Murla is surrounded by mountains and is a natural collection point for drinking water, which is piped as far away as to Calp. Right above the town is a steep escarpment, though the town itself is on the flat but some 285m above sea-level. The town's economy is based on the growing of oranges and almonds. In the town is a tiny church with a pretty tiled plaque outside to the Divine Aurora - the town's Saint - who is celebrated during the first week of August. The streets wind round and round the town centre with some streets having prettily clipped trees to line them.

Pelota Valenciana is played at the town's sports hall but Murla seems to have been a little different from other towns in the Vall de Pop in that, until the Moors were expelled in 1609, Murla had approximately 50/50 Christians and Moriscos living side by side. The town's shield or emblem still bears witness to this mixed ethnic background as it depicts both a Christian cross and a upturned Moorish crescent. The town's population in the 20th century dropped as low as 333 from 1991, until it rose to 515 in 2001.

As you enter the town, you pass small and neat developments of townhouses, as well as country fincas and modern villas. In the town itself you can buy part-reformed townhouses for very reasonable prices.