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  Moraira - A Privileged Area of Natural Beauty  

Moraira has been cited as "the San Tropez of the of the Spanish Mediterranean" but perhaps this is just being kind to the town on the French Riviera and Both can date their origins back to pre-history.

For most of its history Moraira was just a coastal hamlet, within the municipality of Teulada, exclusive to the fishermen. At times also there were security forces garrisoned there, who manned the various watch-towers for pirates and the other invaders.

Moraira property | The Moraira HeadlandThese days, all that remains of the old times are the castle and the parish church. Now both have been restored and the latter considerably enlarged.

They don't need the soldiers any more and the Moraira marina has been constructed over the old harbor, where the fishermen have a a number subsidized moorings and a covered auction slab to sell the catch every morning.

Large areas of the old vineyards still remain but with lots more red roofs. Fortunately there are also a lot more trees but few are pines, as the Moraira landscapers have tended to favor palms, jacarandas, bougainvilleas, cypresses etc.

 Moraira Urban Development  

Present-day Moraira is an almost perfect model of good planning and an example to other Spanish coastal and rural areas where, sad to say, things have gone horribly wrong.

The terrain rises gently into the foothills providing the majority of properties with a view to the sea, uncluttered by high-rise buildings, which are a feature of most Spanish towns.

Moraira property | The Moraira HeadlandIn fact building height has been limited to 4 storeys in the town centre and just two elsewhere; that is apart from "Pilli & Milli" who dominate the skyline, from the height of nine storeys, as a monument to man's eternal folly. (shown just left of centre in the picture)

Pilli & Milli were built in the 1950's and the local planning authorities quickly decide how they would proceed.
Outside of the town centre building height was restricted, with detached single-family dwellings on a minimum plot size of 800 M2 (Now 1,000 M2).
Also permitted were bungalows (linked properties with communal facilities) but these have been prohibited since 1995.

Most of the available land was built on during the 80's and 90's and in fact very little for new building now remains in Moraira. Urban Corruption, another recent sad aspect of Spanish development does not exist in the Moraira area because there are no new urbanisations to corrupt.

Moraira area's popularity really began in the early-1970's a its development continued steadily until the end of the millennium, when most of the building land was exhausted. Consequently, nearly all of the properties available are re-sales - in a wide variety of styles.

   General Information about the Moraira Area   

The Moraira Tourist Office is located in Casa de la Por at the entrance to Moraira and the Moraira/Teulada Road close to the Barclay Centre. Here you will find virtually everything you need to know about Moraira. The Moraira Tourist Office Website provides details of all current local events but is only in Spanish.

Moraira is part of the municipality of Teulada and the Town hall is in Teulada. The Teulada-Moraira Town Hall Website provides information for Moraira residents and property owners and is in English, French, German and Valenciano.

The Moraira Webcam is mounted on the castle, overlooking the main beach.  Access the Moraira Webcam Website here.

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