Mercy Beach
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The Playa de la Misericordia in Málaga is a spacious, sandy beach that attracts families and locals alike. It boasts numerous restaurants serving seafood and offers a lovely promenade ideal for long walks.
- Family-friendly atmosphere with shallow waters, perfect for children.
- Clean water and fine sand, suitable for hours of swimming.
- Accessible facilities for disabled people, with friendly staff available to assist.
- At times, the beach can be less crowded compared to other popular beaches like La Malagueta.
- Efforts have been made to keep the area clean, although some users report litter and parking challenges during peak seasons.
Overall, Playa de la Misericordia is highly recommended for a day out in the sun, offering a blend of relaxation and activity.
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Below you will find 55 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa de la Misericordia.
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Fantastic experience: For me, the best beach, as I can go from home without needing to take the car since it is very crowded and the parking lot gets full.
Fantastic experience: Super equipped waterfront promenade ready for long walks
Positive experience: Good beach !! And if you arrive early you find parking.
Fantastic experience: Malaga's urban beach par excellence, all services available, dining, public restrooms, showers, lifeguard. The only problem during the high season is parking the car.
Fantastic experience: Perfect, shallow for little ones to bathe, with good access to the beach and with beach bars.
Below you will find 5 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa de la Misericordia.
Fantastic experience: The Mercy beach in Málaga is highly valued by families with children due to its shallow depth and proximity to the most populated neighborhoods... I love its atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: Next to the dog beach Sacaba. Awesome
Fantastic experience: very crowded due to the proximity of surrounding neighborhoods
Positive experience: I always come here but mainly because it's close and there are public restrooms and restaurants. However, I don't like the sand at all because it's construction sand. When you get home, you don't just find sand, you find debris; the water comes out black and your legs are left gray, it's horrible. The city council should look into how to bring in and place new, quality sand.
Fantastic experience: Precioso para pasear por el paseo o darte un baño ..ideal para ir con niños ya que tiene una zona que apenas cubre la playa...en temporada baja se puede ir a pasear con los perros ..eso si hay que ser responsable y recoger sus caquitas ️
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Fantastic experience: Great place to go with the family. We were on the rented loungers by the sea. The water was perfectly refreshing and delicious. There weren't too many people. The sand was very fine. You could spend hours in the water.
Positive experience: I don't give it 5 stars because the day I went there were only waves, it's made of small stones but that's not a problem for me, I usually wear water shoes and my kids do too. There are beach bars nearby, we parked about 5 minutes away on foot. There's a square, let's say, with several places to eat. In the square, there's an Italian restaurant, a Mexican one, another tapas place, and an ice cream shop. It was a Monday.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic beach - not too busy and there is a remarkable service for disabled people. The team there will do what you need to enjoy the beach and the sea - so caring and professional. Thank you. We are so grateful that this made our trip to Malaga utterly unforgettable.
Positive experience: Very clean and spacious beach. Town location, but well maintained. Sea very suitable for sand lovers.
Positive experience: Large gray sand beach. Significant drop in the water.
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Positive experience: I don't give it 5 stars because the day I went there were only waves, it's made of small stones but that's not a problem for me, I usually wear water shoes and my kids do too. There are beach bars nearby, we parked about 5 minutes away on foot. There's a square, let's say, with several places to eat. In the square, there's an Italian restaurant, a Mexican one, another tapas place, and an ice cream shop. It was a Monday.
Positive experience: The best beach in Malaga city. A walk full of beach bars and nice atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: Perfect, shallow for little ones to bathe, with good access to the beach and with beach bars.
Fantastic experience: Baths, small plates, and a variety of restaurants for all audiences. Wide beach without extreme crowds.
Positive experience: Family beach, quite crowded in summer, with good facilities. It has many bars, restaurants, and beach kiosks, as well as beach volleyball courts. Being long, it usually doesn’t have too many problems finding a spot, except right by the water. It usually doesn't have waves, although on some windy days you can see surfers.
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Positive experience: A beach with good lifeguard services, accessible, area for people with reduced mobility. The downside is that the showers have the water cut off, so you carry all the sand stuck on you, and the cleanliness of the sea has been lacking lately.
Fantastic experience: Aya de Málaga amplia, con paseo marítimo doble y carril para monopatín, bicicleta y patinetes. Arena limpia con socorristas, aseos CERRADOS, accesos para personas con movilidad reducida, canal acuático donde se dan clases de pádel surf y bastantes chiringuitos donde comer los famosos espetos. La entrada a la playa es bastante inclinada y enseguida se profundiza.
