Silgar Beach

Beach in Pontevedra, Spain

42°24′03″N 8°48′45″W / 42.40083°N 8.81250°W / 42.40083; -8.81250LocationSanxenxoDimensions

• Length750 metres (2,460 ft) • Width80 metres (260 ft)

The Silgar beach is a Galician beach located on the urban coastline of the municipality of Sanxenxo^[1] in the province of Pontevedra, Spain. It is 750 metres long ^[2] and is bordered from end to end by the eponymous promenade.^[3]

Description

The Silgar beach is an urban beach ^[4] located in the ria of Pontevedra. It is separated from Baltar beach, in the civil parish of Portonovo, by a promontory known as Punta do Vicaño. At its right end is the large marina of Sanxenxo.

Silgar is the most touristic beach in Galicia.^[5] On this beach, on a rock a few metres from the coast, is the statue of Madama, the work of the artist Alfonso Vilar Lamelas.^[6]

Access

The beach is located in the centre of Sanxenxo, surrounded by a promenade.

Gallery

References

^ "El Tiempo. Predicción Playas: Silgar, Sanxenxo (Pontevedra)". AEMET State Meteorological Agency, Gobierno de España (in Spanish). 24 March 2021.
^ "Playa Silgar". El Comercio (in Spanish). 24 March 2021.
^ "Playa de Silgar".
^ "Playa Silgar". El Comercio (in Spanish). 24 March 2021.
^ "Dos meses de obras en la playa más turística de Galicia" (in Spanish). 28 July 2002.
^ "A esencia roubada da Madama" (in Galician). 6 June 2006.