Playa del Matorral
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Playa del Matorral is one of the most beautiful beaches in Fuerteventura, known for its extensive sandy shoreline and clear, turquoise waters. Visitors appreciate the following features:
- Amenities: The beach is well-equipped with amenities including showers, restrooms, and sunbed rentals. There are also several restaurants and bars nearby.
- Activities: Ideal for walking, relaxing, and enjoying its stunning sunsets. It offers a serene atmosphere, especially during the off-peak hours.
- Natural Beauty: The beach boasts beautiful natural scenery, including a picturesque lighthouse and opportunities for spotting local wildlife, such as squirrels.
However, some visitors have noted a few downsides:
- Wind and Crowds: The beach can be windy, which may impact the overall experience. It can also get crowded, particularly in peak tourist seasons.
- Seaweed: In certain areas, seaweed can be present, which may detract from the beach's appeal.
Overall, Playa del Matorral offers a delightful setting for beachgoers, with ample space to find a quiet spot, despite the potential for crowds and wind.
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Below you will find 38 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa del Matorral.
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Fantastic experience: A long beach with crystal clear waters, there are squirrels in the parking lot ♥️
Positive experience: Beautiful beach, at least near the town, relatively sheltered from the wind, but very crowded due to the many hotels in the tourist hub Moro Jabble and unfortunately hardly any parking options for rental car drivers, as the many parking spots are already fully occupied early on.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach. Quiet and clean, but with some cafes and sun loungers, etc. Gorgeous natural wetland and nearby flora/fauna. Stunning location for sunrise and sunset. Really accessible on foot/by bike and with plenty of parking nearby. In the shade of the wind for long stretches, but with a lot of surf in other parts.
Fantastic experience: Stunning beach with clean turquoise waters and soft sand. I went there in early December, and the water was a little cold but felt more like refreshing and easy to enjoy. It was a windy day, and I had great fun jumping the big waves. Lots of facilities around, bathrooms, parking and shops. We also spotted some cute squirrels on the way to the beach. I would definitely go back.
Fantastic experience: A beach surprise, some tranquil turquoise transparent waters on a beach with good access and surrounded by amenities. Ideal for spending the day with family.
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Fantastic experience: Leider schwierig einen Parkplatz zu bekommen, aber wenn man bereit ist ein paar hundert Meter zu laufen, ist es ein wirklich toller Strand. Auf dem Weg kann man auf dem Steg schon einige der kanarischen Atlashörnchen beobachten.
Fantastic experience: Impresionante, de las playas mas bonitas de España, poco turística, de no fácil acceso. Tienes que entrar por una pista de tierra.Pero merece la pena y mucho. Uso nudista muy habitual en esta playa, mezcla de arena blanca y fina, rocas volcánicas y aguas turquesas trasparentes.
Fantastic experience: Spiaggia lunghissima che parte da Playa di Sotavento sino a Morro Jable. Sabbia gialla fine è pulitissima. L’acqua è cristallina e con la bassa marea affiorano bassi banchi di sabbia a diverse decine di metri da riva. Si può effettuare una passeggiata di diversi chilometri camminando nel bagnasciuga. Nei pressi del faro è profondissima e dal lato della strada è presente un’area verde protetta recintata dove sono presenti diverse specie di animali vertebrati ed invertebrati. L’impatto visivo con le costruzioni in cemento è più limitato rispetto a Costa Calma , in quanto sono più distanti dalla riva.
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Fantastic experience: Dreamy spacious and clean beach, fine sand and crystal clear sea. The lighthouse and the salt marshes additionally provide a special panorama.
Fantastic experience: One of the most beautiful beaches in the south of Fuerteventura. Nice sand, good water entrance, not windy, good facilities around the resorts Morro Jable and Jandia.
Fantastic experience: Sea with indescribable shades, soft sandy beach, today no wind... in short, an idyll, the best beach in Fuerteventura in my opinion
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful white sand beach with a great promenade.
