Taken by Owner : Rachael Bareham

Wimpen guests at Sueño Azul love to relax by the large pool but everyone likes to dip their toes in the sea so the burning question for many years has been will the Callao Salvaje beach upgrade ever happen. The good news is the work is well underway and and the layout looks very promising.

It was nearly a year ago that a ceremony was held to herald the start of work on the beach, Playa Ajabo, the projected time scale was around seven months but things do tend to go at their own pace in Tenerife. However large piles of new sand have now been deposited on the old shingle beach, walkways down from the main road are laid and landscaping has added flower beds and plant areas, all now filled with soil.

One of the most impressive aspects is the new round block at the rear of the beach, downstairs will house toilets and changing rooms while upstairs the circular patio will be home to a snack and drink kiosk with room for seating to survey the beach and the Atlantic gently lapping at the shore.

Comments have been made recently in the local press about work grinding to a halt but fiestas and the arrival of some abnormally high tides may well account for the break. The beach area came through the high tides unscathed, a testament to natures design of this stretch of coast which sees the beach sheltered in a natural bay. Having seen previous beach upgrades race on in the final stages, let’s be brave and look to christmas 2011 for the opening of the main facilities of this new addition to Callao Salvaje.