Beach · Níjar, Almería
Playa de San José
Playa de San José is a mid-sized beach in Níjar, Almería province — 850 m long, about 40 m wide. It holds a Blue Flag for the 2026-2027 season.
- Town
- Níjar
- Province
- Almería
- Length
- 850 m
- Average width
- 40 m
- Blue Flag
- Yes — 2026-2027 season
- Setting
- Semi-urban
- Coordinates
- 36.76302, -2.10662
The line marks the beach from end to end as the catalogue records it. Directions in Google Maps
What is there
- Toilets1 mapped nearby
- Showers1 mapped nearby
- Drinking water1 mapped nearby
- Bars & restaurants12 mapped nearby — Bendita pena, Mediterráneo, Su_Ka, La Abaceria
- Parking8 mapped nearby
- Bus stop1 mapped nearby
- Lifeguard postnone mapped within a short walk
Semi-urban beach: some development behind it, but not a town front. 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
- Cala Higuera1.1 km away · Níjar · 220 m
- Cala Tomate2.4 km away · Níjar · 20 m
- Playa de los Genoveses2.6 km away · Níjar · 1.2 km
- Cala de los Amarillos3.1 km away · Níjar · 100 m
- Cala Príncipe3.7 km away · Níjar · 120 m
- Cala Chica3.8 km away · Níjar · 225 m
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.