Fantastic experience: Dreamily beautiful sandy beach on the island
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Fantastic experience: Magnificent beach. Crystal clear water. Nice restaurant where you can eat good fried squid. Hummm
Fantastic experience: A huge beach, with services (restrooms, showers, lifeguard, beach bar...), but not a crowded beach. It also has sunbed services. Being so big, there is plenty of space to be relaxed. Highly recommended.
Fantastic experience: Matorral Beach Good and 'very' long beach. Walking around or sitting at the beach. Some hotels and restaurants there. Good for relaxing.
Positive experience: Very extensive beach, we saw two beach bars. The most curious and cool thing is that there are squirrels. As a anecdote, we encountered some nudists. We didn't see anything regarding this, neither signs nor online. We don't know if it's something occasional.
Fantastic experience: Amazing beach in the southern part of the island. It is huge and you can easily find a spot to lie down on the sand. Additionally, there is a good selection of shops and beach bars since Morro Jable is nearby. So far the best beach in Fuerte.
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Fantastic experience: A huge beach, with services (restrooms, showers, lifeguard, beach bar...), but not a crowded beach. It also has sunbed services. Being so big, there is plenty of space to be relaxed. Highly recommended.
Fantastic experience: Una de las mejores playas de Fuerteventura para bañarse. Aguas cristalinas, olas para los que les gusta jugar con ellas, arenal extensísimo tanto a lo largo como a lo ancho. Zona de hamacas y sombrillas de alquiler, aparcamiento en la avenida del Saladar.Servicio de socorristas, duchas y baño. Zona de matorral bajo y pequeñas marismas protegida. Una playa de fábula, absolutamente espectacular.
Fantastic experience: Dos preciosas playas con arena blanca conectadas entre sí, ideal para dar un paseo largo por la orilla del mar. Las aguas poco profundas, el agua clara, la arena blanca muy fina, un paisaje idílico. Los espacios amplios, interminables, prácticamente virgen, con una arena fina y dorada que termina siendo el paraíso para bañistas y aficionados a los deportes náuticos. Lo único malo es el viento que con la arena tan fin puede llegar a molestar. Playa de fácil acceso, hay partes nudistas. En 1987 la península de Jandía fue declarada Parque Natural. Su ubicación cercana a la zona turística, le convierte en una playa semiurbana de fácil acceso y con todos los servicios: alquiler de sombrillas, socorrista, chiringuitos, aseos, duchas. Una playa ideal para hacer fotos espectaculares. En la entrada de la playa hay unas zonas con muchas ardillas.
Fantastic experience: A stunning big beach. Not too many tourists so it has a lovely “Canary” vibe. The water is one of the bluest and clearest I’ve ever seen! It is lifeguarded in some areas. Really recommend giving a visit!
Fantastic experience: Spiaggia chilometrica che parte da Morro Jable e di estende verso nord per chilometri. La parte sud vicino al borgo è quella più frequentata. Sabbia ghiaia finissima. Master generalmente calmo o in generale sicuramente più calmo della costa ovest. Spiaggia adatta ai bambini e ai disabili. Presenza di servizi, bagnino e bar.
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Fantastic experience: Dreamy spacious and clean beach, fine sand and crystal clear sea. The lighthouse and the salt marshes additionally provide a special panorama.
Fantastic experience: Very long and wide beach - in December, despite the very touristy surroundings, hardly visited. Clean and perfect for sunsets. We even saw a small school of dolphins.
Fantastic experience: Very clean, good atmosphere
Fantastic experience: Magnificent beach. Crystal clear water. Nice restaurant where you can eat good fried squid. Hummm
Fantastic experience: Beach with clear water, especially less windy, exudes a special charm.
Below you will find 8 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa del Matorral.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach. Quiet and clean, but with some cafes and sun loungers, etc. Gorgeous natural wetland and nearby flora/fauna. Stunning location for sunrise and sunset. Really accessible on foot/by bike and with plenty of parking nearby. In the shade of the wind for long stretches, but with a lot of surf in other parts.
