Playas de Sovalle, Valle y Niembro, Beach system in Llanes, Spain

Playas de Sovalle, Valle y Niembro are three contiguous beaches that merge at low tide, located in Llames de Pría at the mouth of the Guadamía river, which marks the boundary between Llanes and Ribadesella. Sovalle, the westernmost, is a shell-shaped pebble beach that disappears at high tide; Valle, about 120 m long and 25 m wide, also shell-shaped, lies between Sovalle and Niembro. Niembro, about 300 m long and 100 m wide, is the easiest to access. Sovalle and Valle have rocky outcrops over white sand and no services.

The three beaches lie within the Paisaje Protegido de la Costa Oriental de Asturias, a protected landscape designated for their vegetation and geological features. Sovalle and Valle belong to Niembro, in the municipality of Llanes, at the mouth of the Guadamía river, which marks the boundary with Ribadesella. Only Toranda, the Niembro beach, holds Blue Flag certification, awarded in 1997.

The three beaches belong to Niembro, in Llanes, and take their name from the Guadamía river mouth, which marks the boundary between Llanes and Ribadesella. Sovalle, the westernmost, is a shell-shaped pebble bank that closes the line of beaches; Valle lies between it and Niembro. None of the three has services or cleaning, and only Niembro, the easiest to reach, sees moderate use.

Sovalle and Valle have no services and are not even cleaned; access is on foot from Niembro beach, the easiest entry point. Niembro, about 300 m long and 100 m wide, has toilets, showers, drinking water, daily lifeguard cover and refreshment kiosks. At low tide the three beaches join, so you can walk between them.

Sovalle is the westernmost of the three beaches, at the mouth of the Guadamía river, which marks the boundary between the municipalities of Llanes and Ribadesella. It is a shell-shaped pebble beach that vanishes at high tide and has no services or cleaning.