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What to see and do in Pilar de la Horadada

What to see and do in Pilar de la Horadada (El Baix Segura, Alicante): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities

When to go to Pilar de la Horadada: festival calendar

October: Festivities of la Virgen del Pilar de Pilar de la Horadada (October 1-21)

How far each place is from the centre of Pilar de la Horadada

Río Seco of Pilar de la Horadada 3.8 km

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What to see and do in Pilar de la Horadada

Pilar de la Horadada
Village
Pilar de la Horadada is a coastal municipality at the southern tip of the province of Alicante, on the border with Murcia; it is the southernmost municipality of both the Baix Segura and the Region of Valencia. It has 24,316 inhabitants (INE 2025) and is Spanish-speaking. Its name recalls the coastal watchtowers built during the Reconquista to spot pirate incursions: the Torre Horadada took its name from the pierced rock on which it stood, and in the eighteenth century, through the patronage of the Virgin of the Pilar, the settlement came to be called by this name. It is a young municipality, with a little over forty years as an independent town council, whose economy rests on agriculture, residential tourism and trade, with a mild climate averaging 18 degrees and more than 3,200 hours of sunshine a year.
Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Pilar de la Horadada
Monument
Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, in the town centre of Pilar de la Horadada (Alicante), home to the image of the town's patron saint and the starting point of the Camino de Santiago del Sureste (Southeast Way of Saint James). It was built in 1981 on the site of a previous, demolished church, and holds works by the local sculptor José María Sánchez Lozano. In her honour, patron saint festivities are held from 1 to 21 October, with a flower offering on the 11th.
Río Seco of Pilar de la Horadada
Nature
The Río Seco rises in the Sierra Escalona and runs about 15 kilometres to the beaches of Pilar de la Horadada, with rock formations and curious hollows eroded into the walls of its channel. Its surroundings, with Aleppo pine, isolated conifers and abundant Mediterranean grasses and shrubs, link the interior with the coast at the level of the Pinar de Campoverde. Two signposted routes run along the channel, a 4-kilometre circular one among the erosion features and a 10-kilometre linear one to Mil Palmeras, and the area is home to varied wildlife, with birds of prey and the seasonal passage of herons and egrets.
Festivities of la Virgen del Pilar de Pilar de la Horadada
Activity
The patron saint festivities of Pilar de la Horadada, in honour of Our Lady of the Pillar, are held between 1 and 21 October. On the 11th, the flower offering takes place, notable because the municipality is Spain's second-largest producer of cut flowers; on the 12th, a solemn mass and procession; and a week later, the parade of floats. Since 1933, a festival queen has been chosen each year to represent the town for the following twelve months. The municipality's very name comes from this devotion: in the 18th century, owing to the patronage of Our Lady of the Pillar, the town came to be called Pilar de la Horadada.