Los Alcázares beaches: Playa de Las Palmeras

The Las Palmeras beach in Los Alcázares is wide and sandy with good facilities

This urban sandy beach is a kilometre long and at 30 metres is the widest one in the municipality of  Los Alcázares. The beach is backed by a residential area, and there are small public gardens offering ample shade and seating areas along this stretch of the 7-kilometre promenade, as well as parking for bicycles and a children's play area.

There are also several bars and restaurants, although these are closer to the urban centre and thin out as the beach stretches towards Los Narejos. The beach has shower facilities, toilets, adapted toilets for disabled bathers, recycling collection points and wooden walkways onto the sand, and it is possible to hire sunbeds and umbrellas. There are also amphibious bathing seats for disabled users, lifeguards, auxiliary medical care and Protección Civil during the summer months.

Due to the beach having medium occupancy during the summer months it can be difficult to park close by, so walking to the beach is recommended where possible, however it is possible to park in the adjoining streets back from the beach and there are several disabled parking bays close to the beach.

Access is flat and easy, straight from the paseo onto the sand, and there are wooden walkways to facilitate mobility.

This stretch of beach is between Avenida Carril de las Palmeras and Avenida Mariano Ballester, with the Paseo lo Sola behind it. This stretches all the way along the seven beaches of the municipality of Los Alcazares to Playa de las Salinas, a distance of 7km, and is very popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists throughout the year.

Safety precautions at Mar Menor beaches

As this is a Mar Menor beach, it´s advisable to observe the following safety precautions when bathing.

Most of the Mar Menor beaches have very gently sloping shelves, meaning that bathers can walk a considerable distance from the shore and still only be waist high in the water. These shore fringes are also very warm, heating up more than the deeper water and the Mediterranean , particularly during the hot summer months.

Many beaches are also protected by netting to exclude jellyfish. This creates safe bathing areas for families but also leads to a situation which can be life threatening, as the safety of the beaches results in many elderly bathers bathing alone. This in itself is not dangerous, but every year there are unnecessary deaths when bathers suffer a heart attack, stroke, faint or have a dizzy spell of some sort whilst bathing alone, slipping into the water without anybody else being aware that this has happened.

The transition from hot beach to cold water can shock the body, causing dizziness or fainting, so it is advisable to splash the body with water to cool down before wading out into the Mar Menor or Mediterranean.

Even though there are lifeguards, accidents happen and every year there are unnecessary fatalities, the simple rule being if you have a medical condition, are taking medication, or are of advanced age, don't bathe alone, no matter how shallow and calm the water is.

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