Introduction to beaches of San Pedro del Pinatar.

San Pedro del Pinatar has 14 kilometres of Mediterranean and Mar Menor beaches.

San Pedro del Pinatar offers visitors 14 kilometers of glorious beaches, with both Mediterranean and Mar Menor beaches to choose from.
In the Mar Menor, Villananitos, La Puntica and La Mota are  tranquil, sandy beaches, with shallow, calm waters, a safe bathing option for families as the beaches slope slowly and gently into the Mar Menor, the largest inland saltwater lake in Europe,  warm at its sandy fringes.
This is a haven for those seeking seaside family bathing, and is also a hotspot for water sports enthusiasts, with superb sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and kitesurfing facilities, as well as opportunities to enjoy a wide range of alternative sports and leisure activities.

On the Mediterranean side, the beaches of La Llana, composing Playa de las Salinas, Barraca Quemada and Punta de Algas are wide and open, backed by sandy dunes, with long rolling waves, a paradise for those seeking a long walk on the shores of a sandy beach, with the smell of the sea and sea wind cooling hot summer bodies.

Playa de La Torre Derribada and Playa El Mojón are also attractive open natural coastal beaches, with vast amounts of open space for those who prefer the fresher breezes of the med, and more space to sunbathe in peace.

Another extremely important location within San Pedro del Pinatar is the zone known as Las Charcas, which includes the popular Baños de Lodo, or mud baths. These mineral rich muds offer natural, healthy treatments, which are beneficial to those suffering from a large number of complaints, including rheumatism, arthritis, broken bones and skin complaints and is also a free beauty treatment , with beneficial properties for healthy skin.

Click Baños de Lodo, San Pedro del Pinatar.



Mediterranean coastline beaches, San Pedro del Pinatar.
Playas de La Llana (Playa de la Llana, Playa de Barraca Quenada and Playa de Punta de Algas)
Playa de La Torre Derribada
Playa El Mojón



Playas de La Llana

The Playas de la Llana comprises three beaches in a long run, one virtually indistinguishable from the other, backed by sand dunes and the salinas natural park, with fine, soft sand.

Playa de la Llana, (1200 metres) Playa de Barraca Quenada  ( 700 metres.)and Playa de Punta de Algas ( 1200 metres).

All of these beaches are low occupancy, due to the fact that parking near to them is difficult. The main parking area is by the Yacht Marina, where there are restaurants and bars serving a variety of meals and snacks, and from there the path leads off along the top of the sand dunes linking the three beaches.
The parking is accessed by driving through the centre of the Salinas Natural park.

For more information about this beach and for a map, Click Playas de La Llana

Playa de La Torre Derribada


Playa de La Torre Derribada is within the Parque Regional, de las Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro, and is a vast, sandy, Mediterranean coastline beach .

It´s 2.2 kilometres long, with an average width of 30 metres, and backs onto the natural sandy dunes of the parkland, which give it  an environmental protection status.
Whilst this is an attractive wild beach, it´s also an extremely popular area for those who enjoy a gentle walk, and throughout the year, visitors and residents will drive to this beach to walk along the shoreline or follow the paths through the salinas park.

For more information about this beach and for a map, Click Playa de La Torre Derribada


Playa El Mojón

The beach of El Mojón is within the pedanía of El Mojon, and is a wide, sandy Mediterranean coastline beach.
The El Mojón pedanía is fairly densely occupied, with a high concentration of holiday duplexes and residential apartments in the streets behind the beach, although is an attractive area and very popular with residential ex-pats.
The beach itself is 465 metres long and an average of 50 wide, with fine, soft sand, and is an environmentally protected area, next to the Parque Regional Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar.

From the main residential area, the walkway down to the beach is backed by decked and shaded seating areas, with wooden walkways crossing the belt of sand-dunes onto the beach itself.

For more information about this beach and for a map Click Playa El Mojón

Mar Menor Beaches within San Pedro del Pinatar.

Playa de la Mota
Playa de Villananitos
Playa de la Puntica

Playa de la Mota
Playa de la Mota is located along the dividing strip of land demarking the physical barrier between the Parque Regional Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar and the Mar Menor.
The beach effectively starts in the corner of the junction between the urban town, the Salinas and the Mar Menor, denoted by the Molino de Quintín, the windmill of Quintín, and runs for 2.7km down to the windmill of La Calcetera, el Molino de la Calcetera.
It has an impressively average width of 50 metres, with a mixture of sand and stone, depending on its proximity to the town.
This particular beach is opposite to the zone known as Las Charcas, which includes the popular Baños de Lodo, or mud baths. so is frequently used as a post mud bath bathing point, due to the natural warmth of the waters fringing the Mar Menor.
These are a magnet for those seeking natural healing, the mineral rich muds used for centuries as a natural and gentle healer for all types of complaints including  rheumatism and arthritis.

For more information about this beach and for a map Click Playa de La Mota


Playa de Villananitos
Playa de Villananitos is within the pedanía of Lo Pagán, and is opposite to the zone known as Las Charcas, which includes the popular Baños de Lodo, or mud baths. so is frequently used as a washing -off point, due to the natural warmth of the waters fringing the Mar Menor.
This beach joins with Playa de la Mota, beginning in the corner by the Molina de Quintín, the windmill of Quintín.

The beach itself is a busy and popular summer beach, being 840  metres long and with an average width of 30 metres, with  fine sandy surface.
As it´s opposite the holiday apartments and villas which fringe this stretch of coastline, it has high occupancy in the summer, although this means it has all the facilities an urban beach normally offers.

For more information about this beach and for a map Click Playa de Villananitos

Playa de la Puntica.

Playa de la Puntica is within the pedanía of Lo Pagán, and is the last beach within the San Pedro del Pinatar municipality before crossing the border into Santiago de la Ribera and San Javier.
The beach itself is a busy and popular summer beach, being 520 metres long and with an average width of 40 metres.

There are a range of facilities available, including hire of paddleos, sea canoes, hire of sunshades and loungers, toilets and changing rooms which are adapted for disabled use, footwashes, ramps, and shaded gardens as well as chiringuitos ( beach bar ) facilities.
There is a wooden walkway giving access to the water during summer months, but no access for disability vehicles onto the beach itself and bathing seats are available for disabled bathers during peak months.

For more information about this beach and for a map Click Playa de La Puntica