With nearly 5,000 miles of coastline, Spain has plenty of playas to play in.

Spain's Mediterranean holiday islands of Ibiza and Formentera emerged relatively unscathed from torrential rainfall on Tuesday that triggered floods and prompted the closure of beaches and schools.

The wonders of Spain’s many beaches are one of the country’s worst-kept secrets. Hundreds of thousands descend on the roughly 5,000 miles of Spain’s Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines every summer, ...