Hotels in Orihuela

Orihuela

Orihuela, Oriola in Valencian, is a historic city in the far south-west of the province of Alicante, on the border with the Region of Murcia. It is the capital of the Vega Baja del Segura comarca, and its municipality has some 84,500 inhabitants, about 32,600 of them in the city itself. It is the largest municipality in the province by area, with a coastline of its own at Orihuela Costa. Its monumental centre is the main draw. The Cathedral of El Salvador is a Gothic church of the 13th to 15th centuries, with a crossing reworked by Pere Compte in the early 16th. The Palmeral de San Antón is a large grove of native date palms on the far side of San Miguel hill. Holy Week here is declared of international tourist interest. The Reconquest festivities are of national tourist interest. The city suits travellers interested in history and architecture, away from the beach resorts. Alicante-Elche is the closest airport on the Costa Blanca side.