From Punta Prima to Campoamor, the complete guide to all 11 beautiful beaches in Orihuela Costa

ORIHUELA COSTA BOASTS 16 km of Mediterranean coastline with 11 spectacular coves and beaches offering fine golden sands. The beaches have earned 58 awards including coveted Blue Flag accreditations, ISO standards certification, and Qualitur distinctions for excellence.

Orihuela Costa's beaches are the destination of choice for hundreds of thousands of visitors year after year, with international and local tourists attracted by the allure of sun, sea, and sand each summer.

Find out more about the beaches, what's there, what facilities are on offer, and which beach is the perfect destination for your summer holidays (or future property-buying plans) in Orihuela Costa.

Playa de Aguamarina, Aguamarina

Aguamarina is a shallow crescent of fine sand measuring 293 metres at the waterline, with a maximum width of 38 metres. The beach offers plenty of space for families and sun-seekers, often when other local beaches are crowded during the summer.

The pristine safe waters are ideal for swimming, and during high season the Town Hall provides the additional surety of a lifeguard service. During the summer a Spanish beach bar offers a variety of refreshments and casual dining options.

Nearby rock pools and a rock and fossil beach to the north end of Aguamarina Beach provide plenty of opportunities for children to explore the Mediterranean Sea flora and fauna. The beach is accessible for all, and a pretty promenade with seating runs the length of the beach from north to south.

Playa Barranco Rubio, Dehesa de Campoamor

With a total length measuring 655 metres, Barranco Rubio is the longest beach on the entire Orihuela Costa, but it's not the largest. That accolade goes to neighbouring Playa de La Glea.

The beach receives the Blue Flag award year after year assuring the quality of the beach, with 30,785 metres of fine white sand and crystal clear Mediterranean bathing waters. A lifeguard service is offered during the summer season and the beach is well served by bars and restaurants.

Accessibility to Playa Barranco Rubio is good, with gentle slopes toward the fine sand permitting access by wheelchair users and families with push-chairs and younger children. However, parking can be problematic, particularly during the summer months.

Playa Cala Bosque, La Zenia

Cala Bosque Beach is a paradise for sunseekers and one of the most popular beaches in Orihuela Costa. Each year, tens of thousands of visitors soak up the sun and frolic in the crystal-clear Mediterranean waters that lap the sands.

Often referred to simply as "La Zenia beach", Cala Bosque offers a total length of around 350 metres and an average width of 60 metres to the shoreline. The beach is 100% pure white golden sand and Blue Flag accredited for exceptional quality.

Playa Cala Bosque offers access for all, with designated parking spaces for those with limited mobility, ramps and a wooden walkway which is wider than usual to allow easy access for wheelchairs, and a designated toilet and shower. An amphibious bathing chair is also available.

Playa Cala Cerrada, La Zenia

Considerably smaller than neighbouring Cala Bosque, Playa Cala Cerrada is a cove-shaped beach that measures 143 metres at the waterline. That shape creates perfect conditions for surfing, and it's Orihuela Costa's only dedicated surfing beach.

Pure golden sands stretch from one end to the other, and the cove is flanked on all inland sides by a rocky cliff face that helps protect the beach from riptides and high winds. The Servigroup La Zenia Hotel overlooks Cala Cerrada beach to the south.

The beach is accessed via steps that lead down to the golden sands, and a ramp offers access for persons of reduced mobility. Adjacent to the ramp and above the beach, a Spanish "Chiringuito" beach bar provides light refreshments, a full bar service, and a range of snacks and light bites.

Playa Cala Estaca, Playa Flamenca

Cala Estaca beach is the larger of Playa Flamenca's two beaches measuring 175 metres along the water's edge, with 7,350 metres of sand to lure in eager beachgoers. Just like other beaches in the area, the beach adopts a shallow cove shape, flanked on either side by a volcanic rocky outcrop.

Cala Estaca enjoys a south-facing orientation with sunshine guaranteed all day for the vast majority of the year. The headland adjacent to the southern edge of the beach features a footpath that leads to neighbouring Cala Cerrada beach in La Zenia just a 7-10 minute walk away.

Playa Flamenca also benefits from an impressive promenade that separates the two beaches. Offering a small children's play park, public seating, and a functional ornate sundial, the promenade is punctuated with mature Mexican fan palm trees that provide spectacular seaward views.

