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Moraira is the seafront district of Teulada. It has four beaches, two of which are easily accessible from the town centre, L’Ampolla beach by the castle and El Portet over the hill from the port. The other two beaches, Platgetes and L’Andrago are on the Calpe road out of town. L’Ampolla is more commercial as it is near the town centre and the port. It has many gift shops and restaurants but it is also blessed with great beauty. Moraira’s Moors and Christians fiesta is in June and is quite a spectacle with the Moors landing on L’Ampolla beach and fighting with the Christians to take possession of the castle. The castle itself was built in the 18th Century to protect Moraira from the Berber pirates, it was completely restored in the 1980’s. It’s unusual “pezuna de buey (ox hoof) shape is designed with small slits in the walls for lookout posts and gun ports at various points where cannons were mounted. It has only one point of entry Webcam of Moraira l’Ampolla beach. This webcam is mounted on the castle. You need Java loaded onto your computer to watch the webcam, if you do not have it click here to download it - Java Teulada is some 6km inland and if you wander off the main road has a picturesque quality that most people miss. In the old cobble streets near the church of Santa Caterina it holds a Medieval Market in August. The lower town hosts the Fiesta of Muscatel during the 1st week of September where you can try the grapes and wine made in this region. |
Moraira/Teulada
above which the Bourbons royal coat of arms is mounted. Inside it is divided into two floors and three wings.