BEACH - Cabanyal - City Beach in Valencia - Playa las Arenas

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Cabanyal - City Beach in Valencia - Playa las Arenas

The southern part of the beach is a leisure area for promenades, events, restaurants, bars and hotels. The northern part becomes more of a beach itself, gradually running into the Malvarossa beach.

Playa (Beach) de Las Arenas and Cabanyal - in Valencia, Spain.  This beach is the start of the beach line of Valencia City itself. The beach joins with the walls of the America's Cup Port, it is the closest, the most built-up and the most accessible to the city, and as such it is the official city beach for activities and events,.   So, it is more of a backdrop for leisure activities and events, rather than the place for sunbathing crowds.  Whenever there is a sports event on the beach, or a public event (e.g. the Night Landing of the Moors during the Feria de Julio) it happens here.

This beach is also popular for promenading - for a romantic sunset-watching with a loved one or socialising with a group of friends. The luxurious alley of Paseo Maritimo facilitates that and in the summer the alley also hosts a market to buy clothes, accessories and souvenirs.  Between the trees and the road.

The Playa de las Arenas is also a famous gastronomical reference point. A good half of it is lined with typically Valencian restaurants. Here you will find some famous nationwide dishes such as Pepica. Also, this beach is where you are sent to try authentic Valencian paella, although the restaurants here can be expensive.   Amonst the restaurants are also a few bars and cocktail lounges. 

The only hotels on the whole beachline are situated here, in the Playa de las Arenas, including the 5-6 star, spa giant Las Arenas.

Naturally, some people do choose to spread out in the Sun on the sands of this beach, but it is not as popular as the area further along. Usually people choose this stretch for a walk or a game on the sands.   Las Arenas blends into Playa de Cabanyal and then Cabanyal beach, in turn, gradually evolves into the Playa de Malvarossa - the main beach of Valencia, where there are more crowds.