Positive experience: Spiaggia meravigliosa adatta per surfisti... posto veramente incantevole. Da vedere..
Fantastic experience: Splendida spiaggia di sabbia fine, in questo punto grazie al vento si esercitano i surfisti
Positive experience: La playa fantástica, en general, pero tiene algunos problemas: - El arrastre es fuerte, demasiado para niños de menos de 10 años - Los surfistas andan molestando, ocupando toda la costa que pueden - Los socorristas, y esto es lo peor, son un grupo de jóvenes que no salen de la caseta, móvil en mano y pasando de todo, en especial el de la T-5
Fantastic experience: Dalla strada principale si vede bene il faro ma non la spiaggia. Occorre fare una passeggiata attraversando i giardini per scoprire questa bella e lunga spiaggia bianca dove volendo si può praticare lezioni di surf
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Positive experience: Spiaggia lunghissima inizia a Costa calma poi Sotavento e termina jandia ottima per famiglie e in caso di vento per kiters e wind dato che da parecchi anni qui si fa una tappa world cup data la sua estensione è facile trovare zone totalmente libere e poco affollate .
Fantastic experience: Fantastická dlouhá, poloprazdná pláž Dá se tu chodit, ležet, koupat, skákat ve vlnách, surfovat, kiteovat proste vše na co si vzpomenete Jediný háček cele pláže jsou zachody a sprchy, buď tam žádné nejsou a nebo jsou hodně dobře schované, protože jsme celou plaz prošli tam a zpět a nic jsme nenašli Ale i přes to jedna z nejhezčích plazi kterou doporučuji navštívit P.s. Jako většina pláži na ostrově, i tato okolo 18 hodiny zmizí pod vodu a vrátí se zpět až ráno
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Fantastic experience: Meiner Meinung nach der schönste Badestrand der kanarischen Inseln. Beim Schwimmen und Schnorcheln kannst du mit etwas Glück große Rochen, Gitarrenhaie und große Fischschwärme beobachten. ️☀️
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with sunloungers and parasols for hire , great for snorkeling
Fantastic experience: One of the best beaches visited on Fuerteventura. Nice and soft sand and lot of free space. At the end there is a rocky cliff for a good snorkel.
Fantastic experience: Schöner langer Sandstrand. Feiner Sand. Man kann immer etwas Ruhe haben und liegt nie Handtuch an Handtuch. Das Meer ist wunderbar. Schon diese türkise Farbe ist ein Hingucker. Fische, Krebse, Octopus und Rochen gibt es auch zu bestaunen beim schwimmen und Schnorcheln!!!!
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Fantastic experience: Una playa excelente sin lugar a dudas, con una zona protegida en su acceso, en la que crían especies diversas, y, una vez en la playa en sí, arena blanca y muchísima amplitud, con diversos servicios a pie de playa. Ojo con los cambios de marea, esta playa es conocida por sus resacas, de hecho hay carteles de advertencia al respecto.
Fantastic experience: La mejor playa en la que he estado jamás. Bien es verdad que mi lista podría ser muchísimo más extensa, pero no tiene nada que envidiar a una de las caribeñas. Aguas cristalinas, arena clara, infinita por ambos lados, muy ancha y todas las comodidades: servicio de hamacas y sombrillas, duchas, aseos, socorrista, chiringuito... Aunque hay que tener un poco de cuidado con el oleaje y las corrientes es una playa superdivertida
Fantastic experience: Spiaggia lunghissima che parte da Playa di Sotavento sino a Morro Jable. Sabbia gialla fine è pulitissima. L’acqua è cristallina e con la bassa marea affiorano bassi banchi di sabbia a diverse decine di metri da riva. Si può effettuare una passeggiata di diversi chilometri camminando nel bagnasciuga. Nei pressi del faro è profondissima e dal lato della strada è presente un’area verde protetta recintata dove sono presenti diverse specie di animali vertebrati ed invertebrati. L’impatto visivo con le costruzioni in cemento è più limitato rispetto a Costa Calma , in quanto sono più distanti dalla riva.
