La Pared

The name stands for an attempt at more exclusive tourism that was made in 1966. To date, the complex consists of an exclusive hotel with a collection of bungalows, plus detached private houses that are more or less in keeping in what will be a garden city (if all goes as planned!) on the north-west coast of Jandia. Conditions are favourable: drinking-water comes from natural caverns in the mountains, free of charge because no pumps are needed, only gravity. Electricity is supplied be UNELCO, and the major roads are asphalted. There are some sheltered sandy bays along the rugged cliff coastline.
The centre of the town is an individualistic, post modern promenade (with no shops or restaurants), with numerous walkways from the houses above to the golf practice course, and illuminated at night by spherical lamps that would do a major city proud. This magnificent avenue goes by the splendid name of RAMBLA CANARIA, and is divided into seven sections symbolising the seven Canary Isles. When the estate is finished, it is planned to hold markets and festivals here.
When architects planned the Club Hotel Costa Real, they incorporated fort-like elements in the modern design: the hall with its medieval fittings, a kind of staircase tower and the vault-like restaurant next to the generously proportioned swimming-pool with its coloured lightning.