Praia dos Cristais

Nearby the beautiful village of Laxe, you find Playa de los Cristales. In this beautiful part of Galicia, there are plenty of stunning beaches all with beautiful white sand. But Playa de los Cristales (Praia dos Cristais or crystal beach) is different, it is made up by thousands of green, white and brown pieces of glass.

Once an old landfill for glass, the sea returned the glass as polished pieces throwing them back upon the shore. Where the beach is unique in its own way, there are  other beaches like this around the world. One beach like this is Glass Beach near Fort Bragg, California. This beach has also an abundance of sea glass created from years of dumping rubbish into an area of coastline.

Note: It is forbidden to remove glass from this beach, so just enjoy this unique experience and snap a few pictures. Also, the beach is not suitable for swimming due to strong currents within the area.