Fantastic experience: Playa muy tranquila, familiar,cubre poco,con chiringuitos,paseo marítimo,wc públicos, socorristas,en resumen una d mis playas favoritas
Positive experience: Maravillosas playas en Málaga capital donde se puede dar largos y cómodos paseos a pie. Bicicleta o patines. Comer en sus estupendos chiringuitos los mejores pescados y arroces y sobre todo, los mejores espetos de sardinas. Disfrutar en sus cuidadas playas donde además de seguridad durante el verano hay cantidad de duchas publicad y baños
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Fantastic experience: Beautiful
Fantastic experience: Great place to go with the family. We were on the rented loungers by the sea. The water was perfectly refreshing and delicious. There weren't too many people. The sand was very fine. You could spend hours in the water.
Fantastic experience: One of the best beaches in Málaga city. Much better than La Malagueta, which is full of tourists and dirtier.
Positive experience: Quiet and clean beach
Positive experience: In the middle of August the beach was practically empty. Very few people the whole week. And the sea was clean!!!
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Positive experience: Family beach, quite crowded in summer, with good facilities. It has many bars, restaurants, and beach kiosks, as well as beach volleyball courts. Being long, it usually doesn’t have too many problems finding a spot, except right by the water. It usually doesn't have waves, although on some windy days you can see surfers.
Positive experience: Wide beach with very good access and restrooms, children’s playgrounds, surf schools, restaurants, and a very spacious promenade.
Fantastic experience: Aya de Málaga amplia, con paseo marítimo doble y carril para monopatín, bicicleta y patinetes. Arena limpia con socorristas, aseos CERRADOS, accesos para personas con movilidad reducida, canal acuático donde se dan clases de pádel surf y bastantes chiringuitos donde comer los famosos espetos. La entrada a la playa es bastante inclinada y enseguida se profundiza.
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Fantastic experience: Cerca de casa y me encanta la zona donde nos solemos poner, poca gente el agua bajita y los niños se lo pasan pipa así con el agua que no les cubra tanto
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Below you will find 4 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa de la Misericordia.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach, with small waves that make it more fun, not as crowded as La Malagueta.
Positive experience: Family-friendly, accessible for people with disabilities, clean, although there is a lack of more parking spaces.
Fantastic experience: Fun but I find it pathetic to not have water in the showers to clean my feet a little at least Málaga
Positive experience: Bella la spiaggia molto larga e con sabbia pulita. Pulito anche il mare ma acqua molto fredda. La spiaggia spesso è affollata ma su trova comunque posto. Sono presenti docce pubbliche gratuite e diversi locali dove prendere da bere. Spiaggia un pò distante dal centro citta
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Mercy Beach: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Fantastic promenade for walking with family.
Fantastic experience: It is a beautiful beach
Fantastic experience: Very nice
Positive experience: Nice beach.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful
Positive experience: neglected square
Fantastic experience: Great place to go with the family. We were on the rented loungers by the sea. The water was perfectly refreshing and delicious. There weren't too many people. The sand was very fine. You could spend hours in the water.
Fantastic experience: Magnificent
Fantastic experience: The Mercy beach in Málaga is highly valued by families with children due to its shallow depth and proximity to the most populated neighborhoods... I love its atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: One of the best beaches in Málaga city. Much better than La Malagueta, which is full of tourists and dirtier.
Positive experience: I don't give it 5 stars because the day I went there were only waves, it's made of small stones but that's not a problem for me, I usually wear water shoes and my kids do too. There are beach bars nearby, we parked about 5 minutes away on foot. There's a square, let's say, with several places to eat. In the square, there's an Italian restaurant, a Mexican one, another tapas place, and an ice cream shop. It was a Monday.
Positive experience: Quiet and clean beach
Positive experience: A good place to relax with children. Not deep. If people didn't litter and cleaned up after themselves, it would be perfect.
Positive experience: The best beach in Malaga city. A walk full of beach bars and nice atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: For me, the best beach, as I can go from home without needing to take the car since it is very crowded and the parking lot gets full.
Fantastic experience: The best part was the guys who helped us during our visit, accompanying children with disabilities. They are caring, polite, fully dedicated, making our day at the beach a GREAT day. THANK YOU for being so professional and so charming.
Fantastic experience: Good beach, equipped with everything necessary, the only issue is parking is a bit difficult.
Positive experience: In the middle of August the beach was practically empty. Very few people the whole week. And the sea was clean!!!
Fantastic experience: Fantastic beach - not too busy and there is a remarkable service for disabled people. The team there will do what you need to enjoy the beach and the sea - so caring and professional. Thank you. We are so grateful that this made our trip to Malaga utterly unforgettable.
Fantastic experience: Super equipped waterfront promenade ready for long walks
Fantastic experience: There's no more beautiful sunrise.
