- Charco del Palo
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A bathing area at Charco del Palo
Charco del Palo is a small village on the Eastern coast of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It is located in the municipality of Haría, near the villages of Mala and Guatiza. The village was established around 1970 by the German entrepreneur Gregor Kaiser. In due course, it has developed into a naturist resort: nudity is permitted everywhere in the village, and practised universally. Its isolated location, at the end of a dedicated three kilometer long access road, helps to achieve privacy, while the village remains open to all. Visitors are mainly German, British, and Dutch.
Most of the bungalows and apartments are private property; many are being rented out when their owners are not using them. The German nudist travel organization Oböna owns an apartment complex here as well.
The village has a few restaurants (Peter's Pub, Jardin Tropical, and La Tunera) and a small supermarket; these can only be visited while clothed. The terraces of the restaurants do allow (and frequently see) naked use.
The village is built on pale sandy soil, but the coast is rocky, with no beaches. However, several sheltered coves have been developed for safe bathing.
The surrounding countryside is dominated by fields of prickly pear cactus (known locally as tunera), on which cochineal beetles are reared, and several small extinct volcano cones.
References
Werner Kraeling (Red.): Charco del Palo: Das Bilderbuch. Castillo del Papagayo SL, 2009. 48 pp.
Coordinates: 29°05′01″N 13°27′09″W / 29.08364°N 13.45246°W
Categories:- Naturist resorts
- Naturism in Spain
- Lanzarote
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