Playa de Manzanares, Urban beach in Los Alcázares, Spain.

Playa de Manzanares is an urban beach in Los Alcázares with pale sand stretching roughly 800 meters (2,600 feet) along the Mar Menor coast. It connects two neighborhoods and offers different sections for swimming and recreation.

Playa de Manzanares lies on the Mar Menor in Los Alcázares, in the Region of Murcia, about 400 km southeast of Madrid. The source documents give no founding date or development history for the beach itself; they record only its setting on the lagoon and a dry climate with July averages near 30 °C and January near 10 °C.

The beach lies in Los Alcázares, a town whose name comes from the Arabic al-qasr, meaning palace or fortress, a reminder of the Moorish settlement on the Mar Menor shore. The annual local fiestas honour the town's patron saints with processions and maritime events.

Playa de Manzanares lies on the Mar Menor in Los Alcázares, about 400 km southeast of Madrid. The climate is dry, with January averages near 10 °C and July near 30 °C, and annual rainfall around 307 mm, so the beach is most used in the warm months. The shore is gentle, making entry into the water straightforward.

Playa de Manzanares lies on the Mar Menor, a coastal lagoon separated from the open Mediterranean by La Manga, a 22 km sand strip. The lagoon's small tidal range and shallow depth keep its water warmer than the open sea, which is why the beach is used for swimming well outside the Mediterranean season.