Ricote
Murcia · Región de Murcia
Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 1,509 (2004) and an area of 87.7 km2. Ricote had a community of Moriscos until their expulsion from Spain in 1609. Govert Westerveld and Francisco Márquez Villanueva believe that the name of the Morisco character Ricote in Don Quixote is derived from the village. The Muslim philosopher Ibn Sab'in (1217-1271) is said to be descended from a family originally from Ricote.
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Origins
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History
Cuenta con 1212 habitantes (INE 2024) en su término municipal y una densidad de 15,15 hab/km².
Monuments
•Castillo de Ricote
•Iglesia de San Agustín
•Iglesia Parroquial de San Sebastián
•Casa de la Encomienda de la Orden de Santiago
•Palacio de los Álvarez Castellanos
What to visit
•Alto de Bayna
•Mirador del Algezar
•Mirador La Calera
•Mirador de la Huerta de Ricote
•Mirador del Estrecho del Solvente
•La Favorita
•Mezquita Ermita Nuestra Señora de las Huertas
Patrimonio:
Monumentos religiosos:
Monumentos civiles:
Gastronomía:
Paella con arroz de Calasparra, paella murciana (arroz con verduras), arroz y alubias, olivas partidas, gachas migas, migas, rollos de vino, cordiales, tortas de Pascua, polvorones de manteca, paparajotes, gachasmigas, zarangollo, gazpacho.
Fiestas:
Gallery
Festivals
October 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- January: San Sebastián (20)
What's on
Street market
•Plaza de Abastos
Gastronomy
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Trails and hiking
•Camino de Santiago del Azahar
•Río Segura (GR 127)
•Senda de los Moriscos - Huerta de Ricote (PR-MU 8, 8 km)
•Barranco del Pozo (PR-MU 10)
•Hoya de San Roque (PR-MU 24)
•Castillo de Ricote (SL-MU 26, 0.8 km)
•Vereda de Ojós (PR-MU 8.1)
Services
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Famous people
•Blas Cantó, cantante español
•Al-Ricotí, jurista, lógico y médico andalusí
•Pedro González Llamas, militar y político español (1738-1822)
Town hall
Gobierno municipal:
Organización territorial:
Cañada Gil,
La Armarcha,
Ambrós,
Lichor,
Las Lomas,
Cuesta Alta,
Rambla de Charrara,
Vite,
La Bermeja,
Patruena,
Berrandino,
Fuente del Cieno,
Ainás,
La Alcoba,
Collado Gil,
La Cuerda y
Las Ventanas.
Town hall of Ricote
Gobierno municipal: Organización territorial: Cañada Gil, La Armarcha, Ambrós, Lichor, Las Lomas, Cuesta Alta, Rambla de Charrara, Vite, La Bermeja, Patruena, Berrandino, Fuente del Cieno, Ainás, La Alcoba, Collado Gil, La Cuerda y Las Ventanas.
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How to get there
- 🚗 35 km from Murcia (about 25 min by car)
- 🚗 75 km from Elche/Elx (about 53 min by car)
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- ✈️ 55 km from Región de Murcia airport (about 39 min by car)
- ✈️ 90 km from Alicante-Elche airport (about 64 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 1.2 km away
- Where to park · 1.6 km away
- Where to park · 2.2 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Banco Sabadell · 3.3 km away
- Caixabank · 3.3 km away
- Cajamar · 3.4 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- BP · 3.1 km away
- Repsol · 3.3 km away
- Moeve · 5.3 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Mirador del Algezar · 0.7 km away
- Viewpoints · 0.8 km away
- Mirador de la Huerta de Ricote · 1 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Where to swim · 2.6 km away
- Zona de Baño "El Arenal" · 3.6 km away
- Zona de Baño "Las Escanales" · 3.6 km away
Buses
Por carretera:
Las principales vías de comunicación son las carreteras RM-521, que comunica el municipio con Ojós, y RM-B15.
Autobús:
Presta servicio la siguiente línea de autobús interurbano:
Pharmacy and health
•Farmacia Farmacia Sánchez Macarro
•Centro de Salud
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Noticias
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Obituaries
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