Piscinas de La Laja — Attraction in undefined

:) Clean and quiet during the weekdays. Depending on tide height and duration it can be very safe or very not safe. Photos are of high tide and unsafe for children with the man-made pools alarm drowned out. Wheelchair access is possible. Zero for shade if you don't bring your own umbrellas and a way to tie them down in the wind. Quite a few garbage cans are placed out and used. No showers, foot wash or public toilets anywhere near here. There are supposed to be open toilets near the lifeguards at the actual beach of La Laja however these are rarely open either and about a kilometre walk away. Tunnel from parking area under the highway to the beach is sketchy with little working lights, graffiti and the regular no fun smells from not having public toilets available. If you can handle the human waste smells the tunnel under the highway can provide shade and a little cover...

These are 3 different man-made pools built right into the ocean. Depending on the tide (high tide limits you to one pool) there are different pools to explore. They are very clean and when my kids weren't jumping off rocks into the sea they were catching fish and shrimp. A walk closer to the shore might let you see wildlife like octopus! The pools themselves are seawater and you can literally do laps with schools of fish. This is an amazing treasure of Las Palmas and definitely should...

To get there do not follow Google Maps. Go towards Mercadona & then keep driving until you get to he car park for the piscinas. Park there & walk through the tunnel under the road. To the left are the piscinas, and to the right open beach.

The piscinas are man-made, but very shallow & with a sandy bottom. Would have preferred something that looked a bit...