Playa de la Zenia
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Playa de la Zenia is a vibrant sandy beach known for its beautiful scenery and family-friendly atmosphere. Visitors appreciate its clean environment, availability of lifeguard services, and nearby restaurants offering a variety of food options. The beach is equipped with facilities such as a wooden walkway for easy access to sunbeds and parasols, enhancing the experience for families and individuals alike.
- Pros: Clean beach, good accessibility, lifeguard presence, family-friendly, and nearby amenities.
- Cons: Can be crowded, limited parking, and occasional seaweed issues.
Despite some complaints about overcrowding and cleanliness, many agree that it remains one of the best beaches in the Orihuela Costa, making it a popular destination for both locals and tourists.
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Positive experience: This beach is one of the most popular in the area. With its golden sand and clear waters, it is ideal for families and swimmers. It offers a wide range of services, such as beach bars, showers, and sun loungers. In addition, its access is convenient and it is well connected to other nearby tourist areas. The beach has a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, perfect for enjoying a sunny day. Its tranquility and natural beauty make it a perfect destination both for those seeking rest and for water sports enthusiasts.
Positive experience: Beautiful beach but difficult to access.
Fantastic experience: The most beautiful, cleanest, and coziest beach in Spain! Beach tent with very reasonable prices and super friendly staff, really a delight to sit there. The water is really super clean, making it great for snorkeling and seeing many beautiful fish and rock formations. Free parking as well, what more could you want :)
Fantastic experience: I personally love it because it's clean, has red cross services, a beach bar, restrooms (they should add more), and a wooden walkway to better access the umbrella area. There are a lot of people, but it's nice and the sea usually has quite a bit of waves, which is what I like the most. There are restaurants nearby and there's usually parking. I hope to return soon.
Fantastic experience: Nice beach, ideal for families. It's hard to find parking nearby. Leave the family and go look for a spot.
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Fantastic experience: J adore cette plage car les chiens y sont accepté. La plage n est pas très grande mais agreable
Positive experience: Sehr schöne Restaurant direkt am Strand. Nettes Personal. Hunde sind auch dort willkommen
Fantastic experience: Der Strand 'Playa La Zenia' erhält von mir 5 ☆, weil man in den Wintermonaten dort herrlich mit seinem Hund spazieren gehen kann und internationalen Kontakt zu anderen Hundebesitzern finden kann. Auch super, um die eigenen Sprachkenntnisse zu vervollständigen ...
Fantastic experience: Es una maravilla. El.paisaje increible y de nuevo le doy las gracias al Alcalde de Orihuela en nombre de todos los que tenemos un perrito o mas por dejarnos la mejor playa para animales de España. Muchas gracias Señor Alcalde por dejarnos. Llevar nuestras mascotas. La Zenia es de lo mas.bonito de España. Nada mas que pueda me mudo alli. Gracias de nuevo.
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Fantastic experience: Nice sandy beach. Absolutly top for a family with children
Positive experience: This beach is one of the most popular in the area. With its golden sand and clear waters, it is ideal for families and swimmers. It offers a wide range of services, such as beach bars, showers, and sun loungers. In addition, its access is convenient and it is well connected to other nearby tourist areas. The beach has a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, perfect for enjoying a sunny day. Its tranquility and natural beauty make it a perfect destination both for those seeking rest and for water sports enthusiasts.
Fantastic experience: Good beach with very fine sand, there are no showers, only facial foot rinsers for access.
Negative experience: Worst beach ever, the lifeguards won't even let you swim because there are 2 or 3 waves. They will push you back constantly until you are completely out of the water, and instead of talking, they threaten to call the police. If a beach is for staying on the sand, just close the beach at that point.
Fantastic experience: Very fine sand. It's not a long beach, but it is very wide and has plenty of sand. The waves are usually better, but make sure there's no red flag before going.
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Fantastic experience: A great beach with great amenities, lovely bars & restaurants in close proximity. A fantastic life guard presence. A great place to bring the family. Could do with better toilet facilities .
