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Moraira's
marina is very nice and swanky. This area contains some amazing
restaurants, it's a great area for eating outside. The main street is
small and colourful with an excellent variety of local shops, there is a
superb market on Friday morning.
A small coastal town, Moraira is situated in the beautiful
mountainous area of the Costa Blanca. The resort is conveniently placed
between the airports of Alicante and Valencia (about 90km from each).
However, the surrounding area has a quiet and relaxing atmosphere, with
beautiful and.unspoilt scenery and many small villages to explore. There
are also some larger resorts nearby that are easily reached by car that
are well worth visiting: Javea, Calpe, Denia and Altea are all within
15km, while Benidorm is about 30km away.
Moraira lies in a bay, on the South Eastern coast of Spain, between the
larger resorts of Javea and Calpe, 80 kms (1 hr) from Alicante and 110
kms (1.5 hrs) from Valencia airports with excellent motorway and coastal
roads from both. The town has pleasantly grown from a small fishing
village to an attractive holiday and retirement resort retaining its
considerable charm that attracts visitors from all over Europe and is
particularly popular with Spanish from Madrid and Valencia. It has an
impressive marina, excellent variety of local shops, weekly open
markets, harbour-side fish restaurants and bars still retaining their
Spanish character.
The two main local gently-shelving sandy beaches, awarded the
prestigious EEC Blue Flags for cleanliness, are well tended and very
safe for family bathing. In fact the whole of the Costa Blanca has 34
Blue Flag beaches. Other local leisure facilities include 3 large Golf
courses, tennis, football, squash, all water sports, boat hire and
trips, horse-riding, go-kart racing tracks for both adults and children,
a small fairground and three good night-clubs for all ages. There are
too many restaurants of interest and good quality to list here but we
can mention that there are 8 Michelin recommended restaurants in the
immediate area with three of them being star rated and not expensive
either.
Moraira enjoys a typical subtropical Mediterranean climate, with cool
sea breezes in summer and protection by surrounding mountains against
the cold North winds in winter. The area averages nearly 3,000 hours of
sunshine each year and the average temperature easily exceeds 20
degrees. In 1986 the World Health Organisation recommended the climate
of the area as one of the most equitable in the world - neither too hot
in the summer nor too cold in the winter. On average it can boast 325
sunny days each year making it an ideal all year round destination.
There are many places of interest to see on day excursions, apart from
the other coastal resorts of Javea, Calpe, Denia, Altea, Benidorm,
Villajoyosa and Alicante there is also the spectacular scenery to see
inland including the wonderful mountain-top fortress of Guadalest, the
Vergal Safari Park near Denia, Europes largest palm forest at Elche and
the ancient city of Murcia. Valencia (third largest city in Spain) is
one and a half hours away and Barcelona (second largest) and the capital
Madrid are four hours away, all reached by motorway. Spains answer to
Euro Disney, Port Adventura near Barcelona, is about four and a half
ours away.
If you like open markets then, apart from the weekly Friday market held
next to the beach, you could plan a visit to the various markets held at
nearby resorts for each day of the week! Apart from the buzzing activity
you would see cheap fresh fruit and vegetables, local specialities,
herbs and spices, leather goods, clothes, rugs, fresh and silk flowers,
souvenirs, pottery and a whole variety of other goods.
Golf is well catered for, with 13 excellent clubs on the Costa Blanca
and having 4 within, and around, the Moraira area.
As in all of Spain there are numerous Fiestas held in this region
throughout the year with specific ones held in April, June, July and
November in Moraira.
The Spanish people of Moraira are extremely friendly and patient with
foreign visitors to the area although they do not depend on tourism for
their livelihood as agriculture is the predominant feature. With a large
European resident community existent, there is a pleasant international
feel to the area. Most people are pleased to speak English with you and
even more pleased if a small attempt to speak Spanish is made
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