Playa Cala Mosca, Playa Flamenca

Playa de Cala Mosca in Playa Flamenca is Orihuela Costa's shortest beach, with an official length of just 108 metres measured at the waterline. But Cala Mosca isn't the smallest beach - that accolade goes to Punta Prima beach to the north, and Cala Mosca offers 6,821 square metres of idyllic golden sand.

The beach is revered for its perfect shape – a deep triangle of sand protected on both sides by a rocky headland that assures safe and calm bathing waters throughout the seasons.

Playa de Cala Mosca is surrounded on three sides by a wide paved pathway that wraps around the rear of the beach, and two shallow ramps offer easy access for everyone, including families with children or people with mobility issues. Plentiful free on-road parking is available around the local area.

Playa de Punta Prima, Punta Prima

Punta Prima was one of the first beaches to be established in the area, and before the arrival of mass tourism in the 1970s, Punta Prima beach was the go-to hotspot for local Spaniards and domestic visitors that flocked to the area in their droves each summer.

Playa de Punta Prima is a thin sheltered strip measuring 234 metres at the waterline, offering 6,552 metres of fine sand. The sand is less filtered than other neighbouring beaches, and it's not unusual to find small pebbles and shells adorning the beach at certain times of the year.

The Paseo Maritimo promenade wraps behind the beach providing a pedestrian and cycle route to neighbouring Cala Piteras beach to the north, and Playa Flamenca's beautiful beaches to the south of Punta Prima.

Playa de Mil Palmeras, Mil Palmeras

Mil Palmeras Beach measures 345 metres at the waterline and offers 15,570 metres of pure white sand. The beach is relatively wide compared with other beaches in the area, faces due east, and tapers to a point at its northernmost tip.

Large stretches of Mil Palmeras beach feature tall vibrant red rock cliff faces that stretch into the sea at some points. The beach is noted for remaining quite shallow some way beyond the waterline, making the beach an excellent choice for families with children or less confident swimmers.

Access to Playa de la Mil Palmeras Beach is easy thanks to plentiful free parking. Two large dedicated car parks in the south beach area offer off-road parking with a shallow ramp directly to the sands - ideal for people with limited mobility or families with young children.

Playa de Cala Capitán, Cabo Roig

Cala Capitán Beach is a spectacular oasis of fine golden sand at the very heart of the Orihuela Costa. Undoubtedly one of the highlights of the South Costa Blanca coastline, countless thousands of residents and visitors flock to this elegant slice of holiday heaven each year.

The beach is formed from fine lightly-coloured golden sand, with an official size of 6,992 metres and a length of 152 metres measured at the waterline. Mainly facing eastward, Cala Capitán benefits from most of its sunshine hours in the earlier hours of the day.

Lifeguards are present on the beach throughout the summer and popular times such as Easter, and a traditional Spanish Chiringuito beach bar provides a full bar service and light bites directly on the sand each day throughout the late spring, summer, and early autumn months.

Playa Cala La Caleta, Cabo Roig

The jewel in the crown of Orihuela Costa and one of the most popular beaches in the South Costa Blanca, Cala La Caleta beach in Cabo Roig offers a crescent of fine white sand and safe, clean Mediterranean waters that captivate domestic and international tourists.

The beach measures 387 metres at the waterline with 16,641 metres of soft sand. An imposing ornate stone cliff wall stands behind the beach with villas overlooking the sea below, and a network of pathways link to the coastal promenade and slope down toward the beach providing access on foot.

Playa Cala La Caleta is an incredibly popular beach in the summer and leisure craft, motor yachts, and cruisers regularly moor in the azure waters. The sea remains reassuringly shallow close to the waterline, and the beach is suited to use by families, children, and adults of any age and swimming capability.

Playa de la Glea, Dehesa de Campoamor

Orihuela Costa's magnificent Playa de la Glea is internationally recognised as one of the finest beaches in the South Costa Blanca. A generous expanse of white sand, Campoamor Beach is a mecca for sunseekers and a major tourist attraction for this part of Spain.

It is Orihuela Costa's biggest beach, with a waterline that stretches more than half a kilometre (officially 513 metres) and a fine sandy surface measuring 35,910 square metres that dwarfs all other beaches in the municipal area.

La Glea beach in Campoamor is generously wide, tapering at either end and formed from idyllic soft golden sand. The sea tends to be reassuringly calm, and a relatively shallow depth makes the beach ideal for families with children.

A lifeguard service runs throughout the main Easter and summer seasons on Playa de la Glea, and the popular inshore inflatables can be found in the sea from the beginning of July until the second week of September.

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