Platja de los Locos, Mediterranean beach in Torrevieja, Spain

Platja de los Locos lies on the northern edge of Torrevieja, between the coves and the bend of the Palagre, on the Costa Blanca. Its name comes from a mental asylum that once stood beside the sand. The beach's northern point keeps the old name Punta del Salaret, recorded on maps and nautical charts from 1806 onwards.

The beach's name comes from a mental asylum that stood beside it, not from any maritime event. Old documents and maps, including Francisco Català and Gaspar Massa's 1806 plan and Pascual Madoz's 1859 dictionary, call it Platja del Salaret; that name survives in the Punta del Salaret at the beach's point.

The name Los Locos means "beach of the madmen", after a psychiatric hospital that once stood beside the shore. Older charts and books, such as Pascual Madoz's 1859 dictionary, call it Platja del Salaret, a name still kept by the Punta del Salaret at the beach's tip.

The beach offers wheelchair access, lifeguard stations during summer, and rentals for umbrellas and loungers. Visit during summer months when all facilities are open and conditions are at their best.

The beach was long recorded as Platja del Salaret: that name appears on Francisco Català and Gaspar Massa's 1806 plan, an anonymous 1813 nautical chart, Francisco de Paula Amieba's 1835 map, Pascual Madoz's 1859 dictionary and Juan de Arrambide's 1861 dictionary. The name survives today only on the Punta del Salaret, the point at the beach's end.