Playa de Poo, Sandy beach in Llanes, Spain.
Playa de Poo is a beach in the western half of the Llanes municipality, Asturias, beside the village of Poo. It runs about 150 metres along the inside of a sea inlet, so the open water stays out of sight from the sand except at low tide. The beach forms a cove surrounded by dense vegetation, and the Islas de Poo lie at its seaward exit.
The beach lies in a sheltered inlet in western Llanes, beside the village of Poo. Its vegetation earned it inclusion in the Paisaje Protegido de la Costa Oriental de Asturias, the protected coastal landscape of eastern Asturias, as listed by Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. At the seaward mouth of the cove stand the Islas de Poo.
The beach lies beside Poo, a village in the western half of Llanes council, and forms part of the Costa Verde Asturiana. Its vegetation earned it inclusion in the Paisaje Protegido de la Costa Oriental de Asturias, as listed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. At the seaward exit of the cove stand the Islas de Poo.
Access is easy, with an unsupervised car park of more than 100 spaces. The beach has showers, bins, cleaning and lifeguard cover, plus hazard signs and rescue equipment. At anything but low tide the open sea stays out of view from the sand.
At the seaward exit of the cove lie the Islas de Poo, which the sources place just off the beach; from the sand they are the landmark to look for. Because the beach sits inside a deep inlet, the open sea itself stays out of sight except at low tide.
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