Fantastic experience: Excellent boardwalk
Positive experience: Good beach !! And if you arrive early you find parking.
Positive experience: It is a beach with a very good location, surrounded by shops and pleasant for walking.
Fantastic experience: The water is divine and perfect for swimming.
Fantastic experience: Next to the dog beach Sacaba. Awesome
Fantastic experience: Malaga's urban beach par excellence, all services available, dining, public restrooms, showers, lifeguard. The only problem during the high season is parking the car.
Positive experience: There are water games for children near the beach, but we found that the beach was dirty and the water as well.
Positive experience: Very clean and spacious beach. Town location, but well maintained. Sea very suitable for sand lovers.
Fantastic experience: It's a family beach, it doesn't get deep so it's great for kids.
Fantastic experience: very pleasant, warm water and very clean everything
Fantastic experience: Magnificent beach, I already knew it but I will definitely return, highly recommended.
Fantastic experience: It is my lifelong beach, my mother used to take me there and it is the one I like to go to alone, the sunrises are stunning. It is a reminder of my childhood and that is priceless.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach, with small waves that make it more fun, not as crowded as La Malagueta.
Fantastic experience: Perfect, shallow for little ones to bathe, with good access to the beach and with beach bars.
Fantastic experience: A very beautiful beach with clean water. I recommend it to you.
Fantastic experience: Baths, small plates, and a variety of restaurants for all audiences. Wide beach without extreme crowds.
Positive experience: Family beach, quite crowded in summer, with good facilities. It has many bars, restaurants, and beach kiosks, as well as beach volleyball courts. Being long, it usually doesn’t have too many problems finding a spot, except right by the water. It usually doesn't have waves, although on some windy days you can see surfers.
Positive experience: Very nice, but there is no water for services and showers.
Fantastic experience: Excellent beach Good access Good support services
Positive experience: Large gray sand beach. Significant drop in the water.
Fantastic experience: Great beach, nice restaurant and staff, sunbed with umbrella for €8, close to the city center
Positive experience: The beach is wide, with volleyball courts and palm islands, as well as a nice promenade along which there are various places to eat and snack. The downside is the dark, dirty sand and, worse still, the lack of running water to wash off the salt and sand from the body.
Positive experience: Good atmosphere, the beach is a bit dirty.
Positive experience: The beach is nice, large, and close to the center. There are palm trees, nice views, green parrots, a few bars and restaurants, and nice views. Unfortunately, there was trash floating in the water :(. Besides that, everything is great.
Positive experience: Family-friendly, accessible for people with disabilities, clean, although there is a lack of more parking spaces.
Fantastic experience: Wow, it's the best beach with giant waves and the water park is entertaining.
Fantastic experience: Very beautiful. Crystal clear waters. There are no bathrooms, you have to purchase from the local establishments to have access to the restroom.
Fantastic experience: Local beach great walk on the sand
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with fine sand and refreshing, pleasant water. It has a promenade leading to the port of Málaga with beach bars where you can eat the famous espetos and rent loungers and umbrellas, in addition to cafes, ice cream shops, cocktail bars, etc. Very recommended.
Fantastic experience: It's a family beach, especially for children. We love it.
Positive experience: This beach has a bit better sand in comparison to other beaches around Malaga. Not white sand, but quite good.
Positive experience: Wide beach with some ease of parking.
Fantastic experience: Clean and cozy beach. We were there in February. The water in the sea was very clean and warm. I even wanted to swim in the sea.
Positive experience: The beach itself is nice, the water is quite cool and there are many stones on the shore and in the water. The worst part was the sand, which literally burned even when you were right by the shore; your feet would get scorched.
Positive experience: There are no changing rooms and no toilets.
Fantastic experience: Great beach
Fantastic experience: Immense free parking to park
Negative experience: A big disappointment. Dirty water and way too many people. Failed.
Negative experience: Dirty beach and water, too many people. The water in the foot washing pumps doesn't work anywhere (((the trash bins are full and stinky.
Positive experience: Beautiful beach, the only problem is too much smoke from the restaurants that cook on the grill, the air becomes unbearable.
Positive experience: Very crowded beach, hard to find a little free space
Positive experience: A very beautiful, nice, and pleasant beach. I stayed there for just 2 little hours since I was just passing by.
Positive experience: The beach is like any other beach. During our visit, the water showers were not working, and it was difficult to wash off the sand from our feet. Otherwise, it is a pleasant, average place with plenty of cafes by the shore.