Positive experience: This beach is one of the most popular in the area. With its golden sand and clear waters, it is ideal for families and swimmers. It offers a wide range of services, such as beach bars, showers, and sun loungers. In addition, its access is convenient and it is well connected to other nearby tourist areas. The beach has a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, perfect for enjoying a sunny day. Its tranquility and natural beauty make it a perfect destination both for those seeking rest and for water sports enthusiasts.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful wide beach. Nice beach bar with live music. Restaurant has a beautiful view of the sea.
Fantastic experience: I personally love it because it's clean, has red cross services, a beach bar, restrooms (they should add more), and a wooden walkway to better access the umbrella area. There are a lot of people, but it's nice and the sea usually has quite a bit of waves, which is what I like the most. There are restaurants nearby and there's usually parking. I hope to return soon.
Positive experience: 2024: 4 stars It’s running again... 2023: 0 stars No beach bar, no sunbeds with umbrellas. No pedal boat rental. The city of Orihuela has failed to grant concessions for all beaches. Shame on you! 2019: 5 stars Larger beach with plenty of space for sunbathing. Some rocky access to the sea. Playground and climbing spider available for children. Beach bar with a wide selection of drinks and food. Sunbeds and sun protection can be rented for an additional fee of €9 (Year 2019). Parking for cars is accessible nearby.
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Fantastic experience: The beach is adapted and clean. Ideal for coming with the family to spend a quiet time. Although there was a yellow flag, we were able to swim and the lifeguards were very attentive. We will return :)
Fantastic experience: Mooi strand bar ligbedden wc EHBO aanwezig strandwachters aanwezig gratis parkeren
Fantastic experience: Estuve.en Cala Capitan. Excelente. Se puede hacer snorkel. Canchas de voleibol. Hay socorristas.
Negative experience: No hay respeto en esta playa los estrangeros (no todos) no guardan las distancias de seguridad ni usan mascarillas para nada es una vergüenza que te tengas que levantar de la arena si quieres tener precaucion (donde está el orden público con esta gente) no vuelvo ni loco y no la recomiendo
Fantastic experience: Muy buena playa, accesible para munusvalidos e ir con carritos de bebe. Apesar de encontrarnos con bandera roja hemos estado muy agusto. Muy buena vigilancia de socorristas y pendientes a todo momento de la gente. Si vuelvo por aqui volvere seguro!!
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Fantastic experience: A wonderful beach in a good location on a beautiful picturesque coast. This is not the first year we spend Christmas there, we recommend that you join us and get the same experience as we did next Christmas.
Positive experience: This beach is one of the most popular in the area. With its golden sand and clear waters, it is ideal for families and swimmers. It offers a wide range of services, such as beach bars, showers, and sun loungers. In addition, its access is convenient and it is well connected to other nearby tourist areas. The beach has a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, perfect for enjoying a sunny day. Its tranquility and natural beauty make it a perfect destination both for those seeking rest and for water sports enthusiasts.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful and very clean
Fantastic experience: The most beautiful, cleanest, and coziest beach in Spain! Beach tent with very reasonable prices and super friendly staff, really a delight to sit there. The water is really super clean, making it great for snorkeling and seeing many beautiful fish and rock formations. Free parking as well, what more could you want :)
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with plenty of facilities and great places to grab a beer or a meal. Perfect for families and taking in the glorious sunshine that La Zenia provides. Perfect!
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Fantastic experience: Playa genial para disfrutar del Mar, hay que llevar cuidado los días de olas con las corrientes si no tienes tabla de surf.
Positive experience: Esta es la playa para surfistas, muy pequeña y cubre a pocos pasos. La playa para bañistas está al otro lado del Hotel, que es más grande y hay más actividades.
Fantastic experience: Muy buena playa en la cual surfistas y aficionados al Snorkeling se reúnen y disfrutan de lo mejor de esta playa. El mar nos brinda buen oleaje gran parte del año. También se puede ver un muy buen atardecer y amanecer desde este punto tan privilegiado de la Playa de La Zenia. La arena es blanca y se puede ver vida marina por esta parte de Orihuela costa en Alicante.
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Below you will find 3 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa de la Zenia.
