Salitre

Águilas

The beaches, one by one

Thirty-seven beaches and coves, each with its own name, and no two are for the same thing: town beaches, pebble coves where there is usually nobody, and stretches you can only reach on foot. They are all here, with what you need to pick today’s one.

Cuatro Calas from the air, golden rock inlets between turquoise water with storm cloud behind

Beaches where dogs are allowed

Only three of the thirty-seven are listed as pet-friendly beaches by Turismo Región de Murcia. Not on the rest.

The opening of a window in a ruined building, framing the reef and the open sea beyond

Cuatro Calas and the west coast

  • View of Cala de las tortugas · Águilas

    Cala de las Tortugas

    Length
    ≈70 m
    Width
    ≈15 m
    Surface
    Sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Reached by footpath
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala encajada, con abrigo parcial de poniente.

    Routes from here

  • View of Cala Mijo · Águilas

    Cala Mijo (Cueva de las Palomas)

    Length
    60 m
    Width
    10 m
    Surface
    Fine grey sand
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    Yes
    Wind
    Abrigo parcial por los acantilados; sensible a levante.
  • View of Cala de la Herradura · Águilas

    Cala de la Herradura

    Length
    40 m
    Width
    11 m
    Surface
    Medium sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala recogida, con abrigo parcial lateral.
  • View of Playa de Matalentisco · Águilas

    Playa de Matalentisco

    Length
    270 m
    Width
    15 m
    Surface
    Medium sand and gravel
    How busy
    Busy
    Setting
    Natural
    Orientation
    South
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Abierta al sur; sensible a los temporales de componente sur.
  • View of Playa de la Cañada del Negro · Águilas

    Playa Cañada del Negro

    Length
    150 m
    Width
    19 m
    Surface
    Pebbles
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Semi-urban · Natural
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    Yes
    Wind
    Abrigo parcial por la costa rocosa.

Águilas town

  • View of Playa de la Colonia · Águilas

    Playa de la Colonia

    Length
    580 m
    Width
    40 m
    Surface
    Medium grey sand
    How busy
    Moderate
    Setting
    Town
    Orientation
    South
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Protegida parcialmente de levante por el castillo.
  • View of Playa de Levante · Águilas

    Playa de Levante

    Length
    ≈450 m
    Width
    ≈25 m
    Surface
    Fine grey sand
    How busy
    Busy
    Setting
    Town
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    En la bahía de Levante, con abrigo parcial del puerto y los promontorios.

    Routes from here

  • View of Playa de las Delicias · Águilas

    Playa de las Delicias

    Length
    ≈650 m
    Width
    ≈25 m
    Surface
    Fine to medium sand
    How busy
    Busy
    Setting
    Town
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Abierta al sur, con abrigo parcial del Club Náutico y La Aguilica.

El Hornillo and Isla del Fraile

  • View of Playa Los Cocedores del Hornillo · Águilas

    Playa de los Cocedores del Hornillo

    Length
    180 m
    Width
    10 m
    Surface
    Medium sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Town
    Orientation
    South
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    En la cara sur del embarcadero, con abrigo parcial del Hornillo.

    Routes from here

  • View of Playa de Calabarrilla · Águilas

    Playa de Calabarilla

    Length
    30 m
    Width
    8 m
    Surface
    Pebbles
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala estrecha, con abrigo parcial por la roca.
  • View of Playa de Todosol · Águilas

    Playa de Todosol

    Length
    48 m
    Width
    12 m
    Surface
    Sand and pebbles
    How busy
    Moderate
    Setting
    Semi-urban
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Abrigo parcial; sensible al levante fuerte.
  • View of Playa del Barranco de la Mar · Águilas

    Playa del Barranco de la Mar

    Length
    60 m
    Width
    5 m
    Surface
    Pebbles
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Isolated
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala estrecha, protegida parcialmente por los salientes.

Towards Calabardina

  • View of Playa del Arroz · Águilas

    Playa del Arroz

    Length
    60 m
    Width
    35 m
    Surface
    Medium sand and gravel
    How busy
    Busy
    Setting
    Natural
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    Yes
    Wind
    Ensenada con abrigo parcial; sensible a levante.

    Routes from here

  • View of Playa del Pino · Águilas

    Cala del Pino

    Length
    100 m
    Width
    11 m
    Surface
    Fine grey sand
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural
    Orientation
    South to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala protegida parcialmente por las puntas rocosas.

