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We will be walking the Portuguese route in March and would like to see the sea glass beach before Baiona. Are there any tips on how to find it? Thanks
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We will be walking the Portuguese route in March and would like to see the sea glass beach before Baiona. Are there any tips on how to find it? Thanks
I just noticed that sea glass is not allowed to be taken...oh well, it would still be nice to "sea" it.If you want to see pictures of the beach:
Praia dos Cristais
Praia dos Cristais · Lugar Cemiterio, 66, 15117 Laxe, A Coruña, Spain
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Thank you so much! And thank you for the reminder to me (& to others reading this thread) not to remove any of the sea glass! I work in a Conservation Area so I can totally relate! Happy Holidays!The first I had ever heard of this beach was in one of @jungleboy’s posts.He notes that it is between Oia and Baiona, so you should be able to figure out how to get there from the coastal/litoral.
A little more googling now shows that it is very popular, called the Praia dos Cristais.
Google maps shows its location. Screen shot below.
Note — It is prohibited to remove sea glass. Totally understandable, because we know what would soon happen to sea glass beach if everyone took a handful.
I have wondered about this beach ever since Nick posted about it. If these are the remains of a landfill, what happened to the rest of the garbage in the landfill? Did it all just soak into the ocean? Maybe there was some sort of official cleanup?