Parcent is a pretty little town sitting on a small hilltop, the church of The Purissima being visible from nearby road to Alcalali and Murla. Like many of the Vall de Pop's towns, Parcent was home to Moriscos, the Moors who converted to Christianity but in 1609, after a long bloody battles, the Parcent Moriscos were also expelled from Spain. The village was later repopulated by Christians. Now Parcent is home to over 1000 residents and nearly 40% of which are non-Spanish Europeans. The town is 295m above sea-level and approximately halfway between Valencia and Alicante.

On the western edge of the village, there is a the Sierra del Ferrer which joins up with another mountain colourfully known as the Coll de Rates or The Rat's Tail - for sure due to the single road which zig-zags its way to the summit.

The town of Parcent has a quaint square and the centre-piece being the little church with an enormous steeple to one side with the date 1949 above the clock. Next door to the church, gaily painted townhouses are shoe-horned in around the other 3 sides of the square, some of which also have hairdressers and other businesses combined into their houses. The only other landmark of note in the town is the public fountain where laundry was communally washed. The views of surrounding green hillsides and mountains make one feel more like in Austria or parts of the UK and you can almost forget the Costa Blanca beaches are no more than a half hour's car journey away. The town was home to a famous Spanish writer - Gabriel Miró - who was no doubt drawn by its quietude and ideal for writing.  It certainly has a quiet laid-back charm all of its own.

There are all types of properties in and around the town - apartments, villas, townhouses, new builds......something to suit everyone and the friendly locals, known as Parcentinos (m) or Parcentinas (f) will welcome you to their town fiestas - around 10 August for Saint Lorenzo. In January they have the Romany celebrations, as they do in nearby Jalon. There is also a fiesta in April in honour of Saint Vincent Ferrer.