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Valdearenas Beach is a hidden gem located within the stunning Iznájar reservoir, perfect for those seeking tranquility away from crowded coastal areas. Offering a variety of water sports such as kayaking, paddleboarding, and sailing, this unique beach allows you to enjoy activities surrounded by beautiful natural landscapes.

Visitors appreciate the cleanliness of the area and the calm waters, which are ideal for swimming, especially at sunset. The facilities include a small kiosk and boat rental services, making it a great spot for families looking to spend a relaxing day by the water.

However, some improvements are needed, as several reviews mentioned issues such as:

  • Low water levels, affecting the overall experience.
  • Unpleasant odors in certain areas, possibly due to algae.
  • Lack of public restrooms and showers.
  • Occasional presence of fish casualties in the water.

Overall, Valdearenas Beach is perfect for a day of leisure with your loved ones, surrounded by nature, and is highly recommended to visit, despite some shortcomings.

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Provincia de Córdoba - Spain

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Below you will find 28 reviews on this topic from people who have recently visited Playa de Valdearenas.

Fran Sánchez 1 month ago

Positive experience: Sitio estupendo, donde ir con los peques,aparcar casi al filo del agua pero con cabeza para que no te quedes pinchado en la arena, alquilar un hidropedales, pasar un buen rato, pescar si te apetece y comer en el bar del camping o llevarte tu comida. Repetiría sin duda.

stephane guichard 2 months ago

Negative experience: Joli site, mais... Les usagers doivent être plus respectueux a l'environnement (déchets, accès avec voitures sur la plage).

Benoît LODE 2 months ago

Fantastic experience: Plage très sympathique. Eau claire et chaude. Location de pédalos. Parking simple. Ne pas oublier votre parasol.

Jesús S L 3 months ago

Positive experience: Fantástico lugar para el ocio en el interior de Córdoba. Fácil acceso y aparcamiento. Arena fina. Hidropedales para alquilar y un pequeñito kiosko. Quizá echo en falta algún negocio (estilo chiringuito) allí en la playa. No hay aseos .

Phil B. 3 months ago

Fantastic experience: Sandstrand an einem Stausee mit Boots- und Stand Up Paddle Verleih. Wasser sauber und angenehm warm.

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Žilvinas P. 2 years ago

Positive experience: "The kilometer and a half in length that Valdearenas Beach has goes a long way. Enjoying a refreshing bath is one of the best plans it offers, and since it is fresh water it is the safest, since it does not have waves. It is also perfect for practicing water sports , such as sailing, kayaking, pedal boats or rafting, among others, as well as having the possibility of taking a boat trip. The Lake Iznájar Nautical Station is located in the reservoir , which offers this type of activity for all ages. The beach of the Valdearenas Natural Park is suitable for dogs , who will have a great time. "

Marraquena 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Un paraje precioso!!! Para ser sábado,super tranquila!!! Para pasar un día en familia y con tus mascotas!!! Recomendable 100%

Eduardo Guerrero 4 years ago

Positive experience: 08/2021 --- El sitio es muy bonito. Es cierto que tiene poca agua y será ese el motivo del porqué la orilla es barro cenagoso y mal oliente. Eso fue lo que me hecho para atrás. Igual en otros años más lluviosos al estar el nivel más alto este fenómeno no se da, pero tampoco lo sé. También puntualizar que particularmente no me importa que haya perros, pero no que estén encima de nadie cuando estas comiendo y de eso no son culpable los animales, sino los otros animales.

Mai Camero 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Aceptan perros, solo espero que eso no cambie

Dirk I. 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super See und Standabschnitt mit Liegen und Schirmen. HUNDE SIND WILLKOMMEN

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Fran Sánchez 1 month ago

Positive experience: Sitio estupendo, donde ir con los peques,aparcar casi al filo del agua pero con cabeza para que no te quedes pinchado en la arena, alquilar un hidropedales, pasar un buen rato, pescar si te apetece y comer en el bar del camping o llevarte tu comida. Repetiría sin duda.

Cristina Díaz Triviño 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: Llegas y aparcas en el mismo sitio donde vayas a poner tu sombrilla. Hay montón de perritos disfrutando del baño, el agua está a una temperatura magnífica para bañarse y la arena es muy finita. Cuenta con un pequeño quiosco, hamacas y sombrillas para alquilar, un barco de recreo que te pasea por el pantano y diversas actividades. La única pega que le pongo es que, al ser un pantano, el olor era un poco desagradable. Al menos el día que fuimos, porque no he leído nada del tema del olor en ninguna reseña. Aún así, tenemos claro que repetiremos!!!

Jesús S L 3 months ago

Positive experience: Fantástico lugar para el ocio en el interior de Córdoba. Fácil acceso y aparcamiento. Arena fina. Hidropedales para alquilar y un pequeñito kiosko. Quizá echo en falta algún negocio (estilo chiringuito) allí en la playa. No hay aseos .

