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Asturias
Llanes Municipality

Playa de Gulpiyuri

Playa de Gulpiyuri is a flooded with an inland beach located near , in Asturias Northern Spain, around 100 m from the Cantabrian Sea. It is the shortest beach in the world.
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  • Type: Beach
  • Description: Shortest beach of the world
  • Also known as: “Cala de Gulpiyuri”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palace of la Espriella en Villahormes and Playa de San Antolín.

Manor estate
Photo: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a palace located in , Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1985. The Palacio de la Espriella is a Spanish rural palace located in the neighborhood of Villahormes, in the parish of Hontoria, in the council Asturian of .

Beach
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is a beach.

Church
Photo: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church in , Asturias, Spain. The church was established in the 13th century. It located near the Monasterio de San Salvador at the mouth of the River Bedón that divides in two the beach of San Antolin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villaḥormes and Ḥontoria.

Hamlet
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, officially Villahormes until 2005, is a village in the parish of in municipality, in eastern , . Its railway station has linked the city of Llanes with since 1905.

Hamlet
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
is one of 28 parishes in , a municipality within the province and autonomous community of , in northern .

Hamlet
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Playa de Gulpiyuri.

Playa de Gulpiyuri

Latitude
43.44757° or 43° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
-4.88598° or 4° 53′ 10″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8CMQC4X7+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 520663412
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
8335369
Wiki­data ID
Q3753808
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Playa de Gulpiyuri” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Asturian: “Sablera de Gulpiyuri”
  • Basque: “Gulpiyuriko hondartza”
  • Bengali: “গালপিয়ুরি সমুদ্র সৈকত”
  • Catalan: “platja de Gulpiyuri”
  • Catalan: “Platja de Gulpiyuri”
  • Cebuano: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Czech: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Dutch: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شط جولبيورى”
  • French: “plage de Gulpiyuri”
  • French: “Plage de Gulpiyuri”
  • Galician: “Praia de Gulpiyuri”
  • German: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Hungarian: “Gulpiyuri-part”
  • Italian: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Portuguese: “Praia de Gulpiyuri”
  • Spanish: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”
  • Swedish: “Playa de Gulpiyuri”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as La Coviella and La Moira.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cementerio Parroquial Naves y Bedon and Castro de las Gaviotas.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Playa de Gulpiyuri”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.