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Playa del Matorral: Reviews
Fantastic experience: You have to be there, especially with children. Wide beach, clean sand! Bars, cafes, restaurants nearby. You can relax!
Fantastic experience: crowded
Fantastic experience: Great beach but not perfect on a windy day
Fantastic experience: Dreamy spacious and clean beach, fine sand and crystal clear sea. The lighthouse and the salt marshes additionally provide a special panorama.
Fantastic experience: Mega beautiful beach
Positive experience: Beautiful bay
Fantastic experience: Very long and wide beach - in December, despite the very touristy surroundings, hardly visited. Clean and perfect for sunsets. We even saw a small school of dolphins.
Fantastic experience: A very warm day and a pleasant bunch of waves
Positive experience: It was a beautiful beach but with all the loungers it has become awful...
Positive experience: Amazing beach, but think people need to just go easy 'old swinging there bits out', we all have them but if your 'peacocking' leave it to the evening, families about for the love of God.
Fantastic experience: The most beautiful beach of all
Fantastic experience: Very clean, good atmosphere
Fantastic experience: Super place, one of my favorites in Fuerteventura, super sandy beach
Fantastic experience: Great beach.
Fantastic experience: Magnificent beach. Crystal clear water. Nice restaurant where you can eat good fried squid. Hummm
Fantastic experience: Beautiful, fantastic beach. Clear water. A wonder!
Fantastic experience: Beach with clear water, especially less windy, exudes a special charm.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful wide beach. In August, there are few people, and after 8 PM, there was no one for a long time. In the evening, you can only hear the sound of the waves. I recommend an evening walk.
Positive experience: Good beach, although there were a lot of seaweed. A little more crowded than others.
Fantastic experience: Spectacular beach, clean and long for walking. A bit of caution because it covers from well into the sea, but it is wonderful, calm waters with a little bit of wave.
Fantastic experience: Super nice beach section
Fantastic experience: You smile with joy, your eyes become colorful with happiness. That's how you can describe the beach in Morro Jable :)
Fantastic experience: For me, the most beautiful corner in Fuerteventura ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fantastic experience: Beautiful and very popular beach in the city center. It stretches for several kilometers. There are views of it from several points in the city.
Fantastic experience: One of the most beautiful beaches in the south of Fuerteventura. Nice sand, good water entrance, not windy, good facilities around the resorts Morro Jable and Jandia.
Fantastic experience: Sea with indescribable shades, soft sandy beach, today no wind... in short, an idyll, the best beach in Fuerteventura in my opinion
Fantastic experience: One of the best beaches on the whole island, it is true that it is very crowded with tourists. But the beach is worth it.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach and with little wind
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful white sand beach with a great promenade.
Fantastic experience: Amazing large beach, clean turquoise ocean and this tranquility with an unnoticeable amount of tourists!!!
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach. Fine and clean sand, along with a stunning color that perfectly blends with the ocean. The water is crystal clear and fairly deep right from the shore, which is more suitable for adults, not just because of the depth but also due to the many naturists. Unless that doesn't bother you; on the contrary, it's a plus. The beach chair service is friendly and helpful. You can enjoy a bit of comfort, but you can also easily spread out between the spots without fees, and you still have privacy since there are very few people, even in the season. The width and length of the beach are impressive! I highly recommend it.
Fantastic experience: Dreamily beautiful sandy beach on the island
Fantastic experience: Beautiful, but be prepared for constant wind, at least in July! Equipped with bars and restrooms at the beach entrances, and at times, sunbeds and umbrellas are always available and not intrusive.
Positive experience: Beautiful beach in Morro Yable. The ocean is obviously a bit cold by Italian standards, but I still took a swim.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beaches, well-equipped, a lot of life, shops and venues.
