Playa de Getares
Playa de Getares is a beach in the municipality of Algeciras, southeastern Spain. It overlooks the Bay of Gibraltar about 5 kilometres south of the city of Algeciras, between Punta San García and Punta Carnero, where the cliffs begin on the Strait of Gibraltar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fuerte de San García and Parque del Centenario.
Fuerte de San García
Fort
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Fuerte de San García was a fort in Algeciras, Spain, It was built in the 1730s and destroyed in 1811 to deny it to the French. Today all that remains are the foundation and base ruins, in the Parque del Centenario, but it is a registered Bien de Interés…
Parque del Centenario
Park
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The Parque del Centenario is a park located in Algeciras. It was established in 2007 thanks to the collaboration between the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras and City Hall to mark the hundredth anniversary of the Algeciras Conference.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Pelayo and El Bujeo.
El Pelayo
Hamlet
El Pelayo or Pelayo is a village in the municipality of Algeciras in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain, It is located 7 miles southwest from the city centre, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at Tarifa, which is 14 kilometres away. El Pelayo is situated 5 km west of Playa de Getares.
El Bujeo
Hamlet
El Bujeo is a village in the municipality of Tarifa in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain, It is located about 9 miles southwest of Algeciras, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at Tarifa, which is 11 kilometres away, and it lies between the villages of El Pelayo and El Cuartón. El Bujeo is situated 8 km southwest of Playa de Getares.
South Mole
Locality
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The South Mole is a breakwater located in the southern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. South Mole is situated 8 km northeast of Playa de Getares.
Playa de Getares
Latitude
36.09791° or 36° 5′ 53″ northLongitude
-5.44218° or 5° 26′ 32″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
ES GTSOpen location code
8C8P3HX5+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 178722711OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
10342229Wikidata ID
Q4968669
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Playa de Getares” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Playa de Getares”
- Czech: “Playa de Getares”
- Dutch: “playa de Getares”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط جيتاريس”
- Portuguese: “Playa de Getares”
- Spanish: “playa de Getares”
- Spanish: “Playa de Getares”
- Swedish: “Playa de Getares”
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