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View of OrihuelaXimonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Orihuela

Coastal city

Orihuela (historically also known in Valencian as Oriola) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The city is in one of the Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.

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The city of Orihuela had a population of 33,943 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. The municipality has an area of 367.19 km2, and stretches all the way down to the Mediterranean coast, west of Torrevieja, and had a total population of 92,000 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. This includes not only the city of Orihuela, but also the coastal tourist development hub (urbanización turística) of Dehesa de Campoamor with 33,277 inhabitants (2013) and a few other villages.

The river Segura flows through Orihuela. The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola (Latin: "breeze").

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Village information

Coat of arms of Orihuela
Province
Alicante
Autonomous community
Valencia
Population (INE 2025)
84,560
Altitude
36 m
Mayor
José Vegara Durá
Area (IGN)
374 km²
District
Vega Baja
Postcode
03189–03689
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What to see

  1. 1Catedral de Orihuela
  2. 2Castillo de Orihuela
  3. 3Convento de Santo Domingo
  4. 4Iglesia de las Santas Justa y Rufina
  5. 5Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor
  6. 6Lonja de Orihuela
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino del Sureste - Ramal Sur
  2. 2Hiking: El Camí IT5TR3 El Camí del Sud: de Dénia a Castelló de la Plana
  3. 3Hiking: GR 127 · Río Segura
  4. 4Cala Mosca
  5. 5Playa Barranco Rubio Cala de Campoamor
  6. 6Reserva de flora «Punta de la Glea»
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

Photo gallery

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  • Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Keith Williamson · CC BY 2.0
  • 12 places to stayIllustrative photo · Unsplash

    Accommodation

    12 places to stay in Orihuela

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  • 443 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Jessica Spengler · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    443 restaurants in Orihuela

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · Rocco Rossi · CC BY 2.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Orihuela

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 966 07 61 00
    • Official website: www.orihuela.es

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes92 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes99 %

No data on: tourist office, motorhomes, street market.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Orihuela Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Orihuela

12 registered places to stay

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