Beach · Nerja, Málaga
Playa El Cañuelo
Playa El Cañuelo is a mid-sized beach in Nerja, Málaga province — 640 m long, about 10 m wide.
- Town
- Nerja
- Province
- Málaga
- Length
- 640 m
- Average width
- 10 m
- Blue Flag
- No
- Setting
- Semi-urban
- Coordinates
- 36.74510, -3.78969
The line marks the beach from end to end as the catalogue records it. Directions in Google Maps
What is there
- Bars & restaurants3 mapped nearby — Las piedras
- Parking2 mapped nearby
- Toiletsnone mapped within a short walk
- Showersnone mapped within a short walk
- Drinking waternone mapped within a short walk
- Lifeguard postnone mapped within a short walk
- Bus stopnone 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
- Playa La Vaca367 m away · Nerja · 75 m
- Playa Torre Caleta505 m away · Nerja · 60 m
- Playa El Italiano742 m away · Nerja · 90 m
- Calas del Pino1.1 km away · Nerja · 550 m
- Playa de Cantarriján1.5 km away · Almuñécar · 380 m · gravel
- Playa de Las Alberquillas1.7 km away · Nerja · 500 m · pebbles
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.