Pasito Blanco: marina, beach and the coastal walk

By Terje Moy, editor · Published 25 October 2026

Pasito Blanco is a quiet, mostly residential marina estate about 10 km east of Arguineguín, in a different municipality. You can walk to its small dark-sand beach, but there are almost no services, and no bus stop carries the name.

Pasito Blanco is a private-feeling marina estate on the coast east of Arguineguín, about 10 km away by road (roughly 11 minutes in a car). It belongs to San Bartolomé de Tirajana, the municipality of Maspalomas, not to Mogán, and it is quieter than either resort. There is a marina with a Blue Flag, villas and apartments behind a security barrier, and a small dark-sand beach beside the harbour that anyone can walk to. If you want sunbeds, showers and a row of restaurants, go to Arguineguín or Puerto Rico instead; if you want calm water, a bit of space and a good coastal walk towards Meloneras, read on.

One point of confusion: the lighthouse people mention on walks from here is the Faro de Maspalomas, at the far end of the Meloneras promenade. It is not a lighthouse at Pasito Blanco itself, and it is covered below.

Where it is, and which municipality

Pasito Blanco lies between Meloneras and Arguineguín, on the same coast road. On the official ADEAC list its marina is in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, and Spain's tourist board puts the beach there too. That is why Mogán's tourism pages do not cover it. For the stretch of coast just before it, see El Pajar and Santa Águeda; beyond it lies Meloneras and Maspalomas.

The marina

The Puerto Deportivo Pasito Blanco holds a Blue Flag for 2026-27, one of only three marinas on Gran Canaria to do so (the others are Puerto de Mogán and Puerto de las Nieves). The flag is for the marina, not the beach. It is a working leisure port with yachts and small boats, and the estate round it is mostly villas and holiday apartments. It is not a place with a promenade of shops and hotels.

The beach

Spain's tourist board lists Pasito Blanco beach as 203 m long and 76 m wide, with dark sand, calm water and a semi-urban setting. It sits just before the marina, a short walk from it, and the board lists only litter bins and a cleaning service among its services. In other words, no sunbed hire, showers or toilets are listed, so bring water, shade and anything else you need. A local guide also mentions a beach club by the water, La Punta, whose opening hours vary by season and which can close for private events, so ring ahead rather than assume. The full description is on the Pasito Blanco beach page.

The water is listed as calm, but small boats come and go beside the beach, so keep children close to the shore.

Getting there, and the gate

Pasito Blanco is gated. As a local guide describes it, car access is for residents, boat owners with a mooring and guests of the private holiday homes; everyone else walks in from the nearest parking, which the same guide puts at about 600 m from the beach. As elsewhere in Spain, the beach itself is public, so you are entitled to walk to it, but expect to leave the car outside the estate. If you are staying in a holiday home inside, the same guide says you are let through the security check.

By bus, none of the Global lines that stop in Arguineguín (91, 90, 33, 39) lists a stop called Pasito Blanco. Lines 90, 33 and 39 do list "Pedrazo" and "Cruce Meloneras" on the way between Arguineguín and Meloneras, and a driver can tell you which is closest. Our bus page has the lines. A taxi from Arguineguín is the simple option, and you can ask it to wait; see taxis in Arguineguín.

The coast walk towards Meloneras and the lighthouse

The walk people mean runs along the shore between Pasito Blanco and Meloneras, then on along the Meloneras promenade to the Faro de Maspalomas. The Cabildo describes the promenade as starting at the lighthouse and following the coast to Meloneras beach. User-recorded routes put the Pasito Blanco to Meloneras stretch at about 6 km each way, and a there-and-back walk that goes on to the lighthouse at roughly 10 km. These are recorded tracks, not official figures, so check them on a map.

The stretch between the two is not a paved promenade. Walkers' tracks mention rocky sections, one warns against it because of the risk of falling stones, and another suggests good footwear. The sensible way to use it is to walk it on a calm, dry day, with proper shoes and water, and to be ready to turn back; the Meloneras end is the easy one. The lighthouse itself (first lit in 1890) and the town round it are described on the Maspalomas and Meloneras page. For gentler walks nearer Arguineguín, see coastal walks from Arguineguín.

Diving off Pasito Blanco

Two dive centres on this coast list a reef off Pasito Blanco, about 17-19 m deep and about 2 km out according to one of them, as a dive site; trips go from boats, not from the beach. See scuba diving near Arguineguín for the options.

Who Pasito Blanco suits

It suits people renting a villa or apartment who want quiet and the marina on the doorstep, and day visitors who like a walk with a swim at the end. It does not suit anyone who wants cafés and shops within a few minutes, which is what Anfi del Mar and Arguineguín provide.