Travelling to Valencia?

Our routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.

1. 01

   The river that isn’t there

   3 hNine kilometres of garden where the water used to be. Ride it end to end and it drops you at almost everything else on this list.The Turia Gardens · The City of Arts and Sciences · Cabecera Park · The Flower BridgeRead the full guide
2. 02

   Ciutat Vella and El Carmen

   4 hThe old town (Roman, Visigothic and Arab before it was Christian) still with two of its wall towers standing.Lonja de la Seda · The Central Market · The cathedral and the Micalet · Torres de SerranosRead the full guide
3. 03

   Valencia in a weekend

   48 hSpain’s third city and the easiest of them all: old town, science, beach and the world’s best paella. All by bike.Friday: Ciutat Vella · Saturday: the riverbed and the City of Arts · Saturday night: Ruzafa · Sunday: paella in the Albufera, or the beachRead the full guide
4. 04

   Modern Valencia: science, sea and fire

   6 hCalatrava’s complex, Europe’s largest aquarium, a zoo with no bars, and a museum of the only things saved from the Fallas.The City of Arts and Sciences · Oceanogràfic · Bioparc · Museu FallerRead the full guide
5. 05

   Real paella, and where to eat it

   3 hIt was born here, so here there are rules: no chorizo, no onion, not at night. What goes in, where to eat it, and why the one back home isn’t paella.The rules: what goes in, and what doesn’t · The socarrat, and the timing · The Albufera and El Palmar · In the city: Malvarrosa and RuzafaRead the full guide
6. 06

   Day trips from Valencia

   6 hA lagoon of rice paddies, a castle over the sea, a Roman theatre and the city of a thousand domes. All under two hours away.La Albufera · Sagunto · Xàtiva · PeñíscolaRead the full guide
7. 07

   Valencia airport to the centre

   1 hThe airport is eight kilometres out and has a metro station inside the building. One of the easiest in Spain.Metro: the obvious one · MetroBus: for the metropolitan area · Taxi: eight kilometresRead the full guide
8. 08

   Valencia: practical tips

   1 hThe easiest city in Spain, with two warnings: March is another planet, and rice has a timetable.Las Fallas: in March it’s another city · The bike changes everything · Eating: the clock, and the rice · Language, money and weather · Data on your phoneRead the full guide

The real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.

• MetroEstación «Aeroport», red de MetrovalenciaThe station is on the airport’s ground floor, landside. It’s the terminus of two lines running into the centre.·Fares and timesMetrovalencia
• BusMetroBusÁrea metropolitanaThe airport has its own bus station. For the centre, the metro is more direct.·Fares and timesMetroBus València

Before you fly, or on the layover. Pay per visit, whatever airline.

• Joan Olivert VIP Loungefrom €45.95

• MadridMAD9 routes
• BarcelonaBCN8 routes
• SevilleSVQ8 routes