Playa de Berria — Attraction in Santoña

We stayed here in an apartement right at the beach for a bit more than a week in April. It's a very nice, very clean beach. Wide and long. Fantastic views left and right. It's the Spain's North, so it's cooler and windier than in the more popular South. But for us the North is more interesting, it has lots of charm and so many different landscapes. Great food as well and lots of beautiful villages.

Some days it was pretty windy and the sand blew in our faces, on other days perfectly calm and even warm for April. A great beach to walk on (too cold for us to swim in springtime). Morning and/or afternoons. Even though dogs are officially banned, in the off-season almost everybody had their dog with. Good for us, so our Bulldog was able to have some fun on the beach as well. Even though lots of dogs, the beach was spotless clean. Everybody picks up after their pets and pretty much nobody leaves any trash behind. Please do so as well when visiting.

There are plenty of (free) parking lots along the beach. And in Spring, especially in times of Covid-19, there were always lots of empty spaces to park. Even on warm sunny days the numbers of visitors were very low. A lovely, quiet beach. That will change in summertime, judging by other photos.

It also seems to be a great spot for surfing and windsurfing. A surf school is even located on the eastern end of the beach (as well as a prison: they must have great views from their cells).

A really fantastic beach. Loved it. It was a joy to walk here daily and/or just enjoy the views of it. Also a very safe spot, never felt strange even in the middle of the night. So, if you visit Santona, head for this lovely beach...or try to stay a few...

Berria una de las mejores playas del Cantábrico para la práctica del Windsurf en Olas. Lastima que estemos peleando para poder navegar en verano, de momento con condiciones muy restrictivas según nos indican como sigue; Para realizar las practicas del windsurf: 1º Se ha presentado por un grupo pequeño, la necesidad realizar esta actividad. Si este grupo deja de ser unos pocos y se convierte en aglomeración, se echará. 2º Se tomará una pequeña franja de playa para el embarque/ desembarque. Y se navegará perpendicularmente a la playa. 3º No se navegará, ni se saltará las olas en paralelo de la playa. 4º Tal y como se comentó al concejal, los días de uso tienen que ser desapacibles, con viento y con poco afluencia de gente. 5º La Cruz Roja tienen toda la competencia y el apoyo del Ayuntamiento a la hora de tomar decisiones en la playa para ordenar el uso de la misma. Si la Cruz Roja indica moverse o salir se tiene obedecer. Tal y como está la Ordenanza, el bañista tiene preferencia. 6º Próximamente se convocará mesa de contratación. Se colocarán zonas para la práctica del Surf. En una de ellas se habilitará una pequeña franja de playa para el embarque/...

Even more than the beach itself, which is awesome, I liked a lot all the way to come here, passing the bridges over the marshland. The beach is very wild and it was my first time surfing here. High quality waves altough its quite overcrowed...even in low season. We were like 60 people...