Discover Orihuela Costa ✔ ✔ Everything you need to know: What to see, what to do, beaches, weather and special events ❤️ in this fantastic town.
Orihuela Costa is a coastal district of the municipality of Orihuela, very important city of the Costa Blanca located, south of the Valencian Community and in the southeast of Spain. It is located 55 kilometers south of the capital of the Province, and at the same distance from Murcia.
The coast is widely built due to the great tourism it has received throughout the years. However, it still preserves important virgin enclaves such as the creek of the Mosca, Sierra Escalona and several ravines of great interest. The Dehesa y la Pinada de Campoamor stands out in an important way.
In its territory, more than 57 urbanizations of very different amplitude are distributed. Likewise, it has two marinas: Dehesa de Campoamor and Cabo Roig. As a city dedicated to tourism, it has numerous hotels that allow pleasant accommodation to enjoy beaches and coves.
One of the most visited areas is a magnificent shopping center called "La Zenia Boulevard" where thousands of visitors and residents of nearby municipalities come.
The climate is dry Mediterranean-subtropical, with several arid zones. The average annual temperatures are 18.5º, with about 14-17º in winter of maximum and 3-8º of minimum, being able to produce frosts although normally they are very weak, generally, there is no month of the year in the city in which they are not reached or exceed the 20º on at least one day of the month even if its winter.
We must not forget to visit Orihuela City, since it is a Villa full of buildings and monuments worthy of being visited. Starting from the highest point of Orihuela, the Monte de San Miguel, we find the ruins of the Castle of Orihuela, Still in a precarious state of conservation it is worth climbing and enjoying the views of the city and the Palmeral de Orihuela, the second most great in Europe. On the southern slope of the mountain we find the Seminary with a baroque facade. We continue along the eastern part of the city, in front of the Church of Santiago, where the Puerta de Santiago and the Chapel of San José stand out.
On its beaches, coves and marinas you can practice water sports at any time of the year, thanks to the privileged climate of the area, which ensures an average temperature of around 20 degrees Celsius and more than 300 days of sunshine per year.
For lovers of golf, among the buildings and developments that have proliferated on the coast, you will be able to find three golf courses that currently have 18 holes each.
Over 20 kilometers from the City of Orihuela, in direction to Bigastro and passing through San Miguel de Salinas, Orihuela has 16 kilometers of coastline. Alternating transparent water cliffs and beaches of fine sand of recognized prestige: Punta Prima, La Zenia, Cabo Roig, Campoamor, Playa Flamenca and Mil Palmeras.
The coast of Orihuela occupies a large area of land in which are located urbanizations with predominance of single-family homes that maintain a quiet and humanized environment and a perfect balance between green space, among which we should highlight the beautiful pine forests of the Dehesa de Campoamor
If we prefer the characteristics of its coves we have: La Mosca, La Estaca, Cerrada, El Bosque, El Capitán and Aguamarina.
Among its festivities we highlight the following:
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