Los Toruños, Natural beach in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
Los Toruños, also called Playa de Levante, is a virgin beach running about 4,300 m from the end of the Valdelagrana development to the mouth of the San Pedro river, past the Punta de los Saboneses. Its fine golden sand is roughly 100 m wide and slopes at about 7%. It lies within the protected Toruños area of the Bahía de Cádiz natural park.
The beach lies in an area with a long past, where salt production once took place and the first railway line in Andalusia ran through. These earlier activities shaped the character of this region.
The beach is also called Los Toruños, after the protected area of the Bahía de Cádiz natural park it runs along. Surfers, windsurfers and kitesurfers use the water here, and the shore is a known spot for catching sea bass, clams and razor clams, though fishing and shellfishing are banned because it is a protected park. Guided cultural routes have recently been approved to the medieval salt pans of La Algaida, the tunnels of the Compañía Siderúrgica Andaluza and the 19th-century camp of Napoleon's army.
The beach is reached on foot from the end of the Valdelagrana urbanisation, and the sand runs about 4,300 m to the mouth of the San Pedro river, past the Punta de los Saboneses. A rescue boat is stationed opposite the river. Because the beach lies inside the protected Toruños area, fishing and shellfish gathering are prohibited by law.
The old Jerez-Trocadero railway route, the first line in Andalusia, crosses the park as a walking path; the beach ends at the mouth of the San Pedro river, by the Punta de los Saboneses. Guided routes also cover the medieval salt pans of La Algaida and the tunnels of the Compañía Siderúrgica Andaluza.
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