The Bay of Mazarron

The Bay of Mazarron is a gulf that extends from Cabo Tinoso to Cabo Cope. A coastline that is rich in diversity, where you can find an abundance of breathtaking forms of excavations or erosions, but also deposits, hence carving out almost 40 beaches.

If to this we add the annual average temperature of 20°C and annual average of more than 300 sunny days a year, we can appreciate that Bay of Mazarron is a real paradise.

The history of Mazarron goes well back in time. Its close links with the Mediterranean, the goodness of its climate and the silver and lead mines have been the main causes for its early foundation.

The littoral of the Bay of Mazarron has more than 35 kilometres of coastline, along which you can find an array of beaches that stand out for the diversity of their waters, sands and sceneries.

In the southeast of the municipality, from Punsa de Calnegre to the Percheles beach, the sand becomes more of a common sight. At Punta Negra, you can contemplate inhospitable coves and surrounded by beautiful cliffs, which contrast with the vast beach of Bolnuevo.

Tracing the coastline towards the east, past the mouth of Ramble de las Moreras, the tourist area begins, castellan beach, Nares beach, Reya Beach, La Isla beach, etc, till the Port’s bay, where thanks to the evenness of the coast, the town centre was established.

There are beaches along the coast till reaching El Alamillo and, before getting to Isla Plana, the dry watercourse of Valdelentisco mars the end of Mazarrons coastline.

About 50% of the Municipality’s attraction is underwater, where the Mediterranean safeguards its best secrets all along the extensive coastline of the Bay of Mazarron.

In its waters, you can find one of the most important ecosystems of the Mediterranean, the land of Poseidon. It possess important marine vegetation where you can find sea bass, lobster, conger eel, dolphins, whales, octopus and morays.
For divers, many decades of shipwrecks lie beneath the sea, providing evidence of how the region has had to fight to protect its many assets.

The water offers the chance to practice canoeing, sailing, windsurfing and ski jet riding. Once on land, you can take the routes on bicycles, motorbikes, horse riding and hiking. In addition, if you would like to keep your feet above ground, you could just go parachute jumping.

The summer terraces look out onto the Mediterranean, combining the lovely landscape with the pleasure of entertainment. In order to appreciate Mazarron, what you just have to do is join in, enjoy the climate, sample the varied gastronomy and feel at leisure in a Mediterranean enclave with the special charm of the southeast of Spain.