Costa Ballena: Beach, Dunes and Paths

Nature

Playa de la Ballena borders the Costa Ballena holiday complex. It can be reached via wooden stairs that lead through the dunes to the beach.

At the access points to Playa de La Ballena, wooden walkways make it easier for people with reduced mobility to reach the dry sand. The bathing waters at Playa de La Ballena are moderately rough.

There are toilets and showers at Playa de la Ballena. Other facilities there include a tourist office, a sports area, and a children's play area.

The dune system of Playa de La Ballena is bordered by landscaped areas belonging to the surrounding residential complexes.

A large urban park lies just a few metres from the dune area and the beach of Costa Ballena. The large lake in an urban park in Costa Ballena near the coast is inhabited by various birds, among which ducks predominate.

The beach passages thus connect several clearly named elements: access through the dunes, wooden walkways leading to the dry sand, moderately rough bathing waters, and toilets and showers. The sports area and the children's play area complement the facilities at the beach. In the nearby urban park, a lake follows the dune and beach area, where various birds live and ducks predominate.

Golf

Costa Ballena Ocean Golf Club has 27 championship holes as well as a nine-hole par-3 course. The club's golf course is flat; some of its holes run parallel to the beach.

The golf offering therefore includes both the 27-hole course and the additional par-3 area. The flat layout and the holes running parallel to the beach shape the course of the club.

Active pursuits

A cycle route begins in Costa Ballena. It connects the Sendero del Corredor Verde Litoral with the Vía Verde.

For planning your day, this cycle route offers specific key details: it is a circular route of approximately 25 kilometres, is considered easy, and has only slight elevation changes.

The coastal path in Costa Ballena runs for 2.8 kilometres along dunes and palm trees. The Sendero litoral de Rota near La Ballena runs over wooden walkways.

The Vía Verde follows a former railway line between El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar and passes through Rota and Chipiona.

After using the cycle path near the port of Chipiona, the cycle route leads back to Costa Ballena through fields and pine forests.

Urban bus route 3 connects Rota with Costa Ballena. It runs along the main streets of the holiday complex.

Costa Ballena has numerous cycle paths. Special bicycle parking areas are located in squares, parks, and at public buildings; others can be found at beach access points and near shops.

The routes described therefore extend from the coastal section along the former railway line to fields and pine forests. The circular route remains easy at approximately 25 kilometres and has only slight elevation changes, while the coastal path runs for 2.8 kilometres alongside dunes and palm trees.

Water sports

At the Nuevo Oasis access point in Costa Ballena, there is a sailing school with its own launching and landing area for boats.

At this access point, windsurfing and sailing are designated as highlighted water sports. Surfing and kitesurfing are also designated as highlighted water sports there.

The Nuevo Oasis access point therefore brings together a sailing school, its own launching and landing area for boats, and four highlighted water sports: windsurfing, sailing, surfing, and kitesurfing.

For the higher-level travel overview: Chipiona.