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Valencia
Municipality in Spain

Valencia

Valencia, known officially in Valencian as València, is the capital and largest city of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain.

Plan a trip to Valencia→From Alicante

It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 824,340, it is the third most-populous city in Spain. The urban area of Valencia has 1.6 million people while the metropolitan region has 2.5 million.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
  2. 02
    El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
  3. 03
    L’Oceanogràfic

    The largest oceanarium in Europe, and the second-largest in the world, has seven sections devoted to different ecological zones.

  4. 04
    L’Umbracle

    A botanic garden landscaped with plants native to Valencia.

  5. 05
    L'Àgora

    A multi-use covered plaza, designed for sporting events, concerts, and special exhibits.

  6. 06
    Pont de l'Assut
Do

Things to do

One of Spain’s most spectacular fire festivals, Falles (Spanish: Fallas) can be best characterised as a fire-fireworks-gunpowder street party extravaganza. The festival draws up to two million visitors annually, and is listed as a UNESCO ‘intangible cultural heritage’.

Eat

Where to eat

Paella. There are several versions of this tasteful rice dish: paella valenciana, with meat (chicken and/or rabbit usually), paella de marisco, with fish or seafood, or even paella mixta, with meat and fish at the same time, the least popular among locals.

  1. 01
    Tasca Ángel

    Carrer de la Puríssima, 1 (behind the Llotja),.

  2. 02
    Kiosco La Pérgola

    Passeig de l'Albereda, 1 (near the Jardí de Montfort),.

  3. 03
    La Lluna
  4. 04
    Andalus Dolç

    This restaurant-coffeeshop is a favourite with the local Moroccan community and serves a range of traditional Moroccan dishes, some of them vegetarian.

  5. 05
    Ca la Mar

    Carrer de Just Vilar, 19 (El Cabanyal), calamarcabanyal@gmail.com.

How locals move

Getting around Valencia the local way

  • Go nextEl Puig – 15 km north of Valencia, this village is best known for its impressive Gothic monastery, and is easily visited as a half-day trip from the city.
  • Go nextRent a car and do a day trip to any number of picturesque villages or small cities in the region, including Chulilla, Sot de Chera, Xàtiva, and Sagunto, among others.

From Wikivoyage: Valencia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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