[2][3] The beach is located in the civil parish of Lourizán, on the left bank of the Ria de Pontevedra, 4 kilometres from the city and less than a kilometre from the Estribela neighbourhood.

[6][7][8][9][10] In the spring of 1936, press advertisements focused on hotels, restaurants, bathing establishments and the Placeres beach for tourists, for which the tram service offered travel tickets for 10 round trips at 4.25 pesetas.

In the class society of the time, bathing at Placeres beach was a popular summer pastime.

[3] It is a coastal beach of fine white sand facing the ria de Pontevedra.

Situated close to the PO-11 four-lane motorway, this beach with its calm waters offers a view of the ria and the Tambo Island.