Phil B. 3 months ago

Fantastic experience: Sandstrand an einem Stausee mit Boots- und Stand Up Paddle Verleih. Wasser sauber und angenehm warm.

Rutger Manger 1 year ago

Positive experience: Absolutely incredible place with ridiculously warm water. Nice sand.

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Jesús S L 3 months ago

Positive experience: Fantástico lugar para el ocio en el interior de Córdoba. Fácil acceso y aparcamiento. Arena fina. Hidropedales para alquilar y un pequeñito kiosko. Quizá echo en falta algún negocio (estilo chiringuito) allí en la playa. No hay aseos .

Marian Kruithof 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place, lovely cheap sunbeds (€6.00 June 2024 for 2 beds and a sun umbrella). Water sports possibilities. Nice and peaceful, and the lake is lovely for swimming. You can practically drive your car right up to your sunbed. Beautiful nature. A bit further down there is a restaurant and there is a caravan for possibly getting a drink. Almost no tourists. Sandy beach and sandy bottom in the lake.

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Beatriz 2 years ago

Positive experience: Sólo hay un puesto de chiringuito podría haber más. El pantano tiene agua para poder bañarte

Juan Antonio Moscoso Senciales 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Valdearenas se llama, una playa en el interior de Andalucia, en medio de un mar de olivos en el pantano de Iznajar. Increible pero cierto, equipada como cualquier playa de costa, arena incluida, para alquilar, kajak, hidropedales etc, también podemos ver,  pequeños barquitos, veleros, con su puerto flotante. También tiene un barco, que se alquila para dar paseos por todo el pantano. A pesar de estar tán bajo, se tarda bastante en dale la vuelta entera. Nosotros hemos disfrutado de este espectáculo, es un lujo poder hacer este viaje, hay cientos de aves, las que más hemos visto, cormoranes, garzas, garzas reales. Hay bares, restaurantes, chiringuito, camping, incluso un hotel. Es un privilegio vivir cerca del pantano de Iznajar y poder disfrutar de la playa de valdearenas y su entorno.

juan troyano 4 years ago

Positive experience: Si tuviera un chiringuito en ka misma playa sería el no va mas

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Eduvirgen LIZANA SOLDADO 4 years ago

Positive experience: Como el pantano está bajo (verano 2020) hay muuucho espacio para la gente. Tiene kiosko, kayaks, hidropedales, etc. Aparcar es muy fácil. El agua... bueno... no es la más limpia y segura, pero para echar una tarde de playa de interior está bien. Socorrista creo que no hay (o yo nunca lo he visto)

Rosa Gc 5 years ago

Positive experience: Un lugar perfecto para estar en plena naturaleza con niños. Se puede alquilar hidropedales con toboganes y kayat para adrentarte en el pantano con total seguridad, ya que te dan flotadores salvavidas para todos. Tambien es posible alquilar sobrilla y hamacas en primera linea. A dos minutos hay un chiringuito donde se come muy bien y a 5 mintos el hotel Caserio de Iznajar un lugar acogedor y con encanto.

Estrella Sánchez Sedano 7 years ago

Negative experience: Un paraje muy bonito, pero sin aseos, socorrista, mal acceso para los coches y desgraciadamente incumplimiento de las normas para animales por parte del público

teresa 7 years ago

Negative experience: El sitio bonito pero no volvería no tiene ni un simple aseo, ni socorrista que es obligatorio en cualquier piscina, y por supuesto ningún tipo de vigilancia por lo que aquello parece el ejército de pancho villa te bañas con perros, aunque hay una zona para ellos la mala educación y el poco civismo de los bañistas hace que te de manía meterte en el agua, sin contar que no hay accesos para los vehículos y normalmente te quedas atascado en la arena, solo un cartel que dice hasta donde puedes llegar con el coche,señal que por supuesto pasa como con los perros ni caso y meten los vehículos casi en el agua. En definitiva es una pena

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Bruno de Blic “B2B” 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: It's the beach of Iznajar, a very very beautiful village above this artificial lake.

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Samantha Delarue 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Clean, wide, calm beach. Clear water ideal for swimming at the end of the day after a sunny day with high temperatures... Sunset that is worth seeing.

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Peef 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A beautiful place in the middle of Andalusia. Very quiet for the mids of the holiday season. Where the costa’s are overloaded, this is really a place where you can relax, have a swim and enjoy the surroundings without tourists. If you see a possibility to visit, do so!

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Marian Kruithof 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place, lovely cheap sunbeds (€6.00 June 2024 for 2 beds and a sun umbrella). Water sports possibilities. Nice and peaceful, and the lake is lovely for swimming. You can practically drive your car right up to your sunbed. Beautiful nature. A bit further down there is a restaurant and there is a caravan for possibly getting a drink. Almost no tourists. Sandy beach and sandy bottom in the lake.

