Hippies are turning a nudist beach in Costa Adeje into a worrying blot on the tourist landscape. A tidal wave of the great unwashed have arrived at the much-loved tourist idyll the disturbing the tranquility of the area.
There are no rubbish collecting facilities, running water or electricity on the make-shift camp sites. And there are fears that the long stay arrivees could mirror problems at Los Gigantes a few years ago when part of the cliffs fell on unsuspecting sunbathers.
Plans for a beach clean by a group of volunteers at Costa Adeje have been abandoned when the local Ayuntamiento refused permission because, they claimed, it was too dangerous because of the hippy population.
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However, worried locals fear it could end in a tragedy as the growing hippy population moves into the community. But there is a glimmer of hope as the area is beginning to trend as a destination as a counterpoint to the burgeoning hippy throng.