Playa de Los Lances
The playa de Los Lances is a beach that forms one side of the town of Tarifa, in the region of Campo de Gibraltar in Andalusia, Spain. The beach is 7,250 metres long from Punta de la Peña to Punta de Tarifa, with an average width of 120 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Tarifa, Spain
- Also known as: “Playa de los Lances”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla de Las Palomas and Castle of Tarifa.
Isla de Las Palomas
Islet
Isla de Las Palomas is an island opposite the town of Tarifa at the southern end of the Punta de Tarifa at the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula and continental Europe. The island has been connected to the mainland by causeway since 1808. Isla de Las Palomas is situated 3½ km southeast of Playa de Los Lances.
Castle of Tarifa
Castle
Photo: Nicolas Vollmer, CC BY 2.0.
The Castle of Tarifa, also known as Castle of Guzmán el Bueno or Castle of the Guzmáns is a castle in the coastal town of Tarifa in Spain. Castle of Tarifa is situated 3 km southeast of Playa de Los Lances.
Parque de Bomberos de Tarifa
Fire station
Photo: Đuro Jiří, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parque de Bomberos de Tarifa is a fire station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punta de Tarifa and El Cuartón.
Punta de Tarifa
Locality
Photo: Spot Image, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Punta de Tarifa is the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula and Continental Europe. It is located in the province of Cádiz and the autonomous community of Andalusia on the Atlantic end of the Straits of Gibraltar. Punta de Tarifa is situated 3 km southeast of Playa de Los Lances.
El Cuartón
Hamlet
El Cuartón is a village in the municipality of Tarifa in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain. It is located 13.7 kilometres by road southwest of the city centre of Algeciras, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at Tarifa, which is 9.7 kilometres away, and it lies just to the southwest of El Bujeo. El Cuartón is situated 9 km northeast of Playa de Los Lances.
Playa de Los Lances
- Categories: sports location and landform
- Location: Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.02988° or 36° 1′ 48″ northLongitude
-5.62978° or 5° 37′ 47″ westOpen location code
8C8P29HC+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1465288739OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachOpenStreetMap feature
sport=kitesurfingOpenStreetMap feature
sport=swimmingGeoNames ID
10341348Wikidata ID
Q5102776
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Playa de Los Lances” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Playa de los Lances”
- Czech: “Playa de Los Lances”
- Dutch: “Playa de Los Lances”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط لوس لانسيس”
- Spanish: “Playa de Los Lances”
- Swedish: “Playa de los Lances”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Observatorio de Aves Los Lances and Puente Romano sobre Río Salado.
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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 Los Lances”. Photo: RaMaOrLi, CC BY-SA 2.0.