Praia da Lanzada

O Grove, Galicia · 🇪🇸 Spain

Two kilometres of cold, clean Atlantic white sand beside a hermitage of fertility legends. Galicia's great arc.

Water at Praia da Lanzada (O Grove, Galicia, Spain) runs to about 17°C at the height of the season, and Jun-Sep is the window to aim for. The beach flies the Blue Flag for water quality and safety.

Sea temperature

~17°C in the warm season

Water

Cold, clean, glass-green Atlantic

Sand

Two kilometres of fine white Atlantic sand

Swimming

Bracing but gentle on calm days; a fertility-rite chapel at one end

Surf

Beach-break when the swell runs

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

A dune-backed arc on the Rías Baixas with a 12th-century hermitage

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Blue Flag

Yes

Region

Europe

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