The La Lanzada beach (''praia da Lanzada in Galician'') is one of the most famous beaches in Galicia (

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). It is located in the municipalities of

O Grove O Grove (alternative spelling: ''Ogrobe'') is a municipality belonging to the province of Pontevedra, in Galicia, Spain. A peninsula that faces the Atlantic Ocean and the shores of O Salnés valley, enclosed by the southern Galician estuaries ...

and

Sanxenxo Sanxenxo (; in Spanish ''Sangenjo'') is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It is situated in the southern part of the O Salnés region 15 kilometres west of the city of Pontevedra and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean ...

in the

province of Pontevedra Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, th ...

. The blue flag has been flying there for a long time.

Description

It is located on the southwestern side of the

isthmus An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmu ...

that connects the

peninsula to the mainland. It is located near the entrance to the ria of Pontevedra and the northern end of the isthmus borders the mouth of the ria of Arosa. Its northern end is close to the tourist village of San Vicente del Mar (O Grove). The Lanzada is a very large beach: it is 2.5 kilometres long and more than three kilometres if the adjacent beaches of Areas Gordas and Lapa are included. It is the fourth longest beach in Galicia. Its different parts are given 3 names: * Areas Gordas (''Coarse sands'') * Lapa Beach (''Limpet Beach'') * Lanzada Beach (''Pier Beach'') It is one of the most famous and extensive beaches in Galicia. During the summer, many tourists come to visit it. It is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment protected by

dune A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, f ...

s belonging to the

Natura 2000 network Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectively ...

. Currently, the dunes are a protected

ecosystem An ecosystem (or ecological system) consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the syste ...

Activities

On this open sea beach, the sea is often rough, which is why sports such as

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitabl ...

and

windsurfing Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...

can be practiced.

Kiteboarding Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, or snow surface. It combines aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wak ...

is also practised here, as it is an open sea beach that can become very windy. Places of interest such as the Lanzada Tower, the

Castro Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''. ...

de la Lanzada and the chapel of Our Lady of the Lanzada are only a few metres away.

Access

From Pontevedra or Sanxenxo, it can be reached via the PO-308 road to O Grove. The quickest way to get there is via the Salnés Motorway, AG-41, which is reached by taking the last exit towards O Grove.

Gallery

File:Praia da Lanzada-L02.jpg File:Beach of A Lanzada, winter.jpg File:Vista desde lanzada.jpg, San Vicente de la Mer, in the background File:Lanzada4.jpg, Tower and chapel File:Lanzada.jpg, Empty beach File:2017 Praia da Lanzada desde Noalla. Sanxenxo. Galiza.jpg File:Praia da Lanzada, entre os concellos de Sanxenxo e O Grove.jpg File:A Lanzada, Sanxenxo, Galicia.jpg, Beach and chapel in the background File:Solpor, A Lanzada (Sanxenxo).jpg File:Illas Ons.jpg, Ons Island from the Lanzada File:Sanxenxo, Noalla, Ermida A Lanzada 05-07.JPG File:Sanxenxo, praia Lapa 03-01.JPG, A Lapa Beach File:Sangenjo, La Lanzada 08.jpg File:Sangenjo, La Lanzada 09.jpg

References

External links

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