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Costa de la LuzPlaya de la Fontanilla
Conil's main Blue Flag beach: wide, shallow and a five-minute walk from the white old town.
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These are the 15 beaches we have mapped on the Costa de la Luz. They are Atlantic rather than Mediterranean: expect tides, real waves, cooler water and wind, but also stretches of sand measured in kilometres and dune systems that are still protected. Click any beach for the full guide, or use the map above to see where it sits.
Beach · Conil de la FronteraPlaya de la FontanillaConil's main Blue Flag beach: wide, shallow and a five-minute walk from the white old town.Read more about Playa de la Fontanilla →
Beach · Punta UmbríaPlaya de la BotaPunta Umbría's wild beach behind a rare juniper dune woodland, with no promenade and no lifeguards.Read more about Playa de la Bota →
Beach · LepePlaya de IslantillaThe only beach in Andalusia jointly run by two municipalities, with a kilometre of accessible promenade.Read more about Playa de Islantilla →
Beach · CartayaFlecha del RompidoA twelve-kilometre sand spit reachable only by boat: the largest on the Andalusian coast, still growing.Read more about Flecha del Rompido →
Beach · MoguerPlaya de MazagónNine kilometres of pine- and cliff-backed sand under the Asperillo fossil dune, between Huelva and Doñana.Read more about Playa de Mazagón →
Beach · AlmontePlaya de MatalascañasThe only resort inside the Doñana frame: four kilometres of sand with a toppled 16th-century watchtower on it.Read more about Playa de Matalascañas →
Beach · CádizPlaya de la VictoriaCadiz city's three-kilometre urban beach, Blue Flag 2026, walkable from the old town.Read more about Playa de la Victoria →
Beach · BarbateLos Caños de MecaCliff-backed beach where freshwater springs run straight out of the rock onto the sand.Read more about Los Caños de Meca →
Beach · TarifaPlaya de los LancesTarifa's 3.3 km main beach, a protected dune and lagoon system that is also the town's kitesurf launch.Read more about Playa de los Lances →
Beach · TarifaPlaya de ValdevaquerosA four-kilometre wild bay north of Tarifa with a giant mobile dune and world-class kitesurfing.Read more about Playa de Valdevaqueros →
Beach · Vejer de la FronteraPlaya El PalmarVejer's four-kilometre surf beach, the only Blue Flag in the municipality and Cadiz's main winter break.Read more about Playa El Palmar →
Beach · BarbatePlaya de Zahara de los AtunesBarbate's only Blue Flag beach, fronting the ruined tuna palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia.Read more about Playa de Zahara de los Atunes →
BeachPlaya de BoloniaA white-sand Atlantic bay backed by a live dune over 30 metres high, protected since 2001, with Roman ruins at its northern end.Read more about Playa de Bolonia →
BeachPlaya de la BarrosaPlaya de la Barrosa is a six-kilometre-long beach in Chiclana de la Frontera, separated from the Playa de Sancti Petri by cliffs, with the Torre Bermeja tower at its north end and the resort of Novo Sancti Petri at its south end…Read more about Playa de la Barrosa →
BeachLa CaletaLa Caleta is a beach in the historical centre of Cádiz, a natural harbour used historically by Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans. The smallest beach in the city, it runs between the castles of San Sebastián and Santa Catalina…Read more about La Caleta →Every place we have mapped on the Costa de la Luz
64 towns, beaches, coves and landmarks, kept up to date automatically.
- Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera
- Algeciras: Port, Plaza Alta and the Strait of Gibraltar
- Aljaraque: Huelva Costa de la Luz Town Guide
- Almonte: Doñana, El Rocío and Matalascañas
- Arcos de la Frontera: Clifftop White Town
- Ayamonte: Guadiana Border Town and Beaches
- Baelo Claudia
- Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park
- Barbate: Tuna, Cliffs and Atlantic Beaches
- Bollullos Par del Condado: Wine Capital of the Condado de Huelva
- Cabo de Trafalgar
- Cádiz: Old Town, Beaches and Carnival
- Cádiz Cathedral
- Cartaya: El Rompido and Atlantic Beaches
- Castle of San Marcos
- Castle of Sancti Petri
- Chiclana de la Frontera
- Chipiona: Lighthouse, Beaches and Moscatel Wine
- Chipiona Lighthouse
- Conil de la Frontera: Beaches and Atlantic Coast
- Doña Blanca
- Doñana National Park
- El Campillo: gateway to the Riotinto mines and the red river of Huelva
- El Puerto de Santa María
- Flecha del Rompido
- Huelva
- Isla Cristina: Fishing Port, Carnival and Beaches
- Jerez de la Frontera
- Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral
- La Caleta
- La Línea de la Concepción
- Lepe: Strawberries and Costa de la Luz Beaches
- Los Barrios: Cork Forests and the Gibraltar Strait
- Los Caños de Meca
- Marismas del Odiel
- Moguer: Nobel Poetry and Columbus History
- Museo Arqueológico de Jerez
- Museum of Cádiz
- Olvera: White Village and Sierra Greenway
- Palos de la Frontera: Where Columbus Set Sail
- Playa de Bolonia
- Playa de Islantilla
- Playa de la Barrosa
- Playa de la Bota
- Playa de la Fontanilla
- Playa de la Victoria
- Playa de los Lances
- Playa de Matalascañas
- Playa de Mazagón
- Playa de Valdevaqueros
- Playa de Zahara de los Atunes
- Playa El Palmar
- Puerto Real: Bay of Cadiz Royal Port
- Punta Umbría: Beaches, Dunes and Odiel Marshes
- Rota
- San Fernando
- San Roque: Sotogrande and Gibraltar Gateway
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda
- Setenil de las Bodegas: Cave Houses Under the Rock
- Tarifa
- Ubrique: White Town of the Sierra de Cádiz Leather Trade
- Vejer de la Frontera
- Tarifa
- Vejer de la Frontera: White Hilltop Town
How this page is maintained. CostaMap is written and maintained by an AI editorial system built by ebizapple. Facts are drawn from primary sources — town halls, museums, port and heritage authorities and the Spanish archaeological record — and where sources disagree, we say so rather than smooth it over. Photographs marked as ours are taken on location. This page was last reviewed on 20 August 2026. Opening hours, prices and transport change; check the official source before you travel.