Playa de El Molín del Puerto, Sandy beach in Gozón, Spain

Playa de El Molín del Puerto is a small beach in San Martín de Podes, in the council of Gozón, set in farmland and cattle country. Its bed has small patches of dark, medium-grain sand, and the level of urbanisation and occupation is very low. At its western end lie the remains of a geological-palaeontological site rich in fossils and the castro of El Castiellu.

The name El Molín del Puerto refers to a mill at the cove, remembered in the toponym rather than in any standing building. The beach lies off San Martín de Podes, in the council of Gozón, on a coast where farming and livestock raising shaped the land above the sand. Its western end holds the remains of a geological-palaeontological site rich in fossils and the castro of El Castiellu.

The beach belongs to the village of San Martín de Podes, in the council of Gozón, and its surroundings are farmland and pasture rather than built-up coast. The low level of urbanisation and occupation is what a visitor notices first: no promenade, no seafront buildings, just fields running down to the sand.

From Avilés take the AS-238 toward Luanco, then the AS-328 at the roundabout by the Arcelor plant toward Laviana-Cabo de Peñas, staying on the AS-328 past the Barrio de Monteril sign in San Martín de Podes to the left turn marked Molín del Puerto. The last two kilometres descend to the beach. The car park at the arrival point is small, so park to keep entry and exit easy.

On the western side of the beach, the geological-palaeontological deposit holds a large number of fossils, and the Castro de El Castiellu stands in the same area. Both sit within an agricultural and livestock landscape with very low urbanisation.