Playa del Saladar

El Saladar, also called Los Saladares or Urbanova beach, is a sand beach about 5 km south of Alicante city, beside the Urbanova residential area and close to Alicante airport. It is about 1.9 km long and 50 m wide, with golden sand and moderate waves, and has a Blue Flag and summer lifeguards but no seafront promenade. It takes its name from the Aigua Amarga salt marsh, a valuable wetland that survives behind the coast. To the south the same shoreline continues into Elche as El Altet and Arenales del Sol. The Spanish Naturist Federation includes it in its list of beaches with nude use, but gives no detail of where nude bathers go, and no other source describing nude use was found; expect a mainly clothed, local crowd. An accessible bathing point runs in summer until mid-September, and dogs are allowed from October to February. Note: the Spanish Naturist Federation is the only source we found that reports nude bathing here, and other guides do not mention it. Nude use may be occasional or limited to the quieter end, so expect most visitors to be clothed and check on arrival.