Beach · Vélez-Málaga, Málaga
Playa de Benajarafe
Playa de Benajarafe is a very long urban beach in Vélez-Málaga, Málaga province — 3.5 km long, about 100 m wide. It holds a Blue Flag for the 2026-2027 season.
- Town
- Vélez-Málaga
- Province
- Málaga
- Length
- 3.5 km
- Average width
- 100 m
- Blue Flag
- Yes — 2026-2027 season
- Setting
- Urban
- Wheelchair access
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 36.71554, -4.19403
The line marks the beach from end to end as the catalogue records it. Directions in Google Maps
What is there
- Toilets3 mapped nearby
- Showers5 mapped nearby
- Drinking water10 mapped nearby
- Bars & restaurants30 mapped nearby — El Puerto Tapas, La Plata. Casa Matilde, Esperanza, PuntArena Bar Playa
- Lifeguard post1 mapped nearby
- Parking12 mapped nearby
- Bus stop6 mapped nearby
Urban beach: in town, with a promenade or buildings right behind it. Counted from OpenStreetMap within roughly 150–400 m of the beach. «None mapped» means nobody has added it to the map yet, not that it is not there — the further from the Costa del Sol, the thinner the mapping.
Beaches nearby
- Playa de Chilches2.6 km away · Vélez-Málaga · 2.5 km
- Playa de Valle-Niza2.8 km away · Vélez-Málaga · 2.5 km
- Playas de Benagalbón5.2 km away · Rincón de la Victoria · 3.5 km
- Playa de Almayate6.1 km away · Vélez-Málaga · 3.6 km
- Playa del Rincón de la Victoria7.9 km away · Rincón de la Victoria · 2.5 km · sand
- Playa de Torre del Mar9.4 km away · Vélez-Málaga · 3.0 kmBlue Flag
Beach data: Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía (IECA) / Junta de Andalucía — DERA, Catálogo General de Playas de Andalucía. Blue Flag data: Junta de Andalucía open data portal (season 2026-2027). Both licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data adapted and presented by Plexo Group. Lengths and widths are the catalogue's figures; sand moves, so treat them as approximate. Surface, setting and nearby facilities: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extracted 2026-09-05.