Playa de La Griega and Dinosaur Trackway
A kilometre east of Lastres, the golden arc of Playa de La Griega is beautiful enough on its own terms — backed by green cliffs and rarely crowded even in summer — but what makes it genuinely extraordinary is the Jurassic dinosaur trackway preserved in the rock platform at its northern end.
The Beach Itself
La Griega is a fine-sand cove about 400 metres wide, sheltered enough for calm swimming and backed by low dunes and a freshwater stream that trickles across the sand at low tide — the kind of unhurried, unspoiled beach that families return to year after year.
There is a small seasonal chiringuito (beach bar) in summer, but facilities are deliberately minimal; bring water and snacks if you plan to spend the day.
The Dinosaur Tracks
At the northern end of the beach, exposed at low tide, a limestone platform bears the fossilised footprints of sauropod and theropod dinosaurs dating to the Late Jurassic period — they are clearly visible as rounded depressions in the rock and are protected as a natural monument.
A signed interpretive panel on the beach explains the trackway in Spanish and English; the best time to see the prints clearly is 1–2 hours before low tide when the rock is wet and the depressions catch the light.
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