Las Caletillas beach is finally getting the investment residents have been asking for, with Tenerife’s Cabildo awarding a €1.2 million regeneration project to construction company Satocan.
The project, led by the Cabildo’s Tourism and External Relations department, forms part of the Tenerife and the Sea programme for 2026-2030.
For people who have been following the story for years, getting to this point has taken some doing.
A long-awaited improvement
The main issue the project is intended to address is the large accumulation of pebbles and stones on Las Caletillas beach.
Residents and regular beach users have been calling for improvements for more than a decade, with the aim of bringing the beach as close as possible to its original condition.
The project will also include improvements around the nearby Cho Vito area.
The funding is being split between the two administrations, with the Cabildo providing 85% and Candelaria Town Hall covering the remaining 15%.
Permission has also been obtained from the General Directorate of Coasts and Marine Space Management in the Canary Islands. The authorisation provides one year to begin the work and a further year to complete it.
Once work gets underway, the project is expected to involve around six months of construction.
It hasn’t been straightforward
The first tender for the project was declared void on 10 December 2025, meaning the whole process had to be started again.
Candelaria mayor Mari Brito said the beach has been the subject of years of meetings and discussions, with the municipality continuing to push for a solution even after the initial tender failed.
And there has been plenty of work behind the scenes to get here.
Brito highlighted the many discussions between different government departments and the amount of time and effort involved in getting the necessary approvals and procedures completed.
Now, however, the project has finally moved forward.
Residents have kept pushing
The regeneration is particularly significant because local residents have been campaigning for improvements for more than ten years.
Brito specifically thanked the El Pueblito Residents’ Association and its president, Fernando Rodríguez, for continuing to push for a solution.
It’s a useful reminder that these projects aren’t just about contracts, budgets and paperwork.
There are usually local people who have been asking for the same thing for years, attending meetings, making phone calls and reminding officials that the problem hasn’t gone away.
In this case, that persistence appears to have paid off.
Las Caletillas beach is now one step closer to getting the improvement the local community has been waiting for.