Moraira — Teulada

The atmosphere

Teulada-Moraira has 11,000 inhabitants spread over two centres. Teulada is the historic village, three kilometres inland, with its sixteenth-century fortified church and its weekly market. Moraira brings together the port and its marina of more than six hundred berths, backing onto the Cap d’Or. Between the two rise slopes of moscatel vines and maritime pines.

Since the seventies Moraira has applied one simple planning rule: no towers, no high-rise buildings. The result is low villas scattered through the pine woods, a low seafront and very little mass tourism. People dine at the port, swim at El Portet or L’Ampolla, and the evening ends early.

The supermarkets and shops are in Moraira, the health centre is in town, and Dénia hospital is twenty-five minutes away. The private clinics of Calpe and Benissa are a quarter of an hour away, the international schools of the Marina Alta twenty minutes. Ifach Golf is ten minutes away, Jávea Golf twenty. Alicante airport is 1 h 10 away on the AP-7, Benissa exit.

The market is almost entirely villas, which makes it narrow and steady. The lack of building land in volume, the height limit and a German, Dutch and Belgian clientele settled for forty years keep supply scarce. Front-line properties at El Portet or Cap Blanc rarely change hands, and often without a listing.

The micro-areas to know: El Portet, the sheltered bay, for the front line; Cap Blanc and Pla del Mar for the villas above the port; Moravit and La Sabatera for open views on a more measured budget. The large plots among the pines are at Benimeit and the Pinar de l’Advocat; the village of Teulada gives the stone, the market and Spanish life.

Moraira suits those who put quiet before activity: families who have been in the area for a generation, company directors who want a discreet address, buyers who prefer a villa among the pines to a seafront apartment. Anyone who wants lively evenings will find Benidorm forty minutes’ drive to the south.

Everyday life

• Marina with more than 600 berths and a sailing club
• L’Ampolla and El Portet beaches, Cap d’Or coves
• Moraira’s shops, supermarkets and restaurants
• The historic village of Teulada and its weekly market
• Health centre in town, Dénia hospital 25 min away
• Ifach Golf 10 min away, Jávea Golf 20 min away
• International schools of the Marina Alta 20 min away
• Moscatel vineyards and the Cap d’Or trails

The property market

This is the market with the least new-build of the group. The height limit and the lack of land reduce supply to villas built to order and to a few low-rise residences near the port. Expect €4,200 to €5,500/m² for new-build against €3,000 to €4,200/m² for resale, and a new villa budget that commonly passes €1.2M.

Observed price range: €300,000 – €3.5M

Who is it for?

Buyers who put quiet before activity: families who have been in the area for a generation, company directors who want a discreet second home, active retirees. The northern European clientele has been in the majority here for a long time, which makes settling in simpler and resale easy to read.