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ORIHUELA

Region:	LA VEGA BAJA / EL BAIX SEGURA	Population:	53478
Area:	Costa Blanca	Height:	23

Historical artistic monuments, sixteen kilometres of coastline, six museums, more than ten thousand palm trees, thirty pasos procesionales (processional sculptures) and a poet. These figures give a notion of attractive nature of Orihuela. Besides which, this information is accompanied by quality, and is brought together in a term of long beaches and hidden coves steeped in history. A municipality, su pueblo y el mío, that gave form to the first poems of Miguel Hernández, who shaped his memories of the surrounding fertile land.

Accesses:	The A-7 motorway and the Alicante - Murcia main road (exits 80 and 81) give access to Orihuela, which can, also be reached from the Madrid - Alicante motorway. Alicante airport is 30 minutes away, whilst Murcia airport is only 20 minutes away.

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