The easternmost of Almuñécar's two beaches, this lively grey-pebble-and-sand strand fronts the tangle of streets that make up the old town.
Nearby Andalucía attractions
1. Castillo de San Miguel
0.17 MILES
Almuñécar's impressive hilltop castle was built over Islamic, Roman and Phoenician fortifications by the conquering Christians in the 16th century, was…
2. Museo Arqueológico Cueva de Siete Palacios
0.17 MILES
Almuñécar's small archaeology museum is set in a series of 1st-century vaulted underground stone cellars, known as the Cueva de Siete Palacios and built…
3. Parque Ornitológico Loro-Sexi
0.25 MILES
The strange and piercing squawks you sometimes hear around Plaza Abderrahmane are coming from this tropical bird aviary full of parrots, peacocks, macaws,…
4. Parque Botánico El Majuelo
0.25 MILES
A lush park built around the remains of a Carthaginian and Roman fish-salting workshop, where garum (fermented fish sauce) was produced before being…
5. Peñón del Santo
0.3 MILES
A rocky outcrop crowned by a large crucifix, the Peñón del Santo commands sweeping views of the town's seafront. To the west, the Playa de San Cristóbal…
6. Playa de San Cristóbal
0.47 MILES
Almuñécar's western and best beach is a pretty grey-pebble strip framed by green headlands and dotted with seafood chiringuitos that catches the sun well…
7. Playa de Cantarriján
4.84 MILES
Hemmed in by rocky cliffs and the glittering Mediterranean, gorgeous grey-pebble Cantarriján is one of Andalucía's original and favourite nudist beaches…
8. Playa de la Guardia
5.37 MILES
The smaller of Salobreña’s two main beaches, with gentle waters and views up to the hilltop castle, this pebbly strand sits 1.5km southwest of the old…