Attractions and Places To See around Torrevieja - Top 20

Komoot indicates paths that are unfortunately no longer up-to-date (fenced off, overgrown, etc.), nevertheless the route is worth "exploring". Little shade, you need to bring enough water. Easy access (by car). Flat and easy terrain (applies to the section I walked).

The El Rodeo caves were dug out of the slope of a raised area between the 18th and 20th centuries to create housing. They were built by experienced miners who moved to Rojales specifically for this project. Their knowledge undoubtedly made it possible to create this special urban landscape! The El Rodeo caves are now home to craft businesses and there is even a collection on the history of these caves.

You can cycle quietly and safely on the Via Verde.

The Statue in homage to Lieutenant Luis Morejón Verdú is a moving tribute to a brave officer of the Spanish army.

The Torre de la Horadada (or Torre Foradada) was built in the 16th century to serve as a coastal watchtower and protect itself from Berber attacks. The tower, which was built on top of a previous one, is part of a system of coastal watchtowers that during the reign of Felipe II served to defend the coastline. It marked the southern limit of the old Kingdom of Valencia and a town known as Pilar de la Horadada was formed around it.

Lieutenant Morejón Verdú died a heroic act of service on August 13, 1981 in the waters off Cabo Roig. That day he performed, along with his subordinates, diving practices. When he noticed an unmanned and adrift boat posing a danger to those in the water, he immediately went for it, risking his life. Lieutenant Morejón was trying to gain control of the ship, when an unfortunate blow from the sea threw the boat on top of him, causing his death. He was rightfully awarded the Army Medal, the highest peacetime military decoration.

Park Bench for a rest break

It is Emperor Charles I himself who has the idea to build a system of coastguard towers, towers that would be used as military facilities for the protection of the territory along the Mediterranean coast, during the sixteenth century. From Alicante and Murcia to Almeria and Malaga. Most of these facilities were used until the nineteenth century. In the town of Torre de la Horadada in Alicante, on the border that marks the boundary between the beaches of the Region of Murcia and those of the Valencian Community, part of the municipality of Pilar de la Horadada, we find one of the watchtowers. Place and tower, built in 1580 on a previous tower, share the same name. The term "horadada" is based on two different facts, the first refers to the enclave of the tower itself, the Punta de la Horadada, a protrusion from land to the sea whose numerous caves, which are the product of erosion and sea winds, giving a pierced aspect to the landscape. The structure, with a truncated conical base, has several windows and is topped by a battlement. The interior is accessed through a private residence and the floors through a central space that crosses it from top to bottom. Until the nineteenth century, the tower was used as a transmitter of optical telegraph signals, and despite certain alterations, its state of conservation is good. In 1905 it became the Palace of the Counts of Roche, a title of nobility of Castile, which, presented at the Town Hall of June 15, 1815, was issued in favor of D. Jose Antonio López de Oliver and his son, D. Antonio López de Oliver Tejedo de Teruel, owners of the Roche farm, in the Murcian municipality of La Unión, which has since been passed on to his successors. The descendants of the Counts are the current owners of the tower, which was declared a Property of Cultural Interest and is under the protection of the Spanish Historical Heritage Act of 1985.