    Routes from here

  • Playa de la Cola

    Length
    1,050 m
    Width
    10 m
    Surface
    Medium sand and gravel
    How busy
    Moderate
    Setting
    Semi-urban · Natural
    Orientation
    South
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Tramo abierto, con exposición moderada al sur y al lebeche.

    Routes from here

Cabo Cope

  • View of Playa de Ensenada de la Fuente · Águilas

    Playa de la Ensenada de La Fuente

    Length
    85 m
    Width
    9 m
    Surface
    Pebbles and rock
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Cabo Cope
    Orientation
    South-west
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Ensenada al pie de Cope, con abrigo parcial de levante.

    Routes from here

  • View of Playa del Sombrerico · Águilas

    Playa del Sombrerico

    Length
    100 m
    Width
    10 m
    Surface
    Gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Cabo Cope · Cope fossil dunes
    Orientation
    South-west
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Abrigo parcial de levante por Cabo Cope.
  • View of Playa del Charco · Águilas

    Playa del Charco

    Length
    160 m
    Width
    14 m
    Surface
    Golden medium sand
    How busy
    Moderate
    Setting
    Natural
    Orientation
    South-west
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Costa abierta: mejor con levante moderado que con poniente o lebeche.
  • View of Playa del Rafal · Águilas

    Playa del Rafal

    Length
    ≈190 m
    Width
    ≈20 m
    Surface
    Sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Cabo Cope
    Orientation
    South-west
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Expuesta a poniente y lebeche, con cierto abrigo de levante.

Marina de Cope

The Marina de Cope coast: a long gravel beach, the line of foam and the Sierra de la Almenara behind
  • View of Playa de las Piedras Negras · Águilas

    Playa de Piedras Negras

    Length
    ≈300 m
    Width
    ≈12 m
    Surface
    Gravel, pebbles and dark rock
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Marina de Cope
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Tramo abierto, con exposición a levante y al sur.
  • View of Playa de la Rambla de Elena · Águilas

    Playa de la Rambla de Elena

    Length
    450 m
    Width
    9 m
    Surface
    Fine sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Costa abierta; sensible a levante y a los temporales del sur.
  • Playa del Pocico del Animal, with golden rock along the shore and the coast opening towards the sierra

    Playa del Pocico del Animal

    Length
    ≈190 m
    Width
    ≈38 m
    Surface
    Coarse sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Ensenada abierta; sensible a levante.
  • Playa del Saladar in low light: the dark gravel shore curving away and the Sierra de la Almenara behind

    Playa del Saladar

    Length
    250 m
    Width
    15 m
    Surface
    Gravel and dark sand
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Marina de Cope · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    South-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Tramo abierto; sensible a levante.
  • Cala del Pozo de las Huertas, tucked between pale rock walls, with the sierra across the water

    Cala del Pozo de las Huertas

    Length
    55 m
    Width
    11 m
    Surface
    Coarse sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    East to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala con abrigo parcial de poniente.
  • The golden rock shelf of Cala de los Abejorros running into the sea, foam breaking along its edge

    Cala de los Abejorros

    Length
    160 m
    Width
    13 m
    Surface
    Coarse sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Protected area · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    East to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Expuesta a levante, con abrigo parcial de poniente.
  • The reef at Playa Chapa de los Pájaros, a rock platform level with the water, with someone snorkelling

    Playa Chapa de los Pájaros

    Length
    ≈120 m
    Width
    ≈10 m
    Surface
    Gravel and pebbles
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Marina de Cope
    Orientation
    East to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Costa abierta; sensible a levante.
  • Cala de las Pulgas, a small gravel inlet between rocky points, with turquoise water at the shore

    Cala de las Pulgas

    Length
    60 m
    Width
    11 m
    Surface
    Gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    East to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Cala pequeña, con exposición principal a levante.
  • La Galera beach seen from above, with a table of rock out in the water and the sierra behind

    Playa de La Galera

    Length
    130 m
    Width
    25 m
    Surface
    Coarse sand and gravel
    How busy
    Quiet
    Setting
    Natural · Hard to reach
    Orientation
    East to south-east
    Dogs
    No
    Wind
    Abierta a levante, con abrigo parcial de poniente.

    Routes from here

Where this data comes from

From the Instituto de Turismo de la Región de Murcia — beach records and map —, from Turismo Azul Región de Murcia and, for some smaller measurements with no summary record, from checked local sources. Where the official record explicitly states orientation and shelter, that is what is reproduced; elsewhere the main exposure has been inferred from the geometry of the coast.

The ≈ symbol marks an estimated measurement: that local name has no official record of its own.

Cabo Cope reaching into the sea, with the houses and the beach at its foot and the turquoise water of the cove

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