Introduction
Located east of the Murtra breakwater, the platja de la Pineda stretches for just over one kilometre. A large part of this sandy area, including an important zone of regenerated dune vegetation, is protected by the Xarxa Natura 2000.
The plains and dunes, together with lagoons and marshes, form these coastal natural spaces of the Llobregat, one of the few such systems remaining along the Catalan coast.
Vegetated dunes help keep beach sand in place and protect the former marshland behind them, now almost disappeared. On the second dune, where tamarius are currently planted and a few small pines remain, the natural vegetation was once dominated by càdecs.
Between this dune and the first one, located about 30 metres closer to the sea, lies an interdunal area. This is a very distinctive and extremely fragile environment, which can flood during easterly storms, forming small marshes.
Here you will find plants such as the lliri de mar, with its large white fragrant flowers, the card marí with thick, spiny leaves, the borró (a dune-fixing grass), and the rave de mar, with lilac flowers and strong colonising capacity.
Please remember not to walk on the dunes and to enter and leave the beach using the designated paths. Dogs must be kept on a leash:
From April 1st to September 30th → total prohibition in the Pine Grove and the Myrtle area.