Playa de El Sablón, Urban beach in Llanes, Asturias, Spain

Playa de El Sablón is a small urban beach with fine light sand shaped as a semicircular cove near the town center of Llanes. The water sits protected by rock formations, making it a sheltered and manageable swimming area.

The name El Sablón derives from the Asturian word 'sable', meaning sand. The Paseo de San Pedro, a promenade built in 1847, runs along the beach and is considered a coastal path reaching San Antolín. The beach lies beside the remains of Llanes castle, of which the Torreón de Llanes still stands.

The name El Sablón comes from the Asturian word 'sable', meaning sand. Above the beach runs the Paseo de San Pedro, a promenade built in 1847 with natural grass, treated as a coastal path that continues to San Antolín and gives a panoramic view of the Llanes coast and the Sierra de Cuera.

El Sablón sits directly in the town centre of Llanes, so it is reached on foot from the streets of the old town rather than by a coastal road. The Paseo de San Pedro, laid out in 1847, runs above the sand and continues as a coastal path to San Antolín, giving a view over the bay and the Sierra de Cuera. The beach is bounded to the west by the Punta de San Pedro, next to the Torreón de Llanes.

The Paseo de San Pedro, the promenade above the beach, was built in 1847 and is surfaced with natural grass. It is classed as a coastal path and runs as far as San Antolín, with views over the Llanes coast and the mountains of the Sierra de Cuera.