Bajamar is a coastal town in the northeast of the island of

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in the

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, belonging to the

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. Administratively it is included in Zone 5 of the municipality. Formerly it was considered a neighborhood of Tejina, another town in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. It is a small tourist and holiday center.

Features

Bajamar is located at the foot of the westernmost foothills of the Anaga Massif, fourteen kilometers from the town of

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. It has an average altitude of 48 meters above sea level, reaching its maximum 601 meters above sea level at Pico Isogue. Bajamar occupies an area of 2.08 km² that includes the urban nucleus and a small rural and natural area, partially included in the protected space of the

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rural park. It borders

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, in the area of El Paso del Guanche, with

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in the summits, and with Tejina in the area of El Riego. It has the Bajamar Citizen Center, the El Tamboril Children's Center, the hermitage of San Juan, and a

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post. It also owns the CBV Costa Lagunera Basketball School and the Bajamar Yacht Club. In recent years it has gone from being a tourist center with numerous hotels to a local tourist area and a residential area with several apartments and no hotels. The town has several natural pools and the beach of Bajamar or

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, as well as the natural pool of Mariane and Charco Redondo and the

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zone of Baja Nueva, El Paso, el Lobo and las Bordas.

Demographics

Festivals

Bajamar celebrates Gran Poder de Dios from August 7 to August 25. During August, the Bajamar International Folkloric Festival is celebrated, organized by the Isogue Folkloric Group. On August 18, 2000, coinciding with the VI edition, the Bajamar Folk Festival acquired international status. The Bajamar 3X3

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championship is also held, the oldest in the

(since 1993), organized by the CBV Costa Lagunera. For some years now, the Las Viejas Glorias del Paso Festival, celebrating surfing, has been celebrated on the last Sunday of August.

Communications

The town is reached through the Bajamar-Punta del Hidalgo TF-13 Highway.

Public transportation

By bus, called ''guagua'', it is connected by the following

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lines:

Paths

To Bajamar they lead a path suitable for hiking, which is approved in the Network of Senderos de Tenerife: 7 * Trail PR TF-12 Cruz del Carmen - Bajamar

Places of interest

* Bajamar Natural Pool * San Juan or Bajamar Beach * Arenal Beach * The Wolf Beach * Charco de Laja or Charco de los Pobres * Puddle of El Mariane

References

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