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Eros Ponce 2 years ago

Positive experience: It's a shame about the low amount of water, the fish are dying by the moment, some are reaching the shore.

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Lorenzo Gasparini 1 year ago

Positive experience: Nice lake with good beaches to enjoy a weekend. Possibility to do paddle surfing and kayaking freely or by renting them. But what a shame about the loud music with speakers!

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Miguel Angel Montes 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grata sorpresa se lleva uno cuando visita la playa fluvial más grande del lago de Andalucía. Sobretodo por el entorno y además por qué tienes muchos servicios. Se pueden realizar muchas actividades como kayaks, rutas con barco, velero, kitesurf, patinetes, etc o pasar un día agradable en las aguas del embalse más grande de Andalucía.

Veronica GF 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Buen lugar para pasar un día tranquilo disfrutando de la naturaleza. En verano se pueden practicar deportes como kayak o padelsurf.

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Miguel Angel Montes 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grata sorpresa se lleva uno cuando visita la playa fluvial más grande del lago de Andalucía. Sobretodo por el entorno y además por qué tienes muchos servicios. Se pueden realizar muchas actividades como kayaks, rutas con barco, velero, kitesurf, patinetes, etc o pasar un día agradable en las aguas del embalse más grande de Andalucía.

Abel Segovia Sánchez 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Me ha parecido un buen sitio para pasar el día en familia, puedes alquilar patinetes y canoas. El chiringuito de allí no es caro aunque no hay comida sólo paquetes de picoteo. Por poner una pega es que allí hace mucho viento, la próxima vez me llevo una cometa como ví a gente que llevaba.

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Cristina Díaz Triviño 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: Llegas y aparcas en el mismo sitio donde vayas a poner tu sombrilla. Hay montón de perritos disfrutando del baño, el agua está a una temperatura magnífica para bañarse y la arena es muy finita. Cuenta con un pequeño quiosco, hamacas y sombrillas para alquilar, un barco de recreo que te pasea por el pantano y diversas actividades. La única pega que le pongo es que, al ser un pantano, el olor era un poco desagradable. Al menos el día que fuimos, porque no he leído nada del tema del olor en ninguna reseña. Aún así, tenemos claro que repetiremos!!!

peter van loenhout 5 years ago

Positive experience: Heel groot met diverse watersport activiteiten, maar daar houden wij niet zo van.

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Rafa BF 4 months ago

Fantastic experience: Un fantástico lugar… Para mi puedo decir que es una playa de interior, mucho espacio y zona para ir con el coche. (Recordando siempre que hay que estar al tanto de las subidas y bajadas de la marea para disfrutar el día…) Tiene para hacer kayaks e incluso un barco que te da un tour por el embalse o pantano en el que el capitán te va contando la historia desde su construcción e incluso del mismo pueblo de Iznájar. Que por cierto es de obligado cumplimiento ir al pueblo para conocerlo. Te encantará…

Lorenzo Gasparini 1 year ago

Positive experience: Nice lake with good beaches to enjoy a weekend. Possibility to do paddle surfing and kayaking freely or by renting them. But what a shame about the loud music with speakers!

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Žilvinas P. 2 years ago

Positive experience: "The kilometer and a half in length that Valdearenas Beach has goes a long way. Enjoying a refreshing bath is one of the best plans it offers, and since it is fresh water it is the safest, since it does not have waves. It is also perfect for practicing water sports , such as sailing, kayaking, pedal boats or rafting, among others, as well as having the possibility of taking a boat trip. The Lake Iznájar Nautical Station is located in the reservoir , which offers this type of activity for all ages. The beach of the Valdearenas Natural Park is suitable for dogs , who will have a great time. "

Juan Antonio Moscoso Senciales 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Valdearenas se llama, una playa en el interior de Andalucia, en medio de un mar de olivos en el pantano de Iznajar. Increible pero cierto, equipada como cualquier playa de costa, arena incluida, para alquilar, kajak, hidropedales etc, también podemos ver,  pequeños barquitos, veleros, con su puerto flotante. También tiene un barco, que se alquila para dar paseos por todo el pantano. A pesar de estar tán bajo, se tarda bastante en dale la vuelta entera. Nosotros hemos disfrutado de este espectáculo, es un lujo poder hacer este viaje, hay cientos de aves, las que más hemos visto, cormoranes, garzas, garzas reales. Hay bares, restaurantes, chiringuito, camping, incluso un hotel. Es un privilegio vivir cerca del pantano de Iznajar y poder disfrutar de la playa de valdearenas y su entorno.

Cliff Brooker 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely inland beach , kayaking , sailing , paddle boarding and a fabulous sightseeing boat with tours of the lake .