Fantastic experience: The most beautiful, cleanest, and coziest beach in Spain! Beach tent with very reasonable prices and super friendly staff, really a delight to sit there. The water is really super clean, making it great for snorkeling and seeing many beautiful fish and rock formations. Free parking as well, what more could you want :)
Fantastic experience: Estuve.en Cala Capitan. Excelente. Se puede hacer snorkel. Canchas de voleibol. Hay socorristas.
Fantastic experience: Muy buena playa en la cual surfistas y aficionados al Snorkeling se reúnen y disfrutan de lo mejor de esta playa. El mar nos brinda buen oleaje gran parte del año. También se puede ver un muy buen atardecer y amanecer desde este punto tan privilegiado de la Playa de La Zenia. La arena es blanca y se puede ver vida marina por esta parte de Orihuela costa en Alicante.
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Fantastic experience: This is a very beautiful beach. If there is wind, it can get a little wavy, which can be fun! I went twice, so I also had a quieter one. It is very clean. The sea is very clear and warm.
Fantastic experience: Centre commercial en plein air, il y a 6 allées piétonnes le long des magasins, des fontaines, des bancs, 4 petites places avec des programmes d'animations, un bowling, un espace de divertissement pour enfants et un immense parking gratuit. Il y a 150 magasins et tout est en vente: vêtements, chaussures, bijoux, accessoires, cosmétiques, parfums, articles de sport, etc.. Les principales boutiques représentant les marques sont Dolce & Gabanna, Armani, Guess, Geox, Mango, H&M, Zara, Primark, C&A, il y a même un MediaMarkt et un supermarché Alcampo, (Auchan) . Il y a également de nombreux cafés et restaurants avec des menus variés.
Fantastic experience: Una playa de 10, el coche se aparca cerquita, eso sí, mucha suerte tienes que tener para dejarlo a la sombra pero.....aparcas al lado. Esta playa no es demasiado larga pero es bastante ancha y larga, con gente pero encuentras sitio en primera línea (nosotros bajamos sobre las 17.00), aquí no hemos encontrado ninguna medusa y está genial para estar en familia, los niños se han divertido jugando en la arena, con las olas del mar y viendo pescaditos en el agua, hay bastante vida ahí abajo y cerquita de la orilla, hemos estado muy a gusto en esta playa.
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Playa de la Zenia: Reviews
Positive experience: We visited during sunset and we had a plesant walk. Unfortunately we did not spent too much time here because we got rainy days. I hope we will return to enjoy the sun and relaxation.
Fantastic experience: Nice sandy beach. Absolutly top for a family with children
Fantastic experience: A wonderful beach in a good location on a beautiful picturesque coast. This is not the first year we spend Christmas there, we recommend that you join us and get the same experience as we did next Christmas.
Fantastic experience: A great beach with great amenities, lovely bars & restaurants in close proximity. A fantastic life guard presence. A great place to bring the family. Could do with better toilet facilities .
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach
Positive experience: This beach is one of the most popular in the area. With its golden sand and clear waters, it is ideal for families and swimmers. It offers a wide range of services, such as beach bars, showers, and sun loungers. In addition, its access is convenient and it is well connected to other nearby tourist areas. The beach has a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, perfect for enjoying a sunny day. Its tranquility and natural beauty make it a perfect destination both for those seeking rest and for water sports enthusiasts.
Positive experience: Best time on this beach is Christmas Day! Ho Ho Ho
Positive experience: Beautiful beach but difficult to access.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful wide beach. Nice beach bar with live music. Restaurant has a beautiful view of the sea.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful and very clean
Fantastic experience: Best beach
Fantastic experience: The most beautiful, cleanest, and coziest beach in Spain! Beach tent with very reasonable prices and super friendly staff, really a delight to sit there. The water is really super clean, making it great for snorkeling and seeing many beautiful fish and rock formations. Free parking as well, what more could you want :)
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with plenty of facilities and great places to grab a beer or a meal. Perfect for families and taking in the glorious sunshine that La Zenia provides. Perfect!
Fantastic experience: Amazing beach, wonderful.