Fantastic experience: Amaizing views I took my dron out and got some stunning videos and pictures to share :)
Fantastic experience: Nice, spacious beach with volleyball fields, some cafes and an outdoor workout area.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful place❤️
Fantastic experience: Best beach on the island. Most literally to be sunny. Most likely to have calm waves. If you are considering location this is an absolute must.
Fantastic experience: A huge beach, with services (restrooms, showers, lifeguard, beach bar...), but not a crowded beach. It also has sunbed services. Being so big, there is plenty of space to be relaxed. Highly recommended.
Positive experience: Kilometer-long beach in an urban area with crystal clear waters and quite crowded. The day I went, there was a lot of wind which made it impossible to stay for long. You might see a squirrel searching for food.
Fantastic experience: Huge white sand beach with the Morro Jable lighthouse as a lookout. It is the beach in the Morro Jable area where the most touristy part is located, with a large number of shops and especially hotels, apartments, and residential complexes. You will never encounter overcrowding here. The wind is always present, but it seems that in this area it doesn't prevent you from laying out your towel. In the area closer to the town, there is a less touristy beach, but just as cool. It really is all a continuation.
Fantastic experience: Incredibly beautiful. The colors of the sea are so impressive.
Fantastic experience: A dream for a walk by the water...almost like in the Caribbean
Fantastic experience: Here you can forget daily worries. Clean beach and especially water. Very nice views. I have been here for the third time and am thrilled every time.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful wide sandy beach, a big plus because compared to other beaches, it was the least windy here and quite pleasant to lie down.
Positive experience: Be careful with the sand from the dunes when the trade winds blow
Positive experience: Excellent beach in all aspects. Would repeat...
Fantastic experience: Beautiful. Warm sea.
Fantastic experience: Matorral Beach Good and 'very' long beach. Walking around or sitting at the beach. Some hotels and restaurants there. Good for relaxing.
Fantastic experience: Amazing place, well worth the visit.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with all the services
Positive experience: Very extensive beach, we saw two beach bars. The most curious and cool thing is that there are squirrels. As a anecdote, we encountered some nudists. We didn't see anything regarding this, neither signs nor online. We don't know if it's something occasional.
Fantastic experience: One of the most beautiful beaches in Fuerteventura
Fantastic experience: Beautiful, expansive beach. Here you can relax comfortably or take beautiful walks.
Fantastic experience: Wide, over 4 km long, it starts from the small town of Morro Jable, which along the promenade is full of restaurants. Then walking north, it becomes increasingly empty, the large hotels loom, but they are far behind the main street of the tourist area. There is a nudist area just before the lighthouse, the sea is emerald in color, in May the water is a bit cold. The bar in front of the lighthouse is truly special, they serve the only beer made in Fuerteventura. It costs six euros, which is very good.
Fantastic experience: The staff is quite kind, affectionate, sociable, and especially attentive to all customers.
Fantastic experience: A dreamlike beautiful, gigantic beach. Exactly what you need for a relaxing day at the beach.
Fantastic experience: A long beach with crystal clear waters, there are squirrels in the parking lot ♥️
Fantastic experience: Sandy beach, clear water, bars nearby... Great place to spend a few days in total relaxing mode.
Fantastic experience: The beaches of Fuerteventura are beautiful
Positive experience: Beautiful beach, at least near the town, relatively sheltered from the wind, but very crowded due to the many hotels in the tourist hub Moro Jabble and unfortunately hardly any parking options for rental car drivers, as the many parking spots are already fully occupied early on.
Fantastic experience: Great wide beach with sunbeds and umbrellas available! I find the price of €5 per sunbed/umbrella reasonable!
Fantastic experience: Particular place located south of the island, beautiful long beaches, and clean water suitable for all ages.
Fantastic experience: Stunning beach
Positive experience: Beautiful beach
Fantastic experience: Amazing beach in the southern part of the island. It is huge and you can easily find a spot to lie down on the sand. Additionally, there is a good selection of shops and beach bars since Morro Jable is nearby. So far the best beach in Fuerte.
