Attractive and friendly town set in a pretty bay

Moraira is perfectly positioned in an attractive bay on Spain's Costa Blanca, between Javea and Calpe. Its orientation ensures most of its beautiful villas and privately owned properties have a southerly downhill view towards the Mediterranean Sea, looking towards the once sleepy Spanish fishing village. Today, Moraira has grown according to strict planning laws, and so is still very pretty and not over-developed.

Excellent shops, hundreds of restaurants and bars!

Moraira has an impressive yacht marina - one of the Costa Blanca's best - an excellent variety of high quality local shops, weekly open markets and harbour-side fish restaurants and bars that still retain their Spanish character.

Moraira's main hub of life is beside the pretty yacht marina, with its good selection of restaurants and bars where you can sit outside and watch the world go by. A charming square retains much of the original character and atmosphere of Spain, and is home to the local church.

There are restaurants serving typically Spanish and international cuisine, bars and interesting shops lining the narrow cobbled streets. There are too many restaurants of interest and good quality to list here.

Clean and safe beaches in the town and El Portet

This little town has a gently-shelving sandy beach with shallow waters and a smaller beach in the adjacent village of El Portet. Both beaches were awarded the prestigious EEC Blue Flags for cleanliness and are safe for family bathing. Both have beach bars and restaurants serving drinks, snacks and main meals.

Moraira has a popular open market held every Friday, and if you enjoy browsing markets you could visit a different market every day of the week at other nearby resorts on the Costa Blanca! Apart from the buzzing activity you will 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 Spanish goods.

Local leisure facilities include 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 good night-clubs for all ages.

Fascinating Fiestas and Friendly Locals

As in all of Spain there are numerous Fiestas held throughout the year with specific ones held in April, June, July and November. The largest and most spectacular is the Moors and Christians held in June to commemorate recapturing the lands from the Moors.

The local people are extremely friendly and patient with foreign visitors to the area, even they do not depend on tourism for their livelihood as agriculture is the predominant feature. With a large European resident community, there is a pleasant international feel to the area. Most people are pleased to speak English with you and even more pleased if you tray to speak their language too!

Wonderful climate

The region 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