Alcudia beach, Urban beach in Alcúdia, Majorca, Spain

Alcudia beach is a 3.4 km urban beach of fine sand and clear water, located entirely within the municipality of Alcúdia. Together with the Platja de Muro, it forms the dune barrier system of the Albufera de Mallorca.

The beach lies within the municipality of Alcúdia and forms, together with the Platja de Muro, the dune barrier of the Albufera de Mallorca. Its 3.4 km of fine sand and clear water run through an urban setting, so the shore grew alongside the resort town rather than replacing a separate fishing hamlet.

The beach lies entirely within the municipality of Alcúdia and, together with Platja de Muro, forms the dune barrier system of the Albufera de Mallorca. The place name Alcúdia comes from the Arabic al-kudya, meaning the hill, a reminder of the Moorish period before the Catalan conquest. Visitors walking the shore can look for the low dunes that separate the sand from the wetland behind.

The beach is fully within the municipality of Alcúdia and runs 3.4 km as an urban shore, so the town centre and port are reachable on foot from much of the sand. It forms, together with Platja de Muro, the dune barrier of the Albufera de Mallorca. The sand is fine and the water clear.

The beach lies within the S'Albufera de Mallorca natural area: together with Platja de Muro it forms the dune barrier that separates the wetland from the sea. The sand is fine and the water clear along its 3.4 km, all inside the municipality of Alcúdia.