Playa de Amió, Atlantic beach in Pechon, Spain.
Playa de Amió lies in the municipality of Val de San Vicente, Cantabria, on the Cantabrian Sea west of the region, and is also called playa de Pechón after the nearest village. It is a fine golden sand beach about 600 metres long and 50 metres wide, reached on foot from a parking esplanade roughly 110 metres away.
The beach lies in the municipality of Val de San Vicente, in western Cantabria, and is also called Playa de Pechón after the nearest village. Access has long followed the N-634 road, with a turnoff at Pesués onto the CA-380 toward Pechón; the Cantabrian motorway A-8/E-70 also serves it from the Unquera exit.
Locals also call it Playa de Pechón, after the village closest to the sand, and the beach belongs to the municipality of Val de San Vicente. The strong winds that sweep the 600-metre shoreline draw windsurfers, so the sand is often shared between bathers and sailors rigging their boards.
Vehicles park on a prepared esplanade about 110 metres from the sand; from there the beach is reached on foot along a well-signposted path. Access is by the CA-380 turn-off at Pesués on the N-634, or from the A-8/E-70 at Unquera. Services are limited to bins, with cleaning on alternate days.
The beach is also called Playa de Pechón, after the village closest to it. It measures about 600 metres long and 50 wide, made of fine golden sand, and the strong winds here draw windsurfers. Access is on foot from a parking esplanade about 110 metres away.
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