The Arrecife City Council has unveiled the new lighting along the pedestrian walkway surrounding La Arena beach and the viewpoint, in the vicinity of the Castillo de San José, a work where the artist César Manrique created the MIAC (International Museum of Contemporary Art).
The new lighting, which covers the stretch between the port of Los Mármoles and the accesses to the Castillo de San José, has been integrated into the interior of the volcanic stone wall that surrounds this entire pedestrian promenade next to La Arena beach.
The mayor of Arrecife, Yonathan de León, and the councilwoman for Beaches and Environment, Davinia Déniz de León, visited the area on Wednesday night. This new lighting with LED and high energy efficiency lamps has been in operation since the first weeks of 2026. The City Council, through a joint plan of the Departments of Beaches and Environment, and Public Works, adapted the installation of the wiring inside the perimeter stone wall out of respect for heritage, as the Castillo de San José is protected as a monumental building.
Municipal Plan to improve Arrecife's beaches
The councilor Davinia Déniz has detailed that from her Department of Beaches, several works and interventions are underway, during this term, on the beaches of Arrecife, and their accesses, to provide them with new services and facilities that allow users to enjoy their stays in these coves on the Arrecife coast in an accessible and safe way. Next to La Arena beach, the City Council has planned other actions on the Castillo de San Gabriel beach, and in El Cable and La Concha, with projects already sent to Costas for the mandatory administrative authorization.
The Department of Beaches and Environment has carried out various improvement works on La Arena beach to make it accessible. This small cove, with an external buoying system, is frequented by residents of the neighborhoods of Lloret, Altavista, Valterra, and Los Alonso, among others.
The mayor of Arrecife, Yonathan de León, remarked that providing public lighting to this pedestrian stretch will allow citizens to walk more safely during night hours, in an area where the access to the port of Los Mármoles and the Castle of San José is located, where the Cacts offer a restoration service also during night hours.
