Area Guide | Pilar de la Horadada

Pilar de la Horadada is sixty-six kilometres south of Alicante and is one of the most southernly towns on the Orihuela Coast on the southern Costa Blanca. Pilar de la Horadada and its neighbours Torre de la Horadada and Pinar de Campoverde are home to thousands of expats from Great Britain and Germany. The town has been the site of many battles because of its location at the historical frontier between two kingdoms: the Kingdom of Murcia (Castilla) and the Kingdom of Valencia. Pilar de la Horadada was a town with dry farms and few houses known as Campo de la Horadada. After various centuries of agricultural economy, its tourism breakthrough came with its independence from the Orihuela municipal district in 1986.

Pilar de Horadada has a wonderful stretch of blue flag beaches with fine sand and clear waters covering four kilometers. The beach of Mil Palmeras Playa is popular with sailing and water sport enthusiasts, this beach links the Rincon and Puerto inlets which has a fantastic promenade with shops, boutiques, restaurants and bars. During the summer months this promenade comes alive with the tourists. Las Villas Playa is the longest beach with a smaller beach at La Mojon. This whole area is a golfers’ paradise with three top notch courses just a short ten-minute drive away. Worthwhile historical monuments which are places of interest are located in the town in the form of the local parish church, the Nuestra Señora del Pilar, and the Watch Tower which date from the fifteenth century.

• The airport of Alicante is 78 km north of Pilar de la Horadada and will take approximately 51 minutes by car.
• The closest golf courses to Pilar de la Horadada are:
  • Lo Romero golf 5 km - 7 minutes by car
  • Las Ramblas golf 14 km - 20 minutes by car
  • Roda golf 17 km - 17 minutes by car