Fantastic experience: Be careful with your feet before swimming because the sand is very hot. The sea was very beautiful. There is no changing cabin, you can use the toilets. I think you can rent a beach umbrella for 18€ but I'm not sure. You can also sit under the trees. The sea was very beautiful, clean and cold. The beach is very close to the city center☺️
Positive experience: Beautiful stretch of beach, only the dry sand gives the impression of dust.
Fantastic experience: Super beach. Lots of space. Tasty bar with local seafood.
Positive experience: Very nice beach, clean. Note that there is no toilet, no working shower, also no room to change in and out of swimsuit. Very windy, to the point that you have sand everywhere, including mouth/eyes, but this may be connected to the season.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful experience, a caring and cheerful staff with everyone. I would like to thank Cafu, Saul, Marco, Luca, Dafne, and the coordinator who manages to maintain harmony under the tent.
Positive experience: Large free beach with palm trees under which you can find refuge from the heat. Well-equipped with showers and well-maintained restrooms. You can take a long walk to other beaches. There are also some areas with umbrellas and bars, not cheap. Pros: large coastline, there's space for everyone; it's close to the port and the historic center. Cons: it can be very crowded; no natural landscape, being set in an urban context.
Fantastic experience: Clean beach with a large sandy area for sports activities including volleyball courts. Several shops around and some spots with running water to wash your feet.
Fantastic experience: It's nice. The parking is difficult.
Fantastic experience: Excellent service, comfort, good rest, and excellent location
Positive experience: I went for the first time in 1970 and now the change is enormous; it is one of the best areas in Malaga.
Positive experience: My beach since I was a girl, what can I say, it's wonderful!
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach and very clean
Fantastic experience: Good access, ample parking areas, and good beach bars
Positive experience: Beautiful beach with good sand and not very deep.
Fantastic experience: Perfect beach for going with family, now load up on patience because parking is a nightmare, well like in all of Málaga.
Fantastic experience: Nice and quiet beach to spend the summer with family and friends
Fantastic experience: Great for the kids, before they take out the perfect depth and good atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: Very clean beach, with many services and options to enjoy it.
Fantastic experience: One of the beaches with the least stones I've visited in Malaga! Highly recommended
Fantastic experience: Family beach where children can enjoy because the water is shallow, there are parks, and they show summer movies.
Negative experience: I was very disappointed with the beaches of Malaga. I enjoyed the ones in Valencia much more as they had all the services and the areas in the water were sandy and not small pebbles.
Fantastic experience: I went to see the fireworks. A comfortable beach where you can walk many meters without being covered. A good place to fish on the jetty.
Fantastic experience: It is very clean, has access for the disabled, and a multitude of activities for children, including a water park, movies in the summer two days a week in the evening, and plenty of beach bars for lunch or dinner.
Fantastic experience: A family beach, spacious, with that wild touch that I love! And without stones. I have known this beach since I was a child and I love it...
Negative experience: This beach is quite a drag but it is on the way to the train. The heat was so intense that I didn't even cool off and I didn't see a single attractive girl. Quite a drama really, at least I had a decent slushy.
Positive experience: A beach with good lifeguard services, accessible, area for people with reduced mobility. The downside is that the showers have the water cut off, so you carry all the sand stuck on you, and the cleanliness of the sea has been lacking lately.
Positive experience: It's a very nice beach, calm with no waves to have a good time, the only thing is that the sand is not just hot, it's burning. Also, when you enter there's a small step so be careful when entering and there are also stones with shells. Also, when you're inside there are some stones or big rocks, and you can hurt yourself if you step on them, so be careful with that too. The beach is very large and it's very pleasant, there are few people. There are also palm trees with a green area where you can sit and put your things, you feel really comfortable. Highly recommendable, except for what I mentioned.
Fantastic experience: It's beautiful, it has areas of grass with palm trees that provide plenty of shade for better resting, not as many people go there as to the others.
Positive experience: The sand, water, and temperature are very nice; the only downside I have seen is that there are people who set up tents that are 10 meters long, and if you go with your children, you can't see them swimming. In other beaches, these large tents are set up farther back.
Positive experience: Free beach
Positive experience: Normal Spain style beach, showers not functional.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful. Everyone is very kind and attentive to people with disabilities.
Positive experience: Nice beach in the city of Malaga. Here you can see many athletes of all ages - especially in the morning.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful beach with good infrastructure. Not far from it. You can find some free parking spots.
Positive experience: Lots of space... The beach stretches on, you can't see the end? As for quality, it varies in different places? Sunbeds are about 10 euros... If someone likes sunbathing, they shouldn't be disappointed? The weather is guaranteed ;)
Fantastic experience: Beach with yellow sand! But in June, the shower on the beach near Malaga was not working anywhere. The sea is quite cold. There are many activities for children and adults nearby.
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