Fantastic experience: Great beach.
Fantastic experience: A dreamily beautiful sandy beach. The Atlantic shines blue. Miles long. Sometimes the strong wind disturbs the enjoyment.
Fantastic experience: So much sea, so much beach, few people, everything is beautiful. Maybe I will regret it.....next vacation I wouldn't want to find too many people.
Fantastic experience: A vast beach with perfect water!
Fantastic experience: Wonderful place to relax, beautiful clean wide beach
Fantastic experience: Wonderful place, beautiful color of the ocean. Wide beach. You can sunbathe in a swimsuit and no one is surprised. Relaxation, peace, sunshine. Temperature at the turn of December and January averages 27°C. Water temperature 19-20°C. Wind virtually imperceptible.
Fantastic experience: Unbelievable
Fantastic experience: It's just beautiful there, I love it.
Fantastic experience: Big sandy beach
Positive experience: Too touristy for my taste, too built up
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach. Very clean and spacious.
Fantastic experience: Simply breathtakingly beautiful, clean and the water heavenly… I was just on vacation nearby. Walkers can enjoy at low and high tide.
Fantastic experience: We went to see the sunrise at 7:48. At the height of the Faro, you get a perfect view of the rising sun. It is also wonderful to walk there.
Fantastic experience: Very good, a very nice place to enjoy nature.
Fantastic experience: Hello, as every year in January, I am again spending 4 weeks in Fuerteventura. The beach Playa del Matorral is one of the most beautiful beaches in Fuerteventura for me. Beautiful beach all the way to Morro Jable. In Morro Jable, there are many nice restaurants with beach/sea views where you can eat very well. (Best to have fish - catch of the day fresh from the fisherman in Morro Jable) I am here every day because it is so lovely. Best regards, Frank Koop
Fantastic experience: The best beach in the world has never been there.
Fantastic experience: A wonderful beach with crystal clear water
Positive experience: Beautiful beach with a lot of charm and very large. It has a lighthouse and a spectacular sunset. There is a beach bar, and it looks very natural as you have to cross a wooden walkway with some vegetation and even fauna like small squirrels on the sides.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach. Quiet and clean, but with some cafes and sun loungers, etc. Gorgeous natural wetland and nearby flora/fauna. Stunning location for sunrise and sunset. Really accessible on foot/by bike and with plenty of parking nearby. In the shade of the wind for long stretches, but with a lot of surf in other parts.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach. Now in November wild waves, super!
Fantastic experience: Nice place for a walk
Fantastic experience: Large beach with fine sand and several lifeguard stations
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach, there is a chance to see the sunset
Fantastic experience: A beauty
Fantastic experience: Stunning location...
Fantastic experience: Beautiful: spacious, clean, fine sand and clear water.
Fantastic experience: Stunning beach with clean turquoise waters and soft sand. I went there in early December, and the water was a little cold but felt more like refreshing and easy to enjoy. It was a windy day, and I had great fun jumping the big waves. Lots of facilities around, bathrooms, parking and shops. We also spotted some cute squirrels on the way to the beach. I would definitely go back.
Fantastic experience: You are looking for incredible paradise ️ A must-see ❤️❤️❤️
Positive experience: On the beach, as it is on the beach, but appreciate the laid-back atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful wide sandy beach and clear turquoise water.
Fantastic experience: For me, the most beautiful beach in Fuerteventura, as the infrastructure here is also right. Lovely restaurants right by the sea, the hotels often have direct beach access, the water is turquoise blue, less wind than elsewhere. Perfect place to relax.
Positive experience: The beach is very wide, next to our hotel. We liked the Sotavento and Cofete beaches the most. This one is average.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic!!! Fine and soft sand, crystal clear turquoise water... very long and wide, well sheltered from the western winds... along the promenade there are a series of excellent restaurants.
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