Playa del Toyo, Beach area in Retamar y el Toyo, Almería, Spain.

Playa del Toyo is a 1,300-metre-long, 20-metre-wide beach of gravel and sand in the municipality of Almería, between the mouth of the Rambla del Puente de la Quebrada and the nearby Playa de Retamar. It is reached from the El Toyo development by stairs and ramps on the seafront promenade, built in 2003 for the XV Mediterranean Games, which also integrated the Cruceta barracks.

Until 2003 the beach was undeveloped, used by Retamar residents seeking privacy. That year construction began on the Villa Olímpica for the XV Mediterranean Games, later the El Toyo development. The seafront promenade was built, integrating the Cruceta barracks, along with new access points to the shore.

The beach takes its name from the El Toyo development built for the 2003 Mediterranean Games, and the seafront promenade incorporates the old Cruceta fort. A marked trail with low wooden fences leads from El Toyo toward Costacabana, passing the Alquián beach where fishermen leave their boats and the Chiringuito del Alquián.

Access to the sand is via stairs and ramps on the seafront promenade, because the El Toyo development sits above sea level. The beach has adapted bathing areas for people with disabilities, showers, toilets, play areas and lifeguard cover. Occupancy is usually low, as the hotels and houses stand back from the shore.

The beach was undeveloped until 2003, when construction began on the Olympic Village for the XV Mediterranean Games; that complex became the El Toyo development, and the current promenade and beach access were built then. The Cruceta fort was incorporated into the promenade.