Playa de Las Salinas, Olive sand beach in Los Alcázares, Spain.

Playa de Las Salinas is an urban beach on the Mar Menor lagoon in Los Alcázares, Region of Murcia. Its olive-toned sand runs from the Playa de la Hita, shared with San Javier, to the Playa de los Narejos. A low stone edging and a row of palms border the sand, with a blue cylindrical bin near the water.

The beach is named after a former saltworks that once operated here, within the municipality of Los Alcázares on the Mar Menor. The sources record no dates or trade figures for the saltworks; the name is the surviving trace of that activity.

The name Las Salinas recalls the salt works that once operated here, and the beach still marks the boundary between La Hita, shared with San Javier, and Los Narejos. As an urban beach it has night lighting and areas set aside for sport, and chiringuitos stand along the sand.

Las Salinas is an urban beach on the Mar Menor, running from the shared Playa de la Hita, on the San Javier boundary, to Playa de los Narejos. It has night lighting and areas set aside for sport, plus chiringuitos along the sand. The photograph shows a low stone edging and a row of palms marking the inland side.

The beach lies on the Mar Menor, a saltwater lagoon separated from the Mediterranean by La Manga, so its water is far calmer than the open sea. The name comes from a former salt works, and the sand runs from Playa de la Hita, shared with San Javier, to Playa de los Narejos.