Valencia

Valencia is a charming old city and the capital of the Valencian Community. With just over 830,000 inhabitants in 2023, it is Spain’s third-largest city and, after Barcelona, the most significant cultural centre along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Wikivoyage

Population 840,792 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Spain

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Spain

Tourist office · 660 m Informació Turística

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

10K Valencia

January

The 10K Valencia (Catalan: 10K València; also known as the 10K Valencia Ibercaja for sponsorship reasons) is an annual road-based 10K run hosted by Valencia, Spain, since 2009.

Wikipedia
Cridà

February

Crowds gather along bridges and the Túria river bed to hear the fallera mayor (principal fallera) announce the beginning of the Falles season at 20:00. Fireworks conclude the event
La Despertà

February

Beginning at 07:30, brass bands parade down Carrer de la Pau and Carrer de Sant Vicent Màrtir to the Plaça de l'Ajuntament, followed by falleros and falleras throwing firecrackers.
Bullfighting

March, July, October
Cavalcada del Ninot

March

The ninots previously exhibited are now paraded through the streets, before being included in the falla monuments
Els Castells

March

A nightly fireworks display between midnight and 01:30, with each night more impressive than the previous one, until culminating in the final display on the 18th, which is known as La Nit del Foc (the Night of Fire).
Semana Santa Marinera

March – April

As elsewhere in Spain, Valencia celebrates Holy Week with street processions of penitents, organised into fraternities.

Official site
Festival Internacional del Viento

April

Held annually since 1997, the two-day event includes exhibits, kite-making demonstrations, and competitions

Official site
Festa del Corpus Christi

May – June

The city has been celebrating Corpus Christi since the late 13th century, and holding feast day processions since 1355.

Official site
Festivitat Verge dels Desemparats

May

The day is devoted to celebrating the Virgen de los Desamparados, Valencia's patron saint.
Batalla de Flors

July

The highlight of the July festival, the 'Battle of the Flowers' was first held in 1891. This unusual event begins with a parade of horse-drawn floats, on which are perched falleras in traditional dress.
Fira de Juliol

July

Held annually since 1871, this month-long festival includes daily free and ticketed music and dance performances in parks and plazas, open-air cinema, sporting events, and fairground rides.
Nou d’Octubre

October

9 d'Octubre (English: October 9th) is a historical celebration in the Valencian Community, the official day of the Valencian Autonomous Community since its recognition as an Autonomus Community of Spain.

Wikipedia
Valencia Marathon

December

Valencia Marathon is held in early December

6 more events

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Valencia); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

Mercat Municipal de Jersulaem

Opening hours

Mo-Sa 07:30-15:00; Su,PH off

240 m from the centre
Mercat de Rojas Clemente
Covered hall
1. Monday: 07:30–14:30
2. Tuesday: 07:30–14:30
3. Wednesday: 07:30–14:30
4. Thursday: 07:30–14:30
5. Friday: 07:30–14:30
6. Saturday: 07:30–14:30
7. Sunday: closed
07:30–14:30
730 m from the centre
Central Market

Mercat Central
Covered hall
1. Monday: 07:30–15:00
2. Tuesday: 07:30–15:00
3. Wednesday: 07:30–15:00
4. Thursday: 07:30–15:00
5. Friday: 07:30–15:00
6. Saturday: 07:30–15:00
7. Sunday: closed
07:30–15:00
850 m from the centre
Mercat de Colón
Covered hall
1. Monday: 07:30–02:00
2. Tuesday: 07:30–02:00
3. Wednesday: 07:30–02:00
4. Thursday: 07:30–02:00
5. Friday: 07:30–03:00
6. Saturday: 07:30–03:00
7. Sunday: 07:30–02:00
Times vary by day

Monday
07:30–02:00
Tuesday
07:30–02:00
Wednesday
07:30–02:00
Thursday
07:30–02:00
Friday
07:30–03:00
Saturday
07:30–03:00
Sunday
07:30–02:00
1.3 km from the centre
Mercadillo de Benicalap
1. Monday: closed
2. Tuesday: closed
3. Wednesday: closed
4. Thursday: closed
5. Friday: closed
6. Saturday: 08:30–13:30
7. Sunday: closed
08:30–13:30
2.5 km from the centre
Mercat municipal Algirós
Covered hall
1. Monday: 07:30–15:00
2. Tuesday: 07:30–15:00
3. Wednesday: 07:30–15:00
4. Thursday: 07:30–15:00
5. Friday: 07:30–20:30
6. Saturday: 07:30–15:00
7. Sunday: closed
Times vary by day

Monday
07:30–15:00
Tuesday
07:30–15:00
Wednesday
07:30–15:00
Thursday
07:30–15:00
Friday
07:30–20:30
Saturday
07:30–15:00
2.6 km from the centre
Mercat de Jesús

No hours mapped

870 m from the centre
Mercat de Russafa
Covered hall

No hours mapped

1.1 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.