El Médano

The mountain is approximately 1 kilometer in diameter, conformed by successive explosions fruit of the violent vaporization of the sea waters.

[4] It was on this beach that Leocadio Machado, professor of Nautics and doctor of Law, was inspired to write the novel "El loco de la playa" (The madman of the beach), published by LA PRENSA in 1925, which tells of the arrival at El Médano of a doctor, Don Luis Gilpérez, and his daughter María, on a boat from the Santa Cruz de Tenerife dock, which they used to do every summer despite the difficulties they suffered, dodging the waves and winds until he disembarked and reached the only inn then on the beach, "La morenita", where, as soon as he arrived, he was warned of the presence of an unknown man who spent the days and nights between the mountains of Bocinegro and Roja, talking to himself and shouting at the sea, who was called "the crazy man on the beach", who had his few inhabitants frightened.

[1] There is a large town square in front of the main beach, which holds many local fiestas, especially during the summer months and an annual public firework display across the bay.

The cave of Santo Hermano Pedro is located in the town and is place of pilgrimage with a small shrine dedicated to the saint.

[6] In 2013, 41% of the resident population of El Médano was of foreign origin, mainly from Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and Uruguay.