Essentials of Valencia and its World Heritage Sites
Description
A guided tour through the Historic Centre of Valencia to visit its most emblematic monuments, with a special stress on the city's four World Heritage properties. Enter the Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange), enjoy the city's past and present and ensure great and lasting memories of your visit. *In case of closure of the Silk Exchange due to an event during the visit, we will offer the possibility to send the tickets to the clients in order to enter in the afternoon by themselves or we will try to exchange them for a ticket of the same amount to another museum/monument.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Visit of the Station.
Here we will talk about the Fallas, which were the last addition of Valencia to this UNESCO list in 2016. These festivities are held between March 15 and 19 and turn the city into an open-air museum of ephemeral monuments, accompanied by music, traditional costumes and the smell of gunpowder.
Working days except those with official events or holidays or evening tours (on August & September at 06:30pm)
Explanation of the Central Market and the Mediterranean Diet. Evening tours (on August & September, at 06:30pm) do not include entrance.
We will enter the Lonja de la Seda, a masterpiece of civil Gothic architecture, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. The fabulous Sala de Contratación, with its columns, vaults and ribs, transports us to the prosperity of the Valencian Golden Age. Evening tours (on August & September, at 06:30pm) do not include entrance.
External visit
The Tribunal of the Waters, Intangible Heritage of Humanity since 2008, takes place every Thursday at 12:00 noon at the Apostles' Gate of the Cathedral.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide.
- Wheelchair accessible.
- *In case of closure of the Silk Exchange due to an event during the visit, we will offer the possibility to send the tickets to the clients in order to enter in the afternoon by themselves or we will try to exchange them for a ticket of the same amount to another museum/monument.
Reviews(449)
Elizabeth gave us a great tour of the highlights of Valencia! Very informative and she had lots of advice for other places to visit also. Highly recommend.
Walking was a good way to get introduced to important sites in Valencia. Plan for stairs. I was happy to move quickly from one site to the next.
This was a very informative tour of the history of Valencia and some its main buildings. We visited the City Hall and the Silk Market inside and outside, the main train station, the mercado and the Cathedral. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.
I did the walking tour with Sara. It was fantastic. Really enjoyable. Sara is a natural, she speaks very clear and is a real people person. Thank you Sara for a wonderful tour around Valencia. I will be back.
Great guide. Lot of walking but that is what we expected. Learnt a lot about the history of Valencia without too many dates to remember except the mavic number (38)
Best way to discover this beautiful town of Valencia! Sara was 100% informative, without being boring at all!
Sarah led an interesting and inspiring tour with details of València’s history and culture. It was a hot day and she regularly paused in shaded areas. Recommended!
The explanation was very good and detailed, the time dedicated to each point was very well spent, and the historical information or events were very interesting. Without a doubt, a tour that is worth taking; I highly recommend it.
Our guide, Sara, was very enthusiastic and passed on a lot of knowledge about Valencia, its history and traditions.
Gabor was a great and knowledgeable guide who showed us some great parts of the city and helped to orient us to Valencia. The tour helped us figure out where to spend most of our time and Gabor had some good recommendations for how to make the most of our trip. Only issue with the trip is that it was a very loud day (St. Mary’s festival) and so the city was extremely chaotic. We could not really hear Gabor for parts of it unless we were inside and that made it tough. Wish the tour had headphones included to hear guide better.
