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If you’re looking for properties or vllas in Ontinyent or looking to rent a property in Ontinyent short or long term, we hope this local information for living in Ontinyent helps.
Ontinyent town is 382 metres above sea level, in a valley surrounded by montains. The area of Ontinyent is inland in the Valencia region. Ontinyente exists in a valley between mountains. Moors and Christians fought for centuries to get control of this place. Ontinyent holds a spectacular fiesta at the end of August.
Ontinyent has a parish church remarkable for its lofty square tower, and a palace of the dukes of Almodòver. There is a large modern suburb outside the old town, which was formerly a walled city; some vestiges of the ramparts still remain. Linen and woollen cloth, paper, brandy, furniture and earthenware are manufactured; and there is some trade in cereals, wine, almonds and olive oil.
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