Galicia, ES

Praia das Catedrais

Water Bodyocean
Sand Typesand
CountryES
RegionGalicia

Getting There

Nearest CityBarreiros6.6 km
Airport (OVD)Asturias Airport90.4 km

Safety & Conditions

Water Quality1 - excellent
Shark Incidents0recorded

Facilities

✓ Restrooms✓ Showers

Sand & Geology

At low tide, there is access to a sand deposit delimited by a rocky wall made from slate and schist forming 30 metre arches resembling cathedral flying buttresses, large caves, sand corridors between rocky blocks, and other geological features.

Predicted regional compositionlithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
Q 31%
L 59%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Praia das Catedrais—Cathedral Beach—is Galicia's geological crown jewel, a landscape of towering sandstone arches and sea-worn formations that emerge from the Atlantic at low tide....

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