Fantastic experience: Top Strand Definitely worth it Recommended
Fantastic experience: I just love this area.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach.
Fantastic experience: I personally love it because it's clean, has red cross services, a beach bar, restrooms (they should add more), and a wooden walkway to better access the umbrella area. There are a lot of people, but it's nice and the sea usually has quite a bit of waves, which is what I like the most. There are restaurants nearby and there's usually parking. I hope to return soon.
Fantastic experience: Good atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: The beach is adapted and clean. Ideal for coming with the family to spend a quiet time. Although there was a yellow flag, we were able to swim and the lifeguards were very attentive. We will return :)
Fantastic experience: Great beach!
Fantastic experience: One of my favorite beaches in Orihuela Costa
Negative experience: The beach is overcrowded and very dirty, we people are slobs.
Positive experience: A lot of people, especially foreigners, and in the afternoon there were a lot of seaweeds.
Fantastic experience: Nice beach, ideal for families. It's hard to find parking nearby. Leave the family and go look for a spot.
Positive experience: 2024: 4 stars It’s running again... 2023: 0 stars No beach bar, no sunbeds with umbrellas. No pedal boat rental. The city of Orihuela has failed to grant concessions for all beaches. Shame on you! 2019: 5 stars Larger beach with plenty of space for sunbathing. Some rocky access to the sea. Playground and climbing spider available for children. Beach bar with a wide selection of drinks and food. Sunbeds and sun protection can be rented for an additional fee of €9 (Year 2019). Parking for cars is accessible nearby.
Fantastic experience: Good beach with very fine sand, there are no showers, only facial foot rinsers for access.
Fantastic experience: I went at night, a wonderful and magical experience. The view you have of the hotel is amazing, it's really cool! Calm waves, some seaweed and jellyfish but they are not a problem. I recommend it.
Negative experience: Worst beach ever, the lifeguards won't even let you swim because there are 2 or 3 waves. They will push you back constantly until you are completely out of the water, and instead of talking, they threaten to call the police. If a beach is for staying on the sand, just close the beach at that point.
Positive experience: Wonderful sandy beach. However, the entrance to the sea is uneven in places, with pits washed out by the waves, and you need to move carefully to avoid hurting yourself. Combined with the waves, it looks unsafe.
Positive experience: Small but with a good atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: Full of mushrooms on a summer day. Normal because it is very nice.
Fantastic experience: Very fine sand. It's not a long beach, but it is very wide and has plenty of sand. The waves are usually better, but make sure there's no red flag before going.
Positive experience: Nice calm beach.... bar with good cocktails, warm water and visible fish with a mask... top
Fantastic experience: Fabulous beach, really enjoyed our day, nice bar nearby.
Fantastic experience: Super beach
Fantastic experience: Great place, the views are amazing, and it's important that it's a guarded area by lifeguards.
Positive experience: Reasonable beach. Very crowded, I've seen better.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with service, a beach bar, and a restaurant. The sand is fine, white, and there is plenty of space. There is a wooden walkway on the beach allowing wheelchair users to access the beach. From this beach, a wonderful promenade starts, leading to other beautiful beaches through spectacular cliffs and a panoramic view of the sea. You can walk for kilometers and return through the residential area.
Fantastic experience: Nice beach, if you like action this is the place to be, every Saturday there is animation.
Positive experience: Beautiful beach. Smaller than those around it but it's nice to be there. Easy to access. Be careful, the spaces are limited and after 10-11 AM it becomes difficult to find spots.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic beach, though there is a Red Flag here from time to time.
Fantastic experience: I recommend it, nice views and warm sea
Fantastic experience: A spectacular place
Positive experience: Nice, shallow, great for kids.
Fantastic experience: Good beach to go with the family
Positive experience: It's a good beach to go with children, both for its sand and water, as well as for a pool that forms. Also, there is a restaurant nearby. It's true that a lot of people go during the weekends; there can be 8/9 rows of umbrellas. But it has good width. You can always move to Captain's Cove, which is just a few minutes' walk away.
Fantastic experience: Spectacular beach to go with the little ones, perfect. Whenever we come to the area, it is a guaranteed stop.
