Portonovo, Urban beach in Portonovo, Spain.

Baltar beach, also called Portonovo beach, runs about 600 m from the Chasco pier to the rocky Punta do Vicaño, which separates it from Silgar beach. Its fine white sand and calm water are sheltered by the Vicaño promontory to the east and the harbour installations to the west. A wind-built dune belt and a wooden promenade separate it from the PO-308 road.

The beach takes its name from the village of Baltar, across the PO-308 road that runs along it. An airfield once stood on this sand: Elisa Patiño, the first woman pilot in Galicia, flew there. The beach has held the European Blue Flag, as in 2016, and the wooden promenade now links Sanxenxo and Portonovo.

The beach takes its name from the village of Baltar, across the PO-308 road that runs the length of the sand. The flat ground between the wooden boardwalk and that road hosts children's games, concerts and the fair during Portonovo's two patron-saint festivals in July and August.

The beach runs from the Chasco pier to Punta do Vicaño, with a wooden boardwalk between the dunes and the PO-308 road linking Portonovo and Sanxenxo. The sand is fine and white, and Punta do Vicaño shelters the eastern end, keeping the water calm. The dunes behind the sand are protected, so walk on the boardwalk rather than across them.

On this beach stood an aerodrome where Elisa Patiño, the first woman pilot in Galicia, flew. The wooden promenade behind the dunes now links Sanxenxo and Portonovo on foot, running the length of the sand between the dune belt and the PO-308 road.