The 300-metre-long beach at Cala Mesquida and the wide dune belt behind it give the area two clearly recognisable landscape features. The Camí des Coll de Marina, which connects Cala Mesquida with Cala Agulla, is another. This makes it possible to base your travel decision on specific questions: Should the beach itself be the main focus, or would you also like to include a connection between two beaches in your plans? The beach, dunes and route offer different points of reference.

Beach and dunes

The beach is suitable for walking and swimming. At 300 metres long, it has a clearly defined extent; the fine, white sand characterises this stretch of shore. For a beach walk, the shoreline itself is the destination, while swimming means taking the prevailing sea conditions into account. You can check the conditions on site before swimming, as they can vary. This makes walking and swimming two distinct activities, even though both take place on the same beach.

Behind the beach is a wide dune belt, mostly covered with autumn heather and pine trees. This vegetation distinguishes the area behind the shore from the beach’s fine, white sand. If you want to consider the landscape as well as swimming when choosing a destination, you can treat the dunes as a feature in their own right. Their position behind the beach also provides a clear connection to the boardwalk through the dune system, which forms part of the Camí des Coll de Marina route.

The Camí des Coll de Marina

The Camí des Coll de Marina connects the beaches of Cala Agulla and Cala Mesquida. It passes over the Coll de Marina and then along a boardwalk through the dune system at Cala Mesquida. When planning, both the connection between the two beaches and the landscape along the route are worth considering. If you are deciding whether Cala Mesquida should be a beach destination on its own or part of an itinerary that includes a walk, the Camí offers a specific point of reference: it identifies Cala Agulla as another destination and the Coll and boardwalk as distinctive sections of the route.

At the beach, the dunes lie behind the shore; on the Camí, the route crosses a boardwalk through the dune system. The same landscape is thus presented in two different contexts: as the beach’s neighbouring landscape and as a section of a connecting route. This can help you decide whether the beach itself or the route between the two beaches should be the main focus of your visit.

Practical information

There is a public car park 200 metres from the beach. Parking options may change, so check the local situation before travelling. The two measurements refer to different things: 300 metres is the length of the beach, while 200 metres is the car park’s distance from the beach. They therefore help answer two different questions: the size of the stretch of shore and the location of the car park. This allows you to consider beach activities and getting there as separate parts of your travel plans.

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