Pilar de la Horadada in South Spain
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In south Alicante on the border with Murcia
Andaluscasas' home

Pilar de la Horadada
Surface: 78 km2
Residents: 20.338
Distances to train stations
Balsícas - Mar Menor: 20 km
Alicante: 68 km
Murcia: 50 km
Cartagena: 40 km
To airports
San Javier - Murcia: 15 km
Alicante: 68 km

Communication
Along the national road CV-925 Pilar de la Horadada - Orihuela, along the N-332 Alicante - Cartagena, by the motorway AP-7 Alicante - Cartagena.
Good bus- and train connexions with the rest of Spain and flight connexions to the rest of the World.

Pilar de la Horadada

Beaches
With more then 4 kms of fine sand beaches and rocky caves.
Pilar de la Horadada offers you a beautiful contrast between the blue of the sea and the white of it’s sand


Places to visit
The natural park “Río Seco”
The historic church of Pilar de la Horadada, the “Torre Vigía” of the 16th century
The archaeological museum “Gratiniano Baches”
The port of Torre de la Horadada and the “Paseo Marítimo” along the coastline
Torre de la Horadada

Torre de la Horadada

Tourist information Pilar de la Horadada
C./Carretillas 19
03190 Pilar de la Horadada
Tel.: +34/966.767.068
Fax.: +34/966.767.340

Toerist Info of Pilar de la Horadada www.pilardelahoradada.org
Pilar de la Horadada on a Google map

Sports
New golf course Lo Romero Golf between Pilar de la Horadada and Pinar de Campoverde.

Club sports
Tennis, football, basketball, indoor football, handball, volleyball, athletics, Taekwondo, modern dance, Aerobic, Jazz dance, classic dances, gym.

Water sports
Swimming, aqua gym, aquarobic, artistic swimming.

Beach sports
Aerobic, beach volley, beach football, basketball 3 on 3, sailing.

Fiestas - Festivities
Processions in Eastern week, labour day the 1st of May, Fiesta for remembering the constitution of the village the 30th of July, fiestas in honour of the virgin of Torre de la Horadada in August and local fiestas in honour of the virgin of Pilar in October.

Cultural activities
In the Casa de cultura, the cultural house, we can gather information about all expositions, activities and the cultural agenda of
Pilar de la Horadada such as theatre, concerts, conferences, etc.
In the conservatory of Music they offer several music classes as wel as singing lessons.

Weekly markets
Pilar de la Horadada: Every Friday afternoon
Mil palmeras: Every Tuesday afternoon
Torre de la Horadada: Thursday afternoon (only in summer)
Pinar de Campoverde: Every Sunday morning

Gastronomy
Thanks to the great variety of products the East coast of Spain has to offer, is the gastronomy in Pilar de la Horadada very wide. From vegetables and fruit freshly picked in the village, together with fresh fish and a wide variety of meats; most typical plates are prepared such as a stew with potatoes and meat,
a stew of minced meat, rabbit with young garlic, several rice dishes and calderos, but don’t forget the deserts such as milk with rice, pan de Calatrava,
bread pudding and Mil Hojas, a kind of Javanais