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This is a list of beaches in Spain sorted by province. The most popular with visitors are in Andalusia, Costa Blanca, and Catalonia. The most popular with visitors are in Andalusia, Costa Blanca, and Catalonia.
Bahía Blanca means "White Bay". The name is due to the typical colour of the salt covering the soil surrounding the shores. The bay (which is actually an estuary) was seen by Ferdinand Magellan during his first circumnavigation of the world on the orders of Charles I of Spain, in 1520, looking for a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of South America.
The sand is fine and of light colour. The water is clear and clean and the sea bed has a gentle slope. This beach guarded by lifeguards. At the southern end of the beach is a small harbour. To the back of the beach there are a number of large four and five storey tourist hotels [2] and all along the bay there are bars, restaurants and beach shops.
Cala Pada.JPG. Cala Pada is a beach on the south east seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza.It is in the municipality of Santa Eulària des Riu [1] and is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) [2] east of the town of Santa Eulària des Riu, and 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south west of the beach resort of Es Canar.
This is a list of beaches of the world, sorted by country. A beach is a landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones.
The Costa Blanca (Valencian: [ˈkɔsta ˈβlaŋka], also [ˈkɔstɔ ˈβlaŋka]; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈβlaŋka], literally meaning "White Coast") is over 200 kilometres (120 mi) of Mediterranean coastline in the Alicante province, on the southeastern coast of Spain.
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The name Costa de Almería is a term established for purposes of promoting tourism within the region. Beginning on 16 February 1928, tourism promoter Rodolfo Lussnigg began promoting the area under the name Costa del Sol; however, that name, originally referring specifically to the city of Almería, has since become attached to the coast of the province of Málaga.