Positive experience: A large nice and beautiful beach. Plenty of space to spread out. Lots of umbrellas to rent, nice playgrounds for the little ones... But there are too few toilets....
Fantastic experience: It is a good location close to shopping La Zenia, the biggest outdoor shopping area.
Fantastic experience: One of the best beaches in the Orihuela Costa
Positive experience: I love La Zenia Beach! Small but nice!
Positive experience: Very fine sand. Clean sea. The foot showers don't work. Bar on the beach, and sunbed service.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful place for a walk
Fantastic experience: Nice beachfront promenade to Cabo Roigh.
Fantastic experience: Very pleasant beach
Positive experience: Beautiful beach but a disaster with parking.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach, beach bar, rental of 2 sun loungers + umbrella (€17) for the day, free public toilets...
Fantastic experience: Lovely area, beach and shopping center all in one!
Positive experience: Very pleasant beach, you can easily find a spot in May, it's not crowded.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful, worth visiting
Fantastic experience: Nice small beach spot. Good for families
Fantastic experience: If you walk along the promenade, heading to the port, there is a spectacular restaurant 'LA Bahia'.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beaches!!!
Fantastic experience: According to our standards, a small beach but well organized.
Fantastic experience: Super place.
Positive experience: Nice little beach.
Fantastic experience: One of the best beaches on the Costa Blanca
Positive experience: good beach although sometimes very busy
Fantastic experience: Cliff walk is amazing, and the restaurant overlooks the beach with sea view
Positive experience: Lovely beaches, but the barriers leading to 'el capitan beach' are falling apart and look scruffy.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful natural environment
Positive experience: Nice beach, sometimes even too crowded.
Fantastic experience: Noël 2023
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach
Fantastic experience: Christmas day on the beach. Never top that.
Fantastic experience: I visited playa de la Zenia on Christmas day. It was an excellent joyful experience. Music was playing and people were partying.
Fantastic experience: For me the best beach in the area.
Positive experience: It's quiet, not much to see
Fantastic experience: Nice wide beach. Public parking. Good for digging and building sandcastles.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful beach
Negative experience: Nice beach but always very busy during the tourist season and not ideal for swimming... Lots of hidden rocks and regular undercurrent
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful beach
Negative experience: No sunbeds during 2023 due to commercial conflict.
Positive experience: Clean section of the beach, it is well maintained. The only downside is that the beach hut is gone.
Fantastic experience: One of the largest and most beautiful beaches here in the area.
Fantastic experience: A nice place! The beach is gentle and shallow. You have to walk about 5 meters into the sea to dive. The sand is very clean and soft. Kids happily build towers here. There are quite a few people.
Positive experience: Pleasant place
Positive experience: Beach was okay, no beds most people knew this and brought their own with them!
Fantastic experience: Lovely beach. Shallow warm water. Lovely place for swim.
Negative experience: They have no chairs, no service. Nothing for the tourists. It was good but something has gone wrong?
Negative experience: I have a house in La Zenia for 35 years. The truth is that it could be much better if there wasn't so much garbage and dirt on the streets. The sidewalks are all uneven and they do nothing to repair them, with the consequent danger this poses, and this has been going on for many years. I would like to know what the Town Hall does with the money it collects.
Positive experience: One of my favorite beaches and the sea is still quite warm considering that we are in October. I would have rated it a 5, but the cabins are closed, so I can only give it a 4. Hopefully, they will be open next year. There's always the Mirador restaurant if you want to have a drink or some food. Alternatively, bring your own, but take your trash home.
Fantastic experience: The beach here is megabeautiful, I would love to come back here...
Fantastic experience: It's our favorite beach in Orihuela Costa. Calm, clear waters, easy access. Lack of parking near the beach.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful beach.
Positive experience: Very nice beach where you can go with the whole family and spend the day. Sometimes there are waves, and you need to be careful with the kids.
Fantastic experience: I loved this beach. The sand and water are relatively clean. Warm and calm water.
Positive experience: Very beautiful
Fantastic experience: The water was very good, there are bathrooms and accessibility for disabled people, everything is fine.
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