The Mar Menor has a 73 km coastline perimeter with numerous beaches with clear, shallow water (maximum depth 7m).
The Mar Menor lagoon covers an area of 170km2 – making it the largest saltwater lake in Europe.
It has over 40 km of sandy beaches, a casino, hotels, and is close to the airport, Murcia central, and to one of the oldest cities in Spain, Cartagena.
Cabo de Palos is a bay on the Mediterranean side of La Manga just before the strip itself.
The village has been built on a volcanic backbone of the Murcian coast where fishing has remained one of the livelihoods of the area although it has been modernized.