Castro Beach

The surf reaches you before the view does: waves breaking hard against the shore below, loud enough to carry up through the trees. The way in runs through dense tropical greenery and palms, then opens onto cliffs with water spilling down them and a wild beach at their foot, pounded by the Atlantic.

The footpaths along the top give the widest views of the bay, and since the stairs to the sand were closed in 2026 they are the way to take it in. It is quieter here than on the resort beaches of the south. Near the beach, a guidepost points to El Fortín, an old coastal gun battery above the shore.

• Beach access: in 2026 the stairs to the sand were damaged and closed because of falling rocks. Check they have reopened before planning a swim.
• No facilities: there are no toilets and no drinking water nearby, so bring water with you.
• Heavy surf: the shore faces the open Atlantic, and at high tide the waves run so big that almost nobody goes in.
• Weekends: the beach and the paths above it fill up at weekends.

The nearest car park sits about 320 m from the beach in a straight line, with a second one around 615 m out. By bus, the La Tropicana and San Agustín stops are roughly 340 m and 420 m away.

From either, the rest is on foot: a short walk through tropical greenery and palms to the viewpoints above the bay. Near the beach, a guidepost for El Fortín and an information board mark the way. The last stretch is a flight of stairs down to the sand. Those stairs were damaged and closed in 2026; while the closure holds, the walk ends at the top.

Best: a weekday with a calm sea, late in the afternoon when the low sun lights the cliffs.

Avoid: weekends, and high tide with a big swell running.

The beach and its paths fill up at weekends, and at high tide the Atlantic breaks hard enough that only a few people go in.