I'm looking for a beach in Cádiz province next weekend in which to stay - NOT Cádiz CITY - and definitely not one of the beach villages with stacks and stacks of beachfront pisos. Chipiona's out too. We're not expecting to swim, just walk and have pleasant scenery. First I'll find the zone and then I'll look for lodgings in the "Hostels & Other Lodgings" forum category.

deibid, you don't mention WHERE in Spain is the above photo?

Saludos, MadridMan

I'd head to Zahara de los Atunes...it has become more popular in recent years but no big hotels and it's centrally located on the coast between cadiz capital y tarifa. Check out Vejar de la Frontera while you're there.
Novo Santi Petri is really German and Chiclana has a nice beach (la barrosa).

Here's a link I found in my favorites:

http://www.andaluciasur.com/casas/zahara/casa4/index.htm

You are right MadridMan, I didn't mention it...directly.
That is Sopelana beach, a few miles outside BILBAO, of course.

Some lovely beaches on that northern coast, usually with few people. Downside is of course the weather can be more changeable...

Someone said northern beaches??
Los Covachos, Cantabria

Mundaka, Euskadi (this is for esperanza )
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Llanes, Asturias

mmmmmm...

Your last photo is Torimbia? I love Torimbia beach!

Northern coast is beautiful.

It is Torimbia!

I cannot wait to go to Mundaka this summer! Thanks for the photo, deibid! And thanks for your private message too...let's hope we can get together this summer in Bilbao, or Mundaka!

I'll be in Malaga in a few weeks. are there any good beaches there? less crowded, swimable?

thanks!

I'm sure this thread is pertinent while many Spaniards and other Europeans are spending the entire month of August at the beach! I am going through some magazines that I haven't read yet, and the July 2007 issue of Conde Nast Traveler has an article about "Best Island Beaches." The only listing for Spain is Playa de las Salinas.

According to the article, "Every beach is a party beach on Ibiza, but this is the hippest." The article mentions that Playa de las Salinas is quite the party beach. And, if you want to "party where you sleep," stay at the El Hotel Pacha . However, that's only if you have a lot of euros to burn!

Read the blurb about Playa de las Salinas here .