Moraira covers 32 sq.kms. with more than 2,000 hectares under cultivation and 1,000 hectares of vineyards. The vineyard area is up in the hills where the land is not so valuable for villa development.

Objects found in a cave (Cova de la Cendra) on the Cap d´Or ( the headland that protects Moraira´s and El Portet beaches) revealed that there has been human habitation in Moraira for thousands of years.The first settlers (Upper Palaeolithic 15,000 to 20,000 BC) lived here.

The Iberians later arrived in the area and pots from their culture have been unearthed on the Cap d´Or .

Later as elsewhere along the Spanish Mediterranean Coast, the Moors conquered the area. The relics of moorish society are seen still today in the architecture of the buildings, the irrigation and agricultural systems and town layouts. Many of the names used for areas of Moraira have come from the Moors era, e.g. Alcassar, Benimeit, Benimarco, Moravit, Pouet del Morro, Tabaira, etc.

The Moors were expelled by Jaime I in the 13th century and were replaced by settlers from Catalunya and Aragon, the Valencian language arrived in the area at this time. Teulada was founded in 1386 by the Lords of Llúria, Serría and Gandia who were the owners and later they were suceeeded by the Barons of Ariza and Teulada. In the ninteenth century Teulada was claimed by the Spanish crown.