{"id":191,"date":"2010-10-19T06:32:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T06:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2016-01-08T16:40:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T16:40:52","slug":"orihuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/orihuela.html","title":{"rendered":"Orihuela"},"content":{"rendered":"
The city of Orihuela Spain lies about 50 km south west of Alicante, just between Elche<\/a> and Murcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n With about 50 000 habitants Orihuela is a major city in the area. You can best reach Orihuela using the national road N 340 from Alicante.<\/p>\n Orihuela is the capital of what is called \u201cLa Vega Baja\u201d (or the low fertile lowlands), one of the largest regions in the province of Alicante which pertains to the Valencian Community. It is about 57 kilometers south-west of Alicante heading inland although the region\u2019s land reaches until the Costa Blanca.<\/p>\n