Camping Playa Joyel 1ª

Camping Playa Joyel is well-located on the Cantabric Sea and surrounded by Noja Natural Wetlands Reserve and the beautiful extensive sandy beach of Ris. Four kilometres of fine sand certainly make Ris beach the busiest in Noja, both for service quality and access, as well as its excellent summertime facilities. Opposite Ris is the island of San Pedruco, a natural paradise protected by an abundance of vegetation and inhabited by thousands of seagulls.

The island is accessible at low tide. The beaches north-facing orientation produces an abundance of long high tubular waves, making this an excellent spot for surfing, especially in a southerly wind.

These wetlands are in the Quejo Estuary, between Isla and Noja, at the foot of Mount Cincho and the holm oak woodland. The landscape and ornithology of this area are very interesting, as is its ethnographology, since there are remains of old tide mills. It is part of the Santoña and Noja Natural Wetlands Reserve.

This is one of the most important wetlands of the Iberian Peninsula, a key stop on the migratory routes of many species of birds, as well as being one of the most varied and interesting sections of the Cantabrian coast, combining different types of coastal landscape: cliffs, beaches and dunes, estuaries and wetlands. Equally of note are the rugged limestone massifs right next to the coast that are covered in holm oak trees.

Children will have fun watching the animals in the small wildlife enclosure located in the campsite: deers, bulls, cows, birds, ostrich, gooses,... This animal park overlooks the Quejo estuary, the Joyel wetlands and the campsite.