Asturias, Spain

Playa de Gulpiyuri

A beach with no sea in sight: Gulpiyuri sits in a sinkhole a hundred metres inland, filled through underground tunnels that funnel the Cantabrian swell into a meadow.

Best forBeach
Approx. flying time~11h 30m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportSantander (SDR)

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About this place

It's tiny — barely forty metres — and only really swimmable around high tide, but there's nowhere else quite like it. Walk in across the fields from Naves and combine it with the surf town of Llanes for lunch.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 13°C in January to 24°C in August. Driest in July; wettest in December, with rain on about 18 days. The sea is warmest in August at around 22°C, coolest at 14°C.

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August24° · rain 12 days · sea 22°Mild and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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