary Islands.
Charco del Palo was established in the 1970s and is the first naturist resort in the Canaries, on the north-eastern coast of Lanzarote.
Nudity is permitted everywhere and its isolated location; at the end of a dedicated three-kilometre access road, helps to achieve privacy,
Charco del Palo is predominantly German, with English and Spanish residents and tourists. There are two-holiday complexes and lots of apartments and villas for rental. There is no development to the north for over a mile and nothing to the south for about a mile which means that nude strolls away from the village can be done. The whole complex is very laid back and quite.
The village is built on pale sandy soil, but the coast is rocky, with no beaches. However, three sheltered coves have been developed for safe bathing, two of them are tidal pools filling up at high tide with fresh water, another site allows swimming in the open sea. One of the areas where you can sunbathe and swim is called the Monkey Rocks, this is deep water and is good for snorkeling and diving. The main port of call for visitors would be the sea fed swimming and sunbathing area called Piscina Natural Coloseo.
The surrounding countryside is dominated by fields of prickly pear cactus.
Good to Know
- Beach Type Beaches and Coves
- Facilities At Charco del Palo there is a small, well-stocked shop which, bizarrely, has a notice outside asking patrons to dress before entering; a pub which declares that it is not naturist; and a couple of restaurants that are.
If the local shop cannot provide what you want, there is a larger supermarket in Guatiza a mile or so south of Mala.
- Nudist Status Official
- Ease of Access Easy access please refer to the driving directions.
Getting There
- Town / County / State Charco del Palo, Haría, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Lanzarote
- Zip / Postal Code 35543
- Directions Lanzarote airport is 25 minutes by car (21.6 km) to Charo del Palo.
When leaving the airport take the signpost to Arrecife taking the slip road onto the dual carriageway.
Drive past Deiland shopping centre on your right, up ahead you will see a sign above the road, head for the sign Circunvalacion on the left.
As soon as you see this sign get into the outside/fast lane and stay there.
On the Circunvalacion/Autovia, look out for signs Orzola LZ1.
Around 4kms branch off right signposted Orzola, Tahiche and Arrecife, this slip road leads to a roundabout route and takes you left back under a new road to another roundabout, straight on.
Now its all roundabouts, go straight over the first three and when arriving at the 4th branch off right towards Orzola LZ1.
At the next small roundabout go straight over and continue past the Costa Teguise junction.
Head downhill where you will see a garage and the slip road and signs for Guatiza and the Jardin de Cactus, take this.
When you get into Guatiza unless it's very late there is a Supermarket on the right which should be open if you want to pick up supplies.
Continue through Guatiza passing the large Cactus and shortly you will come into the village of Mala.
When you see the Red Cross sign start to indicate right approximately 50 meters, take the road signposted Charco del Palo which passes between the Don Quijote and Arepera Restaurants and just follow this narrow and very bendy road.
Dropping down into the village you will see the La Tunera restaurant in front of you, just drive past it, turn off right and immediately on your right is the Centro Commercial with the village supermarket.
Coordinates
- Latitude 29.0841409
- Longitude -13.4517479
- Sea Level (In Meters) 18
