Fuerteventura · Jandía, south Fuerteventura
Mal Nombre
Peace and quiet behind the cliffs
White sand, turquoise water and cliffs that keep off the wind, with a beach bar and little else: Mal Nombre is the quiet beach between Costa Calma and Morro Jable. Lines 1 and 5 stop at Tierra Dorada on the coast road, and the walk down is yours.
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- Come for
- A quiet beach away from the busier resorts
- Make time for
- A beach day
- By bus
- Reached by a published TIADHE line
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The journey is part of the day
Getting to Mal Nombre
The route maps name no stop Mal Nombre; its nearest stops are on the coast road. TIADHE line 1 between Puerto del Rosario and Morro Jable has the stop Tierra Dorada in both directions. Line 5, between Costa Calma and Morro Jable, has the stop Tierra Dorada in both directions.
Checked Sources: TIADHE
Bus guides
Lines from this site’s guides. Times are in this page’s timetable.
Before you settle in
Keep the way home in mind.
Line 1 has separate Monday-to-Friday, Saturday and Sundays-and-holidays tables: check the trip back for your day, or line 5’s if you take line 5.
See the next busesA little introduction
Get to know Mal Nombre.
Visit Fuerteventura describes Mal Nombre beach, between Morro Jable and Costa Calma, as a picture of peace and quiet away from the busier tourist areas: white sand and turquoise water.
Why go
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Sheltered from the wind
Cliffs border the beach and shelter it, a rare thing on this coast.
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Away from the busy resorts
Few people, little noise and a nudist area: the busy resorts feel far away.
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A beach bar, and that is all
It lacks a town beach's amenities but has a bar, parking and showers.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura
Make a day of it
What to do in Mal Nombre
- Beach Don’t miss
Sheltered by cliffs
Cliffs border the beach and shelter it from the wind.
- Beach Don’t miss
Few services, one beach bar
Like most unspoilt beaches it lacks the amenities of a town beach, but it has a beach bar.
- Beach Don’t miss
Parking and showers
Visit Fuerteventura lists parking, showers and a nudist area, and calm water.
- Beach
Unsupervised, calm, and a climb back up
No lifeguard, calm water, a nudist area, a bar, showers and parking, and nothing else. The only way out is the climb back to the Tierra Dorada stop on the coast road.
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- Walk
Sotavento's southern end
Mal Nombre is one of Sotavento's five beaches, and at low tide you can walk them all along the sand without a break.
- Walk
A kilometre and a half, then Sotavento at low tide
Mal Nombre runs 1,500 metres, and north of it a sand bar holds Sotavento's three-kilometre lagoon. Check the tide before you set off along the shore, and leave time for the climb back to Tierra Dorada before the bus.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura
A day here
How a day in Mal Nombre feels
A plan built on the buses this guide already names. The departure times are in the board on this page; choose your bus back before you set out.
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Morning
Tierra Dorada on line 1 or 5
No stop is named Mal Nombre; both lines' maps have Tierra Dorada in both directions, on the coast road above the beach.
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Middle of the day
The beach, with your own water
A beach bar, showers and nothing more: carry what the day needs.
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Afternoon
Back up to the road in time
Allow for the climb back to Tierra Dorada before the departure you chose on the tab for your day.
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about Mal Nombre
How do I get to Mal Nombre beach by bus?
Lines 1 and 5 stop at Tierra Dorada on the coast road, in both directions; from there it is a walk down to the sand that this site has not measured.
Checked Sources: TIADHE
Good to know
Small details. Better days.
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No lifeguard
Visit Fuerteventura lists the beach as unsupervised: bathe with care.
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Ramps on line 1
TIADHE’s reduced-mobility timetable lists ramp-equipped departures for lines 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10; line 5 is not on it. Other departures can be requested by phone: 24 hours ahead from Monday to Thursday, or 48 hours ahead for a Friday, weekend or public holiday.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud +3
Photos and film
Mal Nombre in pictures
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Lines 1 and 5 stop at Tierra Dorada on the coast road above the beach; the walk down and back up is yours. Photo: dirkvorderstrasse, CC BY 2.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons -
Lines 1 and 5 stop at Tierra Dorada on the coast road above the beach; the walk down and back up is yours. Photo: dirkvorderstrasse, CC BY 2.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
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There’s more around the corner
Where next?
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Sources for this page
The sources this page cites, each with the date we checked it. Two dates mean the facts that cite it were checked on different days.
TIADHE
- TIADHE line 1 Checked – Oct 2026
- TIADHE line 5 Checked – Oct 2026
- TIADHE service for people with reduced mobility Checked
- TIADHE contact details and information office Checked
Visit Fuerteventura
- Mal Nombre beach Checked – Oct 2026
- Sotavento beach Checked
Cabildo de Fuerteventura
Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud
Gobierno de Canarias, 1-1-2 Canarias
Gobierno de Canarias, Dirección General de Emergencias
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