It is precisely in these both ends where the two beaches awarded the UE Blue Flag are located: O Preguntoiro beach in Vilaxoan and the O Campanario beach in Bamio. The latter is a river beach, not a sea beach, although under the influence of the tides too. In between both,  A Concha and A Compostela, that even though they lack such distinction,  they are not only the longest –   almost 2 kms in parallel to the seafront promenade- , but also the most frequented beaches. And, indeed, they have all the necessary facilyties: lifeguards, cleaining, leisure activities etc. A Concha-Compostela have long been a summer spot, first of all because there used to be a famous spa, “La Concha de Arousa” – the shell of Arousa –  open between 1886 to the 1960’s and built  on a plot at the beginning of today’s promenade where there is now a garden. Secondly, for the creation of the Compostela park in 1931, after being bought by the Town, which  gave rise to the beach of the same name.