Valdearenas Beach: Reviews

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Debs Ryan-Taylor 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic afternoon cruising the lake on valderemas boat tours

Marc Frencken 7 months ago

Positive experience: Great place for a swim and 'beach' relax session after visiting the cite town of Iznajar

Alejandro Ceballos 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: A paradise in the center of Andalusia.

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Bruno de Blic “B2B” 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: It's the beach of Iznajar, a very very beautiful village above this artificial lake.

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Maguel 11 months ago

Positive experience: Magnificent beach at this reservoir, perfect for spending a good day.

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loles campillos lopez 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: The food was magnificent and the whole team. We will definitely repeat.

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laura bolton 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love it here. Never too busy. Nice & peaceful

Gabriel Pigeon 1 year ago

Positive experience: With the drought, you can't appreciate the potential of the swamp, it has good facilities, a little port, and kayaks, in the photos it is low, it will have better times when it rains.

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Samantha Delarue 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Clean, wide, calm beach. Clear water ideal for swimming at the end of the day after a sunny day with high temperatures... Sunset that is worth seeing.

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Rutger Manger 1 year ago

Positive experience: Absolutely incredible place with ridiculously warm water. Nice sand.

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Peef 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A beautiful place in the middle of Andalusia. Very quiet for the mids of the holiday season. Where the costa’s are overloaded, this is really a place where you can relax, have a swim and enjoy the surroundings without tourists. If you see a possibility to visit, do so!

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Lorenzo Gasparini 1 year ago

Positive experience: Nice lake with good beaches to enjoy a weekend. Possibility to do paddle surfing and kayaking freely or by renting them. But what a shame about the loud music with speakers!

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Sole Toledano 1 year ago

Positive experience: Very calm and family-friendly. A nice way to escape the crowded beach on weekends.

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Raul De Sevilla 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Few people in summer since it's not a real beach, but it feels like it. There are boats for rent, it's a great and very peaceful place, a total paradise, I recommend it.

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Marian Kruithof 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place, lovely cheap sunbeds (€6.00 June 2024 for 2 beds and a sun umbrella). Water sports possibilities. Nice and peaceful, and the lake is lovely for swimming. You can practically drive your car right up to your sunbed. Beautiful nature. A bit further down there is a restaurant and there is a caravan for possibly getting a drink. Almost no tourists. Sandy beach and sandy bottom in the lake.

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Fran Rodríguez 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A good place to spend a tranquil Sunday

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Eros Ponce 2 years ago

Positive experience: It's a shame about the low amount of water, the fish are dying by the moment, some are reaching the shore.

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Peggy Vaes 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Worth the trip to come here

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Rute Torquato 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good space to park the car near the water. Peaceful and a nice place to relax and use a paddle board. However, there is some mud and it sometimes smells a bit. Final balance: average.

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MJ 95 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: A very cool beach

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JoS H 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Omg this was a rare find. A little hidden private beach of a lake surrounded by mountains.

Žilvinas P. 2 years ago

Positive experience: "The kilometer and a half in length that Valdearenas Beach has goes a long way. Enjoying a refreshing bath is one of the best plans it offers, and since it is fresh water it is the safest, since it does not have waves. It is also perfect for practicing water sports , such as sailing, kayaking, pedal boats or rafting, among others, as well as having the possibility of taking a boat trip. The Lake Iznájar Nautical Station is located in the reservoir , which offers this type of activity for all ages. The beach of the Valdearenas Natural Park is suitable for dogs , who will have a great time. "

Jane Curl 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love this place - so relaxing

Andrea ten Dam 5 years ago

Negative experience: Barely any facilities and the water smells..

Paul Bateson 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great beach alongside the Iznajar reservoir. Who needs the sea side when you have this. Canoes, Sup boards, Pedalloes can all be hired from the camp site office and the camp site restaurant is also excellent.

Marcel L 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great ibeach at the lake of Iznajar! for summer and winter....

Linda Apperley 6 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely spot. Fresh water. Beautiful scenery.

Liz Hebden 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to chill out on the beach and admire the views or tame part in water activities.

Scott Cage 6 years ago

Positive experience: Surprise find for a swim. Easy access. Drink and ice cream vendor. No toilet or change rooms.

N. McDowell 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice beach,beds are the best I have ever experienced.Thick mattresses and very comfortable.Can get drinks and snacks on beach.No toilet facilities on beach .Couple of restaurants beside beach.

Min Bowen 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Just lovely. Not busy. Not crowded. Just hot and gorgeous lived it!!!!

Paul Chambers 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent for expats and Spanish

G Duff 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely Beach, very soft sand, clean water to swim in.

Ess Barboots 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A pleasant stop between Córdoba and Granada. Definitely worth the detour. The bar/restaurant offers excellent food and beverages.

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