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Orihuela Holidays
Orihuela is the ideal travel destination for sport and leisure throughout the year |
Orihuela is the ideal travel destination for sport and leisure throughout the year
Tourist information about Orihuela in Spain. Travel to Orihuela and let Spain-Holiday.com guide and accommodate you |
The capital of the vastest region in all Alicante
Orihuela is located 22 km from Murcia and 59 Km from Alicante, at the Spanish Mediterranean sea. There is a railroad and bus connection between Alicante and Murcia. The best access to downtown is through the A-7 motorway.
The built-up coast is 30 km from town and can be reached through the N-332 A-road. Another transport option are the busses to Torrevieja (8-10 km from the beaches). The area is also communicated by C3323 and C3321 secondary roads.
It is the capital of the vastest region in all Alicante, its 338 square metres of municipal area go from inland, far away from the coast, to the beach, and it covers, apart from downtown, an important palm grove, three golf courses, two marinas, built-up beaches like La Zenia or Dehesa de Campoamor, orchard areas and more.
Its rich cultural and historical past has left a vast monumental heritage of remarkable artistic value including romanesque, gothic and renaissance style churches, convents and palaces, five of which have been declared national monuments.
Being the episcopal see of Alicante Region during almost four centuries, Orihuela has an important artistic heritage and a noticeable religious stamp in its traditions.
It is the town of Alicante with the largest number of museums and there are nothing more than five National Monuments: Saint Domingo Nunnery, Saint Salvador Cathedral, Church of Saint Jusa and Rufina, Bishop’s Palace and the Church of Santiago.
An agricultural area, offering a varied landscape, in which a succession of sierras, orchards and palm groves lead the way to 16 km of coast and some of the cleanest beaches in Europe, bearing the Blue Flag Award of the European Union.
Orihuela sports offer is pretty varied, as it has two marinas: Dehesa de Campoamor and Cabo Roig, and the three golf courses of Villamartín, Las Ramblas and Campoamor. Horse riding can also be practiced, as well as tennis and hiking, having the most extensive rural paths in all the region.
Its excellent tourist facilities, its good communication network and more than 300 days of sunshine with an average temperature of 20ºC make this area the ideal travel destination for sports and leisure throughout the year.
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