What to see in Valencia: places worth visiting

Europe's largest aquarium: more than 45,000 animals from 500 species in settings that recreate the planet's seas, including an underwater…

A hands-on science museum where touching is mandatory: three floors built for experimenting with electricity, DNA and outer space.

Calatrava's giant eye conceals Spain's largest IMAX cinema and planetarium, with a 900 m² dome that immerses you in the cosmos and the…

Valencia's Gothic cathedral, begun in 1262 atop the old main mosque, blends Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles.

A civil Gothic building and World Heritage Site, with a Trading Hall of Solomonic columns that look like palm trees of stone.

One of Europe's largest fresh-food markets and a cathedral of Art Nouveau: iron, glass and ceramics beneath great domes, with more than 250…

The monumental gateway to medieval Valencia: two 14th-century Gothic towers that once welcomed kings and ambassadors.

The other great gate of the medieval wall, sister to the Serranos towers.

A new-generation zoo with no bars in sight: the African savanna is recreated with moats and natural barriers and the animals seem to roam…

A former Art Nouveau market of iron and ceramic tilework, bright and airy, now a space of cafés, horchata bars and terraces.

In an alley in El Carmen, this Gothic church has Baroque frescoes covering the entire vault, which earned it the nickname of the Valencian…

This 17th-century Baroque basilica is home to Our Lady of the Forsaken, Valencia's patron and the city's spiritual heart.

A world-class ceramics collection inside the Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas, whose rococo alabaster doorway is one of Valencia's most…

Spain's second most important art gallery has works by Velázquez, Goya, Sorolla and the largest collection of Valencian primitives.

Facing the Llotja and the Central Market, this Gothic-rooted church, later rebuilt in Baroque style, has reopened after a long restoration.

The most talked-about contemporary art centre in València, opened in 2023 inside the restored 17th-century Palacio de Valeriola.

Spain's largest indoor arena, opened in 2025 next to the City of Arts.

16th-century botanical garden with more than 4,500 species, greenhouses and green corners right in the city.

A giant free playground in the old Turia riverbed: a 70-metre figure of Gulliver lying down that kids explore via slides and ramps.

A 19th-century neoclassical garden with geometric hedges, marble statues, stone lions and fountains that looks like it was lifted from an…

A near-circular plaza hidden among the alleys of the old town, ringed by stalls selling haberdashery, lace and traditional souvenirs around…

Spain's first public museum of modern art. Its collection is built around sculptor Julio González and the 20th-century avant-garde, with…

A 13th-century Gothic convent turned into València's main contemporary art centre, with installations, performances and exhibitions that…

A museum of ideas devoted to the Enlightenment and modern thought, with an immersive permanent exhibition and temporary design and…

The museum's Iberian archaeology holdings are among the most important in Europe, with finds from the Tossal de Sant Miquel and Roman…

The city's most historic tree-lined promenade, opened in 1677 along the north bank of the old riverbed.

The rooftop of the Hotel Barceló Valencia, in the City of Arts and Sciences district: cocktails with views over Calatrava's buildings and…

The terrace atop the historic Ateneo Mercantil building, with a direct view over Plaza del Ayuntamiento and the rooftops of the centre: one…

The only rooftop in the old town open to anyone bold enough to walk in: you ride a lift 50 metres up inside the Ateneo's grand building and…

A former fishing village with streets of low houses covered in ceramic tiles and colourful trencadís, street art and old-school taverns.

Valencia's neighbourhood with the strongest village feel: an always-lively square, urban allotments, street art, a Thursday market and…

An 1836 tavern with century-old wooden barrels where tapas are served much as they were a hundred years ago; named Best Wine Bar in Spain…

Since 1921 this Cabanyal bodega has been one of the temples of the Valencian esmorzaret, awarded the Cacau d'Or for its outsized…

A 1930s Art Deco factory turned into the city's first permanent venue for digital and immersive art.

A café-bar with lavish baroque decor, full of flowers, candelabra and velvet, that recalls a Parisian salon from another century.

A miniature house set into a wall, built for the neighborhood's cats.

Right on the seafront, this late-19th-century hall once housed the oxen that dragged the bou fishing boats up onto the sand, a trade that…

This family tavern from 1957, tucked just behind Carrer de Benlliure, is known among Valencians as the temple of the anchovy: they desalt…

The home and studio of the Benlliure family of painters, with its Art Nouveau garden and a light-filled atelier that feels frozen in time.

Beneath a sheet of water in the square hides an underground museum with the remains of Roman, Visigothic and Arab Valentia.

Two streets from the bustle, the colonnaded courtyard of La Nau — the historic seat of the Universitat de València since the 15th century —…

A few metres from the Cathedral, almost nobody descends into this tiny 6th-century Visigothic funerary chapel, uncovered in a 1989 dig…

Almost everyone rushes past on their way to the beach without noticing this elegant 1914 neoclassical building, the old maritime station…

The terrace-restaurant atop the Only YOU Hotel Valencia, next to Plaza del Ayuntamiento: elevated views over the historic centre in a…

An exhibition space that brings major art names to Valencia, from Sorolla to Picasso, in temporary shows.

One of the six founding parishes of James I; tradition holds that Saint Vincent Ferrer was baptised here.

Its unmistakable hexagonal Baroque bell tower is one of the recognisable outlines on Valencia's old-town skyline.

Right beside the Botanical Garden, almost everyone walks straight past without realising that behind the cypress walls lies a garden built…

A green retreat around an old Art Nouveau farmhouse, with century-old trees and barely any tourists.

A quiet garden laid out among the remains of the old General Hospital, birthplace in 1409 of the world's first modern asylum.

The city's oldest and largest historic public garden, rooted in the medieval royal palace that once stood here.

A free-entry rooftop right in the Eixample district, above the NH Collection Valencia Colón hotel: a no-cost alternative to the paid…

Calatrava's elevated garden walkway in the City of Arts and Sciences: arches almost 18 metres high and views over the rest of the complex…

A former ice factory at the port reborn as a cheeky cultural space, with a bar, markets, exhibitions and live concerts almost every day.

The oldest romantic garden in central València, created in the early 19th century and known for its enormous monumental ficus trees with…

A Renaissance Hieronymite monastery commissioned by the Duke of Calabria in the 16th century, sometimes called "the Valencian Escorial".

The house that keeps the 'rocas', the monumental Corpus Christi floats that have paraded through València since 1434, alongside giants,…

The world's largest collection of toy lead soldiers, with more than a million pieces recreating entire battles, inside a Gothic palace.

It's one of the oldest bullfighting museums in the world, run by the provincial council beside the historic bullring in L'Eixample.

A journey through the city's 2,000-plus years, from Roman Valentia to the present, with scale models and a clever audiovisual 'time…

A stately palace beside the Cathedral holding the city's artistic heritage: painting, ceramics, archaeology and decorative arts in period…

València's silk guild opens its 15th-century headquarters, with a tiled floor from 1757 that survives intact, to tell the story of the Silk…

The museum that holds the pardoned ninots, the only figures spared each year from the Fallas flames by public vote.

The museum that tells how València used to live: the huerta, the city, festivals and folk memory, through an award-winning, carefully…

A contemporary urban park opened in 2019 on former railway land, next to the Russafa neighbourhood.

A well-kept garden in the Benicalap district, with ponds, Arab-style fountains and a small waterfall, plus play areas, sports facilities…

A 14-hectare green lung between Sant Marcel·lí and the cemetery: a Mediterranean garden, palm grove, water feature and an olive tree over…

A vast naturalistic park of over 330,000 m² at the western end of the Turia Garden, designed to recreate the old riverside woodland.

A quiet neighbourhood park of 80,000 m² with several historic farmhouses (one has a library), canals, fountains and a small lagoon that…

Built on a former Air Force barracks and opened in 1995, it's one of locals' favourite gardens.

This is Valencia's oldest church, founded around 1238 after the conquest by the Knights Hospitaller of St John.

Beneath an ordinary Carmen house hides a 1937 air-raid shelter built for 400 people, its thick concrete pillars and the original art-deco…

A stone's throw from the Central Market and the Llotja, this hat shop opened in 1820 and has had six generations of the Albero family…

The rooftop of the Saler shopping centre, next to the City of Arts and Sciences: 360° views over the complex and the sea from a free spot…

The Gothic bell tower of Valencia Cathedral: 207 stone steps up a spiral staircase to 50 metres, with the best 360° panorama over the old…

A 1970s building with curved balconies and an oriental air, the kind of architectural whim that looks out of place, and that's exactly why…

The Baroque tower of Santa Catalina rises over the square of the same name, right in the historic centre: a lesser-known lookout than the…

A rock shelter on Cullera Mountain (Muntanya de l'Or) preserving schematic-style cave paintings discovered in 1995, with red figures…

A rock shelter on the right bank of the Río Grande preserving Levantine and Schematic cave paintings, inscribed on the UNESCO World…

Almost everyone stops at the Charcos de Quesa pools without realising that, upstream through the río Grande canyon, hides a shelter with…

Deep in the Serra Calderona, a slender Gothic aqueduct from 1412 crosses the ravine to carry water from the Fuente de la Mina to the monks'…

17th-century stone aqueduct, with pointed arches, across the ravine outside the town. Exterior viewing.

1st-century Roman aqueduct cut through the gorge, with standing arches on the Ruta del Agua. Hiking.

1903 orange warehouse by José Ríos Chinesta, basilica-type, by the station. It tells the orange-trade story.

Fortified manor of the Dukes of Gandia beside the marshland, built around a 14th-century tower amid the farmland.

In the early 20th century a carabineros barracks was raised beside the beach, on the old sandflats of 'Els borrons', to watch over and…

A 14th-century cistern that once supplied the historic centre with water, fed by the Benàger-Faitanar irrigation channel and in use until…

Founded by the Franciscans from 1576 and built between 1617 and 1639, this large complex of around 3,600 m² blends Renaissance and Baroque…

This former convent of Poor Clares, founded in the 16th century under the impulse of the Borja family, preserves a sober church and a…

The water park at the Terra Natura complex: over 40,000 m² laid out in big themed areas with a distinctive jungle feel.

Opened in 1985, this was Spain's first water park, with 150,000 m² of slides and pools along the Serra Gelada ridge and the sea always in…

A Gothic aqueduct from the 13th-14th centuries that carried spring water down to the town.

Arab-origin aqueduct across the Salt de l'Aigua ravine, a listed cultural asset. Short walk.

Next to the Porta Coeli charterhouse stands a slender Gothic aqueduct of twelve pointed arches, built in 1412 to carry water from the Font…

The water park closest to València, in Cullera, with slides, a wave pool and a kids' area. The classic way to cool off on a hot summer day.

One of the big water parks on the Alicante coast, with more than fifteen attractions for all ages.

2nd-century Roman arch over the Via Augusta, on the Pla de l'Arc. A national monument since 1931.

On the lower slopes of the Mondúver, on the edge of Xeraco, this recreational area beside the Font de l'Ull is the gateway to the town's…

Workers cultural society founded in 1869, with a 1929 oriental-style facade by Juan Guardiola and painted interiors.

This municipal auditorium occupies a 19th-century flour mill that used water from the irrigation channel to grind grain.

15th-century Mudejar town hall. A civic landmark of the old centre.

Benidorm's most photographed lookout, on Punta Canfali, atop the rock that splits Levante and Poniente beaches.

Working spa on the Hervideros springs.

A Roman seaside site on the Punta de la Fontana whose highlight is a large fish pond carved into the rock, with basins and channels that…

Roman fish farm cut into the coastal rock, linked to a villa with mosaics nearby. Best seen at low tide with a calm sea.

The oldest surviving barraca in the whole Valencian Community, an 18th-century gem with the same level of heritage protection shared by La…

4 km ravine walk in Planes past scented scrub and limestone walls to natural pools that the town hall notes for summer bathing.

Limestone gorge south of Tírig with Levantine rock-art shelters, World Heritage since 1998.

Long ravine on the PR-CV 168 between Benimassot, Tollos and Castell de Castells, with terraces and river woodland.

Town-edge gorge in the Serra de Mariola with a riverbed path between high walls and nesting vultures. Classic loop: 10 km, 450 m, 3.5 hours.

Centuries-old oak ravine in Ares del Maestrat, with the Roure Gros and Font dels Horts.

A limestone gorge by Montanejos with climbing walls, pine woods and the waymarked Senda de la Bojera loop.

Steep ravine above Millares with a hiking trail, an abseiling variant, rock-art shelters and castle detour.

Ontinyent's old quarter, declared a historic-artistic site in 1974, is a maze of Arab-era alleys on a hilltop.

Cullera's oldest quarter: a maze of steep lanes and whitewashed houses climbing the hill below the castle.

A maze of cobbled alleys, whitewashed houses and arches climbing up the rock, with an Arab-origin layout declared a Historic-Artistic Site.

Alicante's oldest quarter, a maze of steep little lanes with whitewashed houses, flower pots and bursts of colour at the foot of the…

Three historic quarters: Arab Benacacira, Jewish Azoque and Morisco Arrabal, with the San Francisco convent.

Levantine Gothic from the 13th to 15th century, with two carved doorways: the Apostles' Doorway and the Virgins' Doorway.

18th-century basilica among pines, home of the city patroness. A point of pilgrimage and local devotion.

Baroque basilica built between 1602 and 1737, with a dome on a drum and a 17th-century altarpiece unique in the diocese.

It keeps the remains and cell of Saint Paschal, with a set of 84 bells. A basilica of royal patronage.

Alicante's oldest church, built between the 14th and 16th centuries over a former mosque. It has a Baroque façade and a Gothic interior.

Baroque basilica from the 17th-18th centuries, stage of the Misteri d'Elx, with a blue-tiled dome over the centre.

Renaissance parish built between 1550 and 1582 by Domingo Gamieta.

A 1,104 m limestone crest between Vall d’Albaida and El Comtat, with the PR-V 213 from Beniatjar and protected karst landscape.

A medieval mountain village with an old town of steep, cobbled alleys climbing up the rock.

Medieval cellar network under the old town, on guided tours from the tourist office. The wine underground.

Limestone massif of 1209 m over Busot with a geodetic summit and sea views. The Canelobre show cave opens in its flank: ticketed entry.

A small horseshoe-shaped cove, almost a natural pool, named for the whitish colour of its cliff rocks.

Small rock-and-sand cove at Cabo de las Huertas, minutes from the centre yet wild in feel.

A sand-and-rock cove in the north of the town, in the Rincón de Loix area at the foot of Serra Gelada.

A cove of white pebbles and turquoise water between cliffs and pine woods, voted best beach in the Comunitat Valenciana by National…

The only true rocky cove in the whole province of Valencia, a little fine-sand cove wedged between cliffs at the foot of Cullera's…

A pebble cove with see-through water that looks like a Greek island, presided over by old white-fronted fishermen's houses and the famous…

A small cove of sand and rocks about 60 metres long, hidden at the northern end of Benidorm beside Rincón de Loix and at the foot of Serra…

A sheltered cove about 200 metres long south of Torrevieja, ringed by vegetated dunes and a small palm grove, with clean, crystal-clear…

A virgin cove of pebbles and rock tucked on the north face of Cap Prim, reachable only on foot — which is why it's almost always yours even…

A cobbled Way of the Cross that starts behind the Municipal Market in the old Barri del Pou and climbs to the castle and the Virgin's…

At 72 metres it is the tallest bell tower in the Valencian Community and the second tallest in Spain, crowning the archpriestal church of…

1737 belfry, remains of the Dominican convent founded in 1360. A landmark of the village skyline.

An entrenched Magro valley, a municipal nature site since 2007, with riverside woods, ibex, a picnic area and an easy 9 km trail.

Deep limestone gorge of the Júcar between Cofrentes and Cortes, sailed by a 14 km river cruise and followed by the PR-CV 382 trail.

A gorge stretch of the Júcar at Jalance with its own viewpoint and a trail along the cliffs, deep in the valley.

This Baroque gem (1725-1749) adjoining the church of Sant Roc has an unusual Greek-cross plan and houses the venerated image of the Holy…

Founded by King Jaume I, the Hospital Major has a façade that fuses late Gothic with early Renaissance, a record of its different building…

A small chapel in the beach area that serves residents and summer visitors, with its own sacristy and masses during the season.

Inside the 13th-century Templar fortress, one of only three papal seats in history, the castle's Gothic chapel survives in the north wing…

2298 hectare protected holm oak forest between Alcoi and Ibi, with a sanctuary, visitor centre and camping area.

A 16th-century charterhouse listed as a Site of Cultural Interest, with a blue-domed Baroque church, cloisters and cells that still carry…

A Carthusian monastery founded in 1272 in the green Lullén valley, with four cloisters still home to monks.

Stately building inaugurated in 1925 facing the Explanada, designed by Alicante architect Juan Vidal Ramos for textile magnate Enrique…

Town hall in a historic building, facing the old town square. Civic architecture among churches and palaces.

Gothic-Renaissance palace built between 1547 and 1603, a national monument since 1930.

A neoclassical building from 1793, erected with public funds under Carlos IV as one of the area's earliest public schools.

1588 Renaissance town hall with a traders loggia, sundial, the Gonari atlante and a Roman inscription.

One of the most curious facades in the old town, entirely clad in seashells.

1909 modernista house by Buenaventura Ferrando with central-European influence, also known as Casa Meseguer.

A 17th-century manor house on Plaza de la Constitución, in the old centre of Alboraya.

19th-century eclectic house, listed cultural heritage, home of the doll museum with gardens around it.

House museum of the biochemist Alberto Sols, born in Sax, and venue of the local short-film festival.

A house bought in 1740 by the Silk Weavers' Guild as its headquarters, in a dead-end Moorish alley within the Barrio de la Villa, a…

Preserved noble residence with period rooms and household objects, in the historic streets near the church.

On the Plaça d'Alexandre VI stands the birthplace of Roderic de Borja, born around 1431 and the future Pope Alexander VI, the second…

A noble house raised in the 17th century by the Orduña family, a lineage of Basque origin in the service of the lords of Guadalest, after…

The former pleasure house of the noble Berenguer family, tied to the lineage that gave the town its name.

Modernist mansion from 1900-1904, by Pedro Cerdán, with period interiors open as a museum.

Oliva's old town barely makes it into guidebooks, but it has cobbled lanes, manor houses and an old Moorish quarter carved into the rock.

Aquatic Turia descent by old Domeño, between Calles and Losa del Obispo.

One of Anna's three waterfalls and one of the most striking points on the route, with a drop that stops everyone who passes.

Carbo river waterfall above clear pools, at the end of an 11.6 km riverside walk on the GR-7 from Masía Roncales. Cold water all year.

Last fall of Anna's Tres Cascadas walk, about 1 km in, with water dropping from the Gorgo de la Escalera.

The neighborhood, with its narrow, steep streets, has developed around the Castillo since medieval times.

Sloping lanes below the castle, with the church square. Viewpoints over the port and beaches.

A maze of narrow streets and stately houses built from golden tosca stone that keeps the medieval feel of the old walled town.

Medieval street plan of stone lanes below the castle, on the slope. Culla joined the Pueblos Bonitos association in 2020.

17th-century dry-stone shelter linked to Franciscan friar Pere Esteve, a local devotional figure, in the Montgó foothills.

Islamic-origin fortress perched on a hill north of Gandia, regarded as the city's birthplace and the chief stronghold of La Safor's…

A horseshoe-shaped 1739 coastal fort watching over the Granadella cove from above, declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 1996.

The fortress crowning Morella's rocky outcrop, perched on the stone with views that sweep across the whole Els Ports region.

A fortress built by the Templars between 1294 and 1307 on a rocky headland jutting into the sea.

Town castle with two museums: the Visigothic MuPla and the MuCa ceramics. Cisterna square.

Fortress built on Mount Tossal during the Peninsular War (designed in 1809 and finished around 1813) to strengthen Alicante's defences…

A 16th-century Renaissance fortress raised by the Count of Oliva atop a limestone hill in the middle of town, with two circular towers and…

The Castle of Xàtiva is not one fortress but two: the Ibero-Roman Castell Menor and the medieval Castell Major, on the mountain above town.

Muslim mountain fortress above Olocau, in the Calderona. Ruins on the ridge; climbed on foot.

Castle remains on the hill of the first settlement, with the Magdalena hermitage. Views over the Plana and the sea.

Iberian city-fortress on the Meca rock, with rock-cut road ruts, cisterns and houses. Later Roman and Muslim remains.

Ruined castle on the hill above Ademuz and the Turia river. The town walls started from its enclosure, in the capital of the Rincón de…

Rural fortress from the 10th-13th centuries that names the district. On the hills above l'Alcora.

12th-century Arab castle with a 17-metre keep. It withstood sieges in the War of Succession and crowns the old town of Banyeres.

12th-century Almohad castle with ribbed vaults among the oldest of their style. A national monument since 1931 above the old town of Biar.

Medieval fortress that crowns the old town of Buñol, built in the 11th and 12th centuries and remodelled after the 13th-century Christian…

Heritage ensemble on the hill: a fortress with walls and towers above the old town and views over the Foia de Castalla.

Castle on the rock of the fortress-village, with the Torreta keep and the enclosure above the Ebrón valley.

15th-century castle on a crag above the Júcar, with a keep and walled bailey. Reached on the GR-7.

A fortress of Muslim origin on a rocky crag above the village and the bend of the River Turia.

Gothic military castle from the 13th-14th centuries, with a square tower of 13.5 metres per side and views over the Comtat valleys.

Castle on the rock where the Júcar meets the Cabriel, with a keep and parade ground.

11th-century Muslim fortress on Roman remains, a strategic promontory over the Ribera Baixa plain and the coast.

A castle of Moorish origin on Les Raboses hill, with views over the town, the mouth of the Júcar and the Mediterranean.

Islamic-era fortress above the port with the town archaeology museum inside, and ramparts with views over the town and the Montgó.

Medieval castle from the 12th-13th centuries with the Renaissance Coloma palace inside, under restoration since 1983.

Islamic-period castle on the hill, protected heritage. The old watchtower of the Canal capital.

Castle on the rocky ridge above Jérica, with the Torreta keep and wall remains. Views along the Palancia corridor.

An old 11th-century Muslim fortress raised on the Peñón de la Alcalá, beside the grounds of the Casa Orduña and distinct from the Castillo…

Remains of the rural Alquería castle, nearly gone. In the Mijares valley, by Montanejos.

12th-century Arab castle with Almohad vaults among the oldest preserved, on the town hill.

Almohad castle on the sanctuary hill, with walls and towers over the valley. A paired visit with the modernist sanctuary.

Late 12th-century Almohad fortress with battlemented towers, including the Torre de Coloms. The castle above the town.

Castle-convent, headquarters of the Order of Montesa from 1319, ruined in the 1748 earthquake. National monument since 1926.

Castle ruins on the inland hills of Benicasim, with views over the coast. A walking destination from the town.

Coastal fort built from 1742 with an ox-hoof ground plan on the seafront, defending the Moraira anchorage.

The ruins of a Christian castle raised over a Muslim fortress and, before that, a Bronze Age settlement, on a hill above the village.

Castle on the hill above Onda, with a castle museum. Views over the ceramic towns of the Plana.

Rammed-earth castle in the Penella district, with a 4-by-12-metre tower. A rural fortress of the Cocentaina district.

Medieval castle above the town, open to visits for decades, with views over the Elda-Petrer conurbation.

A huge fortified complex of Iberian and Roman origin stretching along a hilltop above the old town, with a Roman theatre at its foot.

An 11th-century fortress of Muslim origin that crowns the rocky outcrop at the highest point of the village, perched at around 587 m.

A medieval fortress on Mount Benacantil, 166 metres above the sea, with views over the city, the port and the Mediterranean.

Castle on a rocky spur with two towers on the ridge, one of the three fortresses alongside Villena and Biar.

A Moorish-era castle (8th-11th centuries) on a ridge above 500 metres, its great tower and crenellated wall still standing.

Islamic-period castle of Alcalà d'Alfàndec, a listed monument on the hill at the Mas de les Tres Creus.

Small Arab fortress on a long hill, over a Bronze Age settlement and dug in the 2000s.

10th-century fortress on a 400-metre hill by Espadán. A hilltop ruin with views over the valley.

Castle at the top of the reddish-stone village, with walls and towers. Views over the Pla de l'Arc plain.

Castle abandoned after the Morisco expulsion, standing as ruins that need work, reached on foot.

Fortress with rammed-earth walls from the 10th-11th centuries and a 13th-century Templar castle.

Remains of the medieval Aljau castle, one of the three fortresses on the Aspe coat of arms. A rural stronghold in the Vinalopó corridor.

Ruined hilltop fort, also called Fuerte del Collado. Walls and towers by the old pass road.

On the hill overlooking the town stand the ruins of the castle where Jaume I set up his base for the conquest of València after the 1237…

Hilltop castle south-west of town on a 149 m hill, listed heritage since 2002, reached on foot.

Medieval castle by the Vinalopó, one of the three on the Aspe coat of arms. A rural fortress in the river's natural corridor.

Boïl castle-palace in the centre of Bétera, a listed historic-artistic monument restored in 2022.

Templar and later Montesa fortress above the village, with wall stretches. Views over the Maestrazgo ridges.

Muslim-origin castle on the rock, with walls, towers and parade ground. One defensive set with the town.

Remains of the castle and walls above La Pobleta, with the Santa Inés chapel beside them. Open-air visit.

Castle remains above the old town, with wall stretches. Views over the coast and the Prat.

A fortress of Moorish origin stands on the old-town ridge, with surviving walls and a 15th-century keep over 23 metres tall that now has…

16th-century fortress ruins guarding the strait road between Calp and Altea, with Wikipedia and Wikidata agreeing on the position.

Castle-palace of the Dukes of the Infantado on the hill, with a walled enclosure and the church of Santa María at its foot.

Cathedral of Gothic, Renaissance and Neoclassical layers around a Gothic cloister. With a cathedral museum.

An imposing 17th-century snow well (cava) deep in the Serra de Mariola, within Bocairent's boundary very close to the limits with Alfafara…

A cylindrical snow well dug into the ground, where ice was stored for centuries to supply the surrounding region.

A small, unusual cemetery set at the very top of the crag, beside the keep and walls of the Castillo de San José.

Hardly anyone climbs up here, yet this is the first visitable Jewish cemetery in Spain: a medieval necropolis of graves cut into the living…

The Casino de l'Amistat was raised by community initiative, with nearly 400 families taking part, and opened on 27 August 1911 as the home…

Just outside El Palmar, this Albufera Natural Park centre opens onto a strictly protected marshland reserve, with a hide and a tower for…

Extinct 527 metre volcano with visible bombs, climbed on the 4 km volcanic route from Cofrentes.

A striking neo-Mudéjar mansion built in 1925 for the Mompó family, with touches of Valencian modernisme.

Wide, calm Júcar reach below the Cortes gorge, on the Cofrentes to Cortes de Pallás river cruise (1:30 h sailing).

A natural pool of crystal-clear, turquoise water deep in the Turia canyon, wedged between the vertical walls of the Los Calderones area.

The separate pool at Los Charcos de Quesa, 40 m from the car park down a cabled bank, quieter than the main group.

The largest pool at Los Charcos de Quesa, a wide basin of the Grande river 1 km from the car park, with bathing allowed and pine woods…

Rock-carved pool on the Río Grande with a walk-behind fall, one of four signed bathing pools near Quesa.

A pool of cool green water tucked into the Río Sot canyon, reached by a flat riverside path that weaves past reed beds and little wooden…

A fall of the upper Cazuma on the PR-CV 234 loop, with the Rebolla viewpoint; unmeasured cascade, best after rains.

Water-filled canyon with a 60 m cascade, slides and chutes by the uninhabited hamlet of Otonel.

A seasonal waterfall in the Chera-Sot de Chera natural park, with a circular ravine route and spring. It flows after rain.

Rain-fed cascades and small caves on a Turia gorge slope, on an 11 km circular route (325 m climb) from the Benagéber dam.

A village perched beneath an Arab castle and surrounded by the canyon of the river Turia.

Permanent Grand Prix circuit opened in 1999. Home of the Valencian Community MotoGP Grand Prix.

This underground cistern, dated by local tradition between the 8th and 10th centuries, is one of the oldest monuments in Quart de Poblet…

Fortified Iberian-Roman city, a protected archaeological zone. The ancient city of the Turís district.

Glass museum in the Casa Santonja, a 17th-18th century palace with a Masonic mural programme, on a glass tradition near 1000 years old.

A Valencian Gothic church raised in the late 14th century, with the Santa María doorway and the Renaissance Apostles' doorway.

A 628 m pass on the CV-715 between Ferrer and Carrascar, dividing the Marinas, with a roadside viewpoint.

A Renaissance and Baroque church known as La Seu, raised over a former mosque and still unfinished after centuries of work.

Large 1960s education complex by Moreno Barberá, Brutalist in exposed concrete.

One of the most venerable fishermen's communities of l'Albufera, officially constituted in 1857 on a far older fishing tradition that goes…

Alicante's co-cathedral is one of the masterpieces of Herrerian Renaissance architecture in the Valencian Community, built between 1616 and…

20th-century Neo-Gothic co-cathedral over the old medieval parish church. It shares its square with El Fadrí.

Medieval lanes with noble houses, gates and towers. The old centre, listed BIC as a whole, is walked on foot.

A monumental complex of the 16th-18th centuries beside the Santa María bridge, on the old road to Biar or Castile.

A 13th-century Franciscan convent of plain, austere Gothic style beside the path up to the castle, visited today on the same ticket.

16th-century Franciscan convent, now a roofless ruin by the river, below the village.

Convent church in the historic core, of Gothic-Baroque fabric. Beside the castle hill and the tower.

A living dune ridge running parallel to the sea, from Puerto Siles to the boundary with Sagunt, along roughly 1,200 metres of Racó de Mar…

A municipal cave found in 1919 and open for visits since 1995, with stalactites and columns by the CV-712.

An eremitical retreat in a cave on the north face of the Rodeno de Santa Inés, linked to the Porta Coeli Charterhouse and to the memory of…

Another set of window-caves carved into the rock of Bocairent's old quarter, at the head of the River Clariano, less famous than the…

Bocairent's most distinctive sight: a cluster of around 50 man-made window-caves carved into the sheer rock face of the ravine, set across…

Stone cross under a canopy on the old roads of Jérica. A piece of Valencian Gothic popular architecture.

Gothic roofed wayside cross by the old road toward Algemesí. A listed monument tied by legend to Jaume I. Free, open-air visit.

Gothic stone wayside cross in the pass town. The old cross of Siete Aguas.

Show cave 10 km from Jalance visited only on guided tours, with galleries, formations and legend.

900 metre-plus cave on the Seguili slope, with 20 metre domes, an inner lake and a visitable dry section by the road.

A Juanes river site with a 20 m waterfall after rain, pools and a cave, on a marked 8.5 km loop with free camping zones.

Cascade and natural lake on the río Buñol, the most photographed spot in the region, and since the DANA floods of October 2024 it has been…

A natural cave carved into Cullera's cape where legend says the Turkish corsair Dragut hid his treasure, today the only piracy museum on…

Beneath the old town, an underground maze of about 22 caves carved out in Moorish times served as homes, granaries, silos and wine cellars.

A breakwater over 1,600 metres long turned into a wooden promenade that reaches out to sea as far as the Torrevieja lighthouse.

Behind the sand of Xeraco beach survives a protected dune cord of great ecological value, part of the 'Dunes de la Safor' Site of Community…

A natural crack among the cobbled streets of Peníscola's old town where the sea forces its way in; on stormy days it roars and sends water…

This slender whitewashed bell tower, rising free-standing on a rocky crag, is the most iconic image of Guadalest and of the whole Costa…

A castle-palace of medieval origin (15th century) that Archbishop Saint Juan de Ribera acquired around 1600 and turned into a manor-palace…

A tiny village perched 500 metres up, reached through a tunnel carved into the rock and topped by a castle overlooking the valley.

Free-standing 15th-century Gothic bell tower, the symbol of Castellón. It rises beside the co-cathedral, on the Plaza Mayor.

Lit in 1904, this is the most inland lighthouse in the whole Valencia region: it rises among orange groves some 300 metres from the sea, on…

Historic quarter on the hill below the church, with surviving old wall sections and stepped lanes with sea viewpoints.

The largest hedge maze in the Valencian Community, beside the Anna lake: about 2 kilometres of paths winding through more than 4,000…

A piece of hydraulic heritage made up of an old traditional flour mill and a "vapor", one of the area's first wells using steam machinery…

A pumping station of Canet's irrigation community, which grew out of the local Agricultural Syndicate set up in 1916 to extract and…

Locals just call it 'the Castle': this manor-house palace is part of Canet's historic heritage and overlooks the old quarter, beside the…

While everyone queues for the bell tower, locals slip off to the little Sant Gregori square to look at the Penyó de l'Alcalà: a rock needle…

A detached 649 m crag above Vallada, with a summit viewpoint over the village and the La Costera corridor.

Ephemeral fall on the Barxell that only runs after heavy rain, with a viewpoint on the greenway circuit.

A baroque tiled fountain on Plaza Francisco Aleix, set in the village's first garden.

A residential garden suburb built over a former pine forest on the Sierra Perenxisa, on the outskirts of Torrent.

A striking 1931 villa known for its blue façade and its garden of fruit trees, quite unlike the houses of central Alboraya.

Spring-fed fall of about 12 m at the foot of the Barranc del Cint paths above Alcoi, on a 10 km loop of 3.5 hours.

A row of eleven cylindrical stone windmills raised on the Plana del Montgó and built between the 14th and 18th centuries; the oldest,…

Small Palancia reservoir a 20-minute riverside walk from Algar village via the Paseo del Amor, with pines and a recreation area by the dam.

A turquoise Mijares reservoir between Montanejos and Puebla de Arenoso, with road viewpoints, picnic spots and summer coves.

1995 flood-control reservoir on the Albaida between Bellús and Benigànim, with a dam viewpoint and easy shore tracks. 4.6-mile shore trail.

1958 Serpis reservoir between Beniarrés and Planes with an accessible shoreline, fished for carp and black bass.

Mountain reservoir by Benitandús hamlet, below the Espadán Organs. A 6 km loop through cork-oak woods and viewpoints over the water.

The oldest reservoir in the Turia basin (1915), wedged into the Tromagal gorge inside the Valencian Community's first geological natural…

A large 1972 reservoir on the Cabriel, with a 129 m dam and open views by the Hoces park. A road-viewpoint stop.

A Júcar reservoir behind a 116 m arch dam, with a 14 km tourist boat trip and La Muela 400 m above the river.

Júcar reservoir at Cofrentes where the river cruise departs, calm water with fishing and twin-river views.

A reservoir on the Escalona river near Navarrés, with a quiet setting for a walk and views over the water.

A 1969 reservoir on the Magro with a gravity dam, fishing and a circular route from Yátova with Motrotón views. An easy outing.

A reservoir of almost unreal turquoise that winds below the village among the mountains, with the old town perched above the water.

A 1901 to 1925 dam on the Viuda rambla, 59 m high and 265 ha, for aquifer recharge between groves and low hills.

1960 concrete gravity dam on the Mijares with a wide lake, built for irrigation control and power above Onda.

Arch dam of 1580 to 1594 on the Monnegre, 41 m high, among the oldest working dams in Europe. Signed path to the wall in a 10 m wide gorge.

A large reservoir on the Júcar rebuilt after the 1982 flood, with broad water for sailing and fishing by the new dam.

A 1957 reservoir between Villajoyosa and Orxeta, 4 km from the sea, with a walkable shoreline and coastal views.

1770 irrigation reservoir south of Moixent, a protected monument ringed by pines and ravine walks.

This is El Palmar's jetty, a quiet spot among the canals where traditional lateen-sail boats set off across the Albufera lagoon.

A historic complex of salt-drying yards, docks and wooden loading piers built in the late 18th century to gather and ship the salt from the…

A small Baroque hermitage built between 1708 and 1714 beside the castle, with a square bell tower, military motifs and Philip V's coat of…

A small rectangular-plan hermitage built in 1887 and dedicated to Our Lady of La Salette, who according to tradition appeared to two…

A small temple built in the 17th century on the outskirts of Aldaia, one of the town's oldest historic hermitages.

17th-century hermitage with a ceramic altarpiece, at the edge of town. Open on feast days. Short walk.

Purisima chapel recorded since 1595, north of the old centre. Village walk.

16th-century hermitage at the edge of the village, with a later Calvary. A stop on the chapel walk.

A Baroque hermitage from the early 17th century, tied to the Brotherhood of the Most Pure Blood, already established here by 1607.

Primitive Gothic hermitage from the second half of the 13th century, the town's first church, with a nave of pointed arches and a coffered…

16th-century hermitage on a hill, with views over the Montesa valley. The upper chapel of the Order town.

Small 14th-century Gothic chapel at the edge of the village, a stop on the walls walk.

This small hermitage perches on the clifftop above Poniente beach, offering one of the most beautiful Mediterranean panoramas in Benidorm.

14th-century Gothic chapel at the entrance to Ademuz. It is the oldest standing building in the village.

Plain 17th-century hermitage on Calvario street, above the town. The upper chapel of Cofrentes.

In the heart of the farmland of the Sanz district stands this rural hermitage, documented since 1740, when Tomás Sanz had it built to serve…

A simple farmland hermitage built between 1881 and 1883 and blessed in 1884, dedicated to the patron San Cristóbal, whose image legend ties…

Former chapel of the upper town, now an exhibition hall and viewpoint. Closes the Tuéjar route.

Built in 1662, this simple Baroque hermitage with a single nave, barrel vault and round-arched openings is the sole survivor of the many…

A simple 1894 hermitage with a white façade and gabled roof, sitting atop a calvary completed in 1893.

16th-century hermitage north of the village, on the old Camarena road. Mountain setting.

13th-century Reconquest church, the oldest in the district and first Christian parish of the farmland. Listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural.

A small chapel in the Las Peñas quarter that preserves an exceptional Mudéjar coffered ceiling resting on octagonal Gothic pillars,…

Built around the 16th century, this simple hermitage is one of four that encircle Bocairent forming a symbolic cross around the old town.

Regarded as the oldest hermitage in the Camp de Morvedre, it dates back to the Reconquista.

Hermitage terrace at 923 m above Alcoi with aerial views over the town and the Cint gorge.

This late-17th-century hermitage (built around 1666-1702) crowns a hilltop and offers the finest panoramic views over Ontinyent and the…

A 15th-century hermitage, one of the four outlying hermitages that, together with the town, trace a cross across the land.

A former 13th-century Arab mosque, this was Bocairent's first Christian church and still keeps a belfry with a Gothic stone-and-mortar…

A small Baroque hermitage built in 1631 to commemorate the 1237 Battle of El Puig and the legendary intervention of Saint George on behalf…

A small Baroque chapel from the late 18th century, built by the city's carpenters' guild, with a white façade that stands out at dusk.

A secluded rural hermitage surrounded by pine woods in the Torremiró area, with views that on clear days reach the Mediterranean.

A modest hermitage dedicated to the Archangel Saint Michael, one of Aldaia's two chapels listed as a Local Heritage Asset.

Built around 1310-1320 beside an old mill, this hermitage is tied to the legend of Saint Onuphrius appearing to a miller, who according to…

A small chapel on a rise beside the Patio de los Silos, with an early shrine that may date back to the 16th century.

Founded in the 15th century, this hermitage crowns a pine-clad hill and preserves part of its original fabric in the Communion Chapel,…

Small hermitage on a hilltop, one of the best preserved in Gandia and a natural viewpoint over the city and its fertile plain.

A Gothic chapel linked to the Borja family, built in the 16th century atop Santa Anna hill overlooking Xàtiva, its rib vaults' keystones…

Gothic in origin and dated to 1364, this hermitage crowns a hill about a kilometre from the village and shelters Chulilla's patron saint.

A small 18th-century hermitage crowning the Santa Bárbara hill, one of the two hills inside the town centre, dedicated to the patron saint…

A rural hermitage set among the fields in the partida de Saboya, one of Alboraya's historic chapels.

A small hermitage set high in the Serra de Mariola above Bocairent, amid pine woods and farmland.

Ruins of the Santa Bárbara chapel by Ademuz castle, linked to the local Santa Cruz rites.

17th-century chapel with a 1728 hostelry and a five-spout fountain. A local-interest monument, outside the village.

Crowning the highest hill beside the town, this simple 15th-16th-century hermitage is the only one of Xàbia's ancient chapels still in…

Hermitage from the 15th century, a simple rural chapel with later reforms and a starting point for walks in the Denia hinterland.

A hermitage dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, part of a picturesque ensemble of vernacular huerta architecture alongside an old…

On a small wooded rise at the entrance to the town stands this elegant neoclassical hermitage, first built in 1770 and rebuilt in 1856.

A small hermitage out in the huerta of the Milagro (Miracle) district, linked to the old Vilanova family estate and built in 1876.

A small neo-Gothic hermitage beside the mouth of the Carraixet ravine, facing the Mediterranean, built to commemorate the Miracle of the…

One of the oldest buildings in Xàbia, this little hermitage belongs to the so-called 'Reconquest hermitages' (15th-16th centuries), raised…

This 19th-century chapel in the heart of the old town is dedicated to the Santísimo Cristo de la Agonía, patron of Xeraco.

It was built from 1749 after the earthquake that damaged the parish church in Anna, when townsfolk sought safety in the upper part of the…

An 18th-century hermitage on the hill east of town, reached by climbing the bends of the Calvario path.

This 16th-century Gothic hermitage crowns a steep slope right beside the Covetes dels Moros, the famous cliff-carved caves.

A small 18th-century hermitage dedicated to the two Saint Anthonys, built so that locals could keep up their devotions even on rainy days.

A hermitage of medieval origin (13th century) enlarged in the 17th, dedicated to the Saints of the Stone, Abdón and Sennen, protectors of…

The oldest parish church in Burjassot, raised from 1767 and opened for worship in 1780 on Saint Michael's day.

It was built in 1265 over the remains of a Visigothic cathedral and is one of the oldest churches in the former Kingdom of Valencia, as…

A Gothic-Cistercian church from the second half of the 14th century, the sole vestige of the vanished Franciscan convent founded by Jaume…

One of Xàtiva's oldest churches, raised in the 14th century in the former market quarter in conquest-Gothic style, with a nave of diaphragm…

Raised on the foundations of a former mosque that was turned into a Christian temple when the parish was founded in 1535, the present…

A Gothic church built on the foundations of the old Moorish castle.

Built largely through the 18th century (1705-1787) over an earlier Gothic church, it is one of the finest examples of Valencian…

The Dominican convent was founded in the late 13th century with the favour of the Crown of Aragon, especially James II.

A convent founded in 1595 with nuns who came from Mirambel, its church built between 1701 and 1708 in a Baroque key.

Aldaia's foremost monument, built between the late 15th and early 16th centuries over a Gothic 'reconquest' structure still visible in the…

Quart de Poblet's parish church was rebuilt in Baroque style in the late 17th century, with works documented around 1691-1693.

This is Oliva's oldest religious building and it guards the oldest Marian image in the Valencian Community, dated to between the late 12th…

An artificial lake dug in the early 1970s within the Devesa for a marina that was never built; after being abandoned it has re-wilded into…

A life-size bronze of the poet Vicent Andrés Estellés, a distinguished son of Burjassot and renewer of Valencian poetry, seated on a bench…

Upper Palancia gorge with cold pools between rock walls, walked on a demanding loop from Los Cloticos.

8 km gorge loop from Montanejos along the Mijares narrows, with cliff viewpoints, swifts and the Cueva Negra.

Mijares canyon closed by the Cirat dam, diverting water to the Collado Blanco power plant.

Alicante's best-known promenade, a palm-lined boulevard by the harbour paved with nearly seven million tricolour marble tiles that ripple…

A circular lighthouse from 1858 on Cullera's cape, ringed by coves and pine woods above the sea.

Built in the late 19th century atop the rocky headland, this lighthouse crowns a well-photographed viewpoint in the village.

A fresh-water spring at the village exit, with a picnic spot, and the natural gateway to the Infern ravine.

The spring supplying the village, with three spouts under willows, an 18th-century washhouse and the Remolí mill behind.

Small pine-shaded spring above Alcoi with a picnic area, by the Estret viewpoint. Easy 4.6 km loop from town, 162 m of climbing.

A monumental neoclassical fountain built between 1788 and 1804 beside the church of Sant Pere, an emblem of the "city of a thousand…

Spring and picnic ground at the foot of the Serra d'Agullent, with a play area, a bar and high-path trailheads.

A natural spring beside the Pego-Oliva marsh whose slightly sulphurous waters stay at a mild 21–24 °C for most of the year.

Natural arch on the Bernia ridge crest, the classic goal of the ridge walk between the coast and the interior.

At Calle Santíssima 15 an in-situ Roman pottery kiln from the 1st century AD survives, part of a workshop that made amphorae, common…

A historic late-16th-century fountain, known as the Fountain of the 24 Spouts, commissioned by Magdalena de Borja, Marchioness of Navarrés.

A monumental 50-spout fountain by the Palancia, with tables, shade and the crest of each province on every spout.

The seven-spouts fountain in the town centre. The water mark of Siete Aguas.

A small natural spot in the municipality of Anna, near the border with Enguera, where a lake of crystal-clear, very cold water is hemmed in…

Old supply spring of Chella at the head of its gorge, recorded since the 18th century, on the mill route.

A crystal-clear spring on the outskirts of Anna that feeds the nearby Gorgo Catalán, a small wooded lagoon.

This octagonal brick industrial chimney from the mid-20th century is the only surviving trace of Turégano, a chemicals factory set up in…

Water-cut gorge near the Cazuma headwaters on the PR-CV 234 loop, with swim pools and a cave turnoff.

Waterfall pool on the Encantada ravine, reached by steps down from the trail, with linked pools downstream.

A deep, crystal-clear pool beside the Fuente Negra spring, ringed by trees, with a platform for diving in, just outside the village.

A gorge of waterfalls and natural pools wedged between rock walls, part of the three-waterfalls route in Anna.

A natural pool and small waterfall in the gorge of the Anna river, the first major stop on the popular Three Waterfalls Route.

The classical port of Saguntum, about 6 km from the city, active from the late 6th century BC into late Roman times.

The only surviving blast furnace of the old Puerto de Sagunto steelworks, a hulk about 64 metres tall raised in 1922 and rebuilt from its…

A 6,000 m² municipal historic garden with around 400 trees and 300 plant species, built on the remains of a 16th-century Franciscan…

Historic garden of the Palmeral with the seven-armed Imperial Palm, cacti and Mediterranean planting.

17th-century archpriestal church on the Plaza Mayor, early Valencian Baroque with a bell tower.

Valencian Gothic church with Romanesque roots and a 15th-century bell tower. The parish museum keeps the Pope Luna chalice.

Gothic-Baroque parish from the 13th century over the former main mosque, with a 1692 Baroque portal by Gaspar Díez.

Built on the site of the former mosque, this Gothic-Renaissance church is Ontinyent's foremost monument and a listed Asset of Cultural…

Gothic-Renaissance church from the 14th century with twisted columns among the oldest of the style, old-town parish.

It is one of the oldest churches in the Valencian diocese, built in the 13th century after the conquest by Jaume I on the remains of an…

Valencian Gothic parish built between 1592 and 1621, with a square bell tower, Segrelles oils on the high altar and a Gothic silver Vera…

Late-Gothic parish church, listed as a Bien de Relevancia Local, with star vaulting. Works from the 15th-19th centuries.

15th-century church, listed as a cultural asset, holding eight paintings from the Ribalta school.

Second Gothic parish of Ayora, from the 16th century, in the lower town. A sober church in a frontier town.

Late-Gothic 15th-century parish church with a 1519 Plateresque portal and a Baroque bell tower over the old town.

Gothic parish from 1434, remodelled from 1625, with a multicolour tiled dome, eleven chapels and Segrelles paintings.

Gothic single-nave parish church with ribbed vaults planned in 1536 and a 17th-century Mannerist portal at the end of Carrer Major.

Mid-19th-century neoclassical parish replacing a ruined Gothic church, with a dome showing an angel and a 1925 belfry funded by neighbours.

18th-century Baroque parish church in the historic centre, below the castle. It keeps a 1558 altarpiece by Juan de Juanes.

Parish church rebuilt between the 16th-18th centuries under the castle rock, with the town's devotional images.

Baroque parish church with a 17th-century altarpiece and a Valencian tiled dome. The main church of the old centre.

Parish church of the old quarter, Gothic base with additions. A tower over the village rooftops.

A parish church of medieval origin and Baroque appearance, presiding over Plaza de la Constitución in the old quarter.

Heir to the old college and university founded by Saint Francis Borgia in the 16th century, this church preserves the memory of the city's…

A 16th-century parish church that presides over the old quarter, known for the Baroque murals on its vaults.

Broad parish finished in 1777 by Antonio Gilabert, with marbles, a big dome and a large bell tower.

17th-century parish church in the centre of Calles, starting point toward the Peña Cortada trail.

13th-century church over the former mosque, mixing Romanesque, Gothic and Mudéjar work. Old town.

13th-century transitional Gothic church, of Templar origin. With a Mudejar wooden ceiling.

Gothic church in the historic core, by the hilltop castle. One of the two historic parish churches.

A church raised in 1614 over a medieval hermitage and later reworked with a marked 18th-century neoclassical character.

Parish church from the late 18th century, with side towers, a blue-tiled dome and frescoes by Joaquín Oliet.

Baroque parish church in the old town, home of the local patroness. Historic square and lanes around it.

16th-century parish church mixing Romanesque, Renaissance and Baroque sgraffito. The main church of the village.

Modern parish church from 1973-1975 decorated with mosaics, next to the Gothic-Mudejar old church, the only one of its style in the region.

Located in Orihuela, within Alicante province, this church is a 15th-to-16th-century Gothic gem with a splendid tower offering one of the…

Parish church on the town-hall square, by the cistern and the old bridge. Old-quarter axis.

17th-century parish church in the centre of Meliana, next to the Palauet Nolla and the hermitages.

Parish church built between 1940 and 1953 replacing the 1596 church, holding the Mare de Déu del Castell image.

Built in 1929 in Neo-Baroque style, this church in Puerto de Sagunto was modelled on the Basilica of Begoña in Bilbao, a nod to the Basque…

18th-century Baroque parish church with a Valencian tiled dome over the crossing, facing the Plaza de la Constitución.

Parish from 1693-1702 with a Baroque trasagrario and a 1744 organ, unique of its period in the province.

Gothic parish from the 15th and 16th centuries, listed heritage, with added Baroque chapels.

An 18th-century Baroque parish church, rebuilt after the Civil War: plain and bright, at the top of the village.

An 18th-century neoclassical church with a single barrel-vaulted nave, presiding over the village's historic centre.

The 'parish of the sea', in the harbour's fishing quarter, is one of Spain's most striking modern churches.

A Gothic-style church built over a former medieval mosque, with a slender 18th-century bell tower rising among the houses.

Parish from 1775 on the town square. The 18th-century church of the Júcar canyon.

17th-century Baroque parish church, a listed historic-artistic monument modelled on Il Gesù.

Beyond the historic churches, this 1970s temple stands out for its striking Brutalist architecture, featured in catalogues of modern…

Parish church crowned by tiled domes, one called the dome of the Mediterranean, at the top of the old quarter with a square viewpoint over…

Founded in 1772 by the Bishop of Orihuela José Tormo as the parish of La Mata's tower and salt administration, this is one of the oldest…

Gothic parish in the upper town from a primitive 1329 church, with the Crist de l'Empar and Verge del Remei images.

17th-century parish with a Churrigueresque interior. The main church in the centre of Canals.

Parish church begun in 1533, with a Renaissance interior, side chapels and tower. Village centre.

Rectangular-plan parish begun in 1779 over the earlier one, by Francisco Sánchez on the Plaza de Baix.

It originates in the oratory of the Society of Jesus founded in 1703, attached to the Jesuit college that operated until the order's…

Benidorm's most emblematic church crowns the Canfali hill at the top of the old town, beside the famous Balcón del Mediterráneo viewpoint.

Neo-Byzantine church dedicated to Sant Jordi, patron of Alcoy. Devotional centre of the April festival, next to the Plaza de España.

Parish church in the old centre of Alcalá de Chivert. Its complex houses the parish museum of religious art.

Baroque parish church raised in 1791 in the centre of Cabanes. It faces the old town square.

1734-1751 parish church damaged in the Civil War, plain stone exterior with tiled dome. Historic core.

Parish on Constitución square, rebuilt over two centuries ago. The church of the pass town.

Baroque parish with a hexagonal tower, listed heritage. The vertical mark of the Cheste old town.

A 17th-century church built on the spot where San Luis Bertrán preached, with an eclectic façade and a hexagonal bell tower completed in…

Mannerist church from the 16th and 17th centuries, of Herrerian splendour, with a Virgen de Gracia retablo and a Gothic processional cross.

17th-century Baroque parish church in the highest village of the Valencian Community, above 1,100 m.

Baroque parish church of Simat holding the titular image of Sant Miquel.

Built between the 16th and 18th centuries over a 14th-century hermitage, it was funded by the prosperous wool-cloth makers' guild of the…

The oldest of Requena's churches, built as a Gothic temple in the 15th century.

14th-century parish church remodelled in the 1700s, next to the tower and museum in the historic core.

Romanesque church from the Reconquest, the oldest in the village. In the historic quarter.

The parish church was built in the second third of the 18th century in the neoclassical style promoted by the Real Academia de San Carlos.

Neo-Gothic parish from 1881-1889, with a needle spire. 1917 Santíssim chapel and relics chapel.

Parish church of Romanesque origin enlarged in the 16th century, with blue-tile domes and bell tower, listed since 1982.

An 18th-century Baroque church (1747-1762) with a plain salmon-coloured façade and a figure of Sant Pere above the doorway, in the town's…

Parish church founded in 1528, a Baroque building with towers over the old town.

Fortified 16th-century parish church with a defensive character against coastal raids, in the heart of the old town.

1887-1900 parish church on the top of the old core, above a Civil War shelter. With castle and cistern.

The Royal Monastery of Santa Clara is one of Gandia's oldest convent ensembles, linked since the Middle Ages to the Poor Clares and the…

A Flamboyant Gothic doorway carved in stone, in the Barrio de la Villa old quarter.

Parish church originating in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 16th-17th centuries, with a bell tower raised in 1705.

16th-century church over a former mosque, with a Baroque portal in the old town by the castle slope.

Parish church begun in 1734 in Corinthian Baroque, at the foot of the castle. Re-furnished after the Civil War losses.

An 18th-century Baroque church in the nearby town of Sant Joan d'Alacant, renowned for its extraordinary cycle of mural paintings.

This is Peníscola's parish church, known for centuries as the church of the Virgen del Socorro.

Gothic church at the castle foot, with a Marian panel linked to Yáñez de la Almedina. The upper parish of the town.

Fortified 16th-century church with a Renaissance portal, Fortified 16th-century church with a Renaissance portal, raised after the…

This Gothic-Renaissance church stands over Sagunto's old Jewish quarter, and its walls hold the remains of the Temple of Diana, an Iberian…

1778 parish church with a late-Gothic altarpiece from the 15th-16th centuries and frescoes by Sempere.

Neoclassical parish church from 1769-1776 in the centre of Benicasim, with paintings linked to the Camarón workshop.

Linked to a Carmelite convent of medieval origin, this Gothic-Baroque church preserves the Gothic chapel of the Virgen de la Soterraña and…

1743 Baroque single-nave church with a plastered and painted facade, serving the old hospital quarter.

The village parish church, built in 1769, marks the centre of El Palmar and keeps the devotion to the Cristo de la Salud, the focus of the…

18th-century parish church in the centre, starting point for the climbs to the castle and the Puntal.

Begun in 1380 over a former hermitage to Santa Bárbara and completed in 1533, El Salvador was named the principal church of La Villa in…

Orthodox temple in Russian style at Altea Hills, described as the first Orthodox temple built in Spain, in woods above the coast.

A church rebuilt in the 18th century, neoclassical in structure with rococo ornament, on the Plaