Guardamar del Segura

Eleven kilometres of sand backed by pine forest and dunes.

Costa Blanca · Alicante

Guardamar is the greenest town on the southern Costa Blanca. A century-old pine forest was planted to hold back the dunes, and today it shades a network of paths, picnic areas and playgrounds right behind the beach.

For a hot family beach day with somewhere cool to retreat to, it is hard to beat.

Guardamar del Segura sits on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante.

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Things to do

Walk or cycle the dune forest paths
Reguerón park and the Alfonso XIII gardens
The Rábita Califal archaeological site

Best beaches

Playa Centro — the main town beach
Playa de los Viveros — backed by pines and much quieter
Playa de la Roqueta

Family activities

Shaded playgrounds in the pine woods
Wide, gently shelving sand
Picnic tables under the trees

Restaurants

Arroz a banda in the town centre
Beach chiringuitos in summer

Markets

Wednesday market in the town centre

Hidden gems

The dune boardwalks at the northern end towards the Segura river mouth

Walks

The pine forest circuit from the Viveros car park

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Pine forest and dunes behind a long sandy Spanish beach — Shade, dunes and a picnic — our kind of beach day

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Early morning sun over an empty Orihuela Costa beach with parasols lined up on the sand

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