Playa de la Cocina is a beach on
La Graciosa
Graciosa Island or commonly La Graciosa (; Spanish for "graceful") is a volcanic island in the Canary Islands of Spain, located north of Lanzarote across the Strait of El Río. It was formed by the Canary hotspot. The island is part of the C ...
island, part of the municipality of
Teguise in
Lanzarote
Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...
,
Spain
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, i ...
. It is situated near the southwestern point of the island, in a little bay at the foot of the
Montaña Amarilla. It is a 10 minutes walk from
Playa Francesa in the southwest of the
Caleta de Sebo village. The beach's average width is 10 meters and length is 100 metres.
"La Graciosa Beaches"
lanzarote.com.'' Retrieved 2013-10-26.
The beach is used for swimming, snorkeling and sunbathing. Playa de la Cocina is accessible by about an hours walk from
Caleta del Sebo
Caleta de Sebo (or Caleta del Sebo) is the main settlement and capital community of La Graciosa (Canary Islands, Spain).
With a population of 730 ( INE, 2018), Caleta de Sebo, together with the rest of the island of La Graciosa, is included in th ...
. Along with
Playa de las Conchas Playa de la Cocina is known as one of the "most beautiful beaches in the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
".
References
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External links
"La Cocina Beach"from TheCanaries project
Graciosa, Canary Islands