El Confital

El Confital is home to one of Europe's best surfing waves but has enough rock pools and sheltered inlets for everyone to swim. It is mostly pebbles and smooth rocks but there are patches of yellow sand during the summer. Confital gets more sun than next-door Las Canteras beach and is the best spot in the city for sunset views.

Twenty years ago El Confital, known as El Confi to Las Palmas locals, was a shack city but today it's a natural beach with a wooden boardwalk and no bars or restaurants. Toilet facilities and lifeguards are only available during the summer.

Unless you happen to be in El Confital during school holidays or one of the annual surfing championships, it's a quiet and local spot. During the week, you may well have it all to yourself except for the odd jogger and surfer.

Drive to El Confital down a dirt track about 1km long or park in La Isleta and walk along a safe cliff path to the beach. To walk to El Confital just walk north along the promenade that runs along Canteras beachfront until it ends. Then follow the track and the metal path until you get to the shore. From La Puntilla square at the far north of Las Canteras, it's about 20 minutes walk. Take food and water as there is nothing available once you get to the beach.

El Confital is nudist from the end of the wooden boardwalk.