Tenerife · West Tenerife (Guía de Isora)
Playa San Juan
A calm beach behind the harbour wall
Playa San Juan’s black-sand beach lies beside the fishing harbour and its breakwater, which shelter it from the wind and the waves, and it has held a Blue Flag since 2012. Lines 473 and 477 stop here on their way from Costa Adeje Station to Los Gigantes.
Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
- Come for
- A calm beach and the seafront promenade
- Make time for
- Half a day
- By bus
- Reached by a published TITSA line
The journey is part of the day
Getting to Playa San Juan
TITSA lines 473 and 477 from Costa Adeje Station to Los Gigantes both stop at Playa de San Juan and Puerto Playa San Juan, each with a working-day table and a Saturday, Sunday and holiday table. Line 473 starts at Los Cristianos and runs by way of Adeje; line 477 runs more directly from Costa Adeje Station.
Checked Sources: TITSA
Bus guides
Lines from this site’s guides. Departure times are in the boards on this site’s airport, journey and place pages.
Before you settle in
Keep the way home in mind.
Neither line’s tables give a time at Playa San Juan, so this page has no board: they time Costa Adeje Station and Los Gigantes (and, for 473, Los Cristianos). The Los Gigantes page lists both lines’ departures from Los Gigantes; on the way back the buses call at Puerto de Santiago and La Arena before Playa San Juan.
See the times: Costa Adeje to Los GigantesA little introduction
Get to know Playa San Juan.
Playa San Juan lies beside the fishermen’s harbour and the breakwater, which shelter it from the wind and the waves; WebTenerife recommends it for rest and quiet. The beach has held a Blue Flag since 2012 and draws visitors and local people all year.
Why go
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Shelter from wind and waves
WebTenerife recommends it to anyone looking for rest and quiet, because the harbour and the breakwater keep the wind and the waves off the sand.
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Everything on hand
Showers, toilets, changing rooms, sunbed and parasol hire, a children’s area, a tourist office and a lifeguard service, with easy access on foot and for people with reduced mobility.
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On the way to Los Gigantes
TITSA routes both lines through Playa San Juan and on to Puerto Santiago and Los Gigantes, so the beach fits a day on the west coast.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: WebTenerife, TITSA
Make a day of it
What to do in Playa San Juan
- Beach Don’t miss
Black sand and pebbles
About 360 metres long and 30 wide, black sand, picón and pebbles, with easy access on foot and access for people with reduced mobility.
- Beach Don’t miss
A full set of services
Showers, toilets, changing rooms, sunbed and parasol hire, a children’s area, a tourist office and lifeguards.
- Walk Don’t miss
The promenade
WebTenerife recommends the seafront promenade, with cafés, restaurants and shops.
- Beach
Playa de Abama
A cove beside a luxury hotel, which WebTenerife suggests to anyone looking for a quiet place to relax and lists among the other beaches of this stretch of coast.
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- Walk
Alcalá’s long promenade
Alcalá, on line 477’s way to Los Gigantes, has a long seafront promenade where WebTenerife suggests watching the sunset.
- Beach
Playa Méndez
A small, quiet cove of pebbles, sheltered from the waves by a spur of volcanic rock, which WebTenerife lists among the other beaches of this stretch of coast.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: WebTenerife, TITSA
A day here
How a day in Playa San Juan feels
A plan built on the buses this guide already names; choose your bus back before you set out.
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Morning
Line 477 or 473 along the coast
Line 477 runs from Costa Adeje Station by the TF-1 and TF-46, and line 473 from Los Cristianos by way of Costa Adeje Station and Adeje; both run by way of Playa San Juan, with a working-day table and a weekend-and-holiday table.
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Middle of the day
The beach and the promenade
Settle on the sheltered black sand, then walk the promenade for a café or a restaurant.
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Afternoon
Back towards Costa Adeje
TITSA prints no time at Playa San Juan, so this page has no board. The Los Gigantes page lists the 473 and 477 departures from Los Gigantes; on TITSA’s stop list the buses back call at Puerto de Santiago and La Arena before Playa San Juan.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: TITSA, WebTenerife
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about Playa San Juan
How do I get to Playa San Juan by bus?
Lines 473 and 477 from Costa Adeje Station to Los Gigantes both stop at Playa de San Juan and Puerto Playa San Juan; 473 starts at Los Cristianos and runs by way of Adeje, 477 runs more directly from the station. Each has a working-day table and a Saturday, Sunday and holiday table.
Is Playa San Juan good for swimming?
WebTenerife says the harbour and the breakwater shelter it from the wind and the waves, and it lists a lifeguard service; the beach has held a Blue Flag since 2012. Read the swimming notice on this page before you go in.
Why is there no departure board on this page?
TITSA’s tables for lines 473 and 477 time Costa Adeje Station and Los Gigantes (and, for 473, Los Cristianos), not Playa San Juan, and this site prints only the times TITSA prints. The Los Gigantes page lists both lines’ departures from there.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: TITSA, WebTenerife
Good to know
Small details. Better days.
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On the way to Los Gigantes
Both lines continue to Puerto de Santiago and Los Gigantes, so the beach fits a day along the west coast.
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Calm water
WebTenerife puts the shelter from wind and waves down to the harbour and its breakwater.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: WebTenerife, Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud, Gobierno de Canarias, 1-1-2 Canarias +2
Photos and film
Playa San Juan in pictures
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Lines 473 and 477 stop at Playa de San Juan; TITSA prints no time here, so the Los Gigantes page carries their departures. Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons -
This breakwater shelters the beach; on the way back towards Costa Adeje the buses call at Puerto de Santiago and La Arena first. Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Sources for this page
The sources this page cites, each with the date we checked it. Two dates mean the facts that cite it were checked on different days.
TITSA
- Line 473 timetable Checked – Oct 2026
- Line 477 timetable Checked – Oct 2026
WebTenerife
- Playa de San Juan Checked – Oct 2026
Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud
Gobierno de Canarias, 1-1-2 Canarias
Gobierno de Canarias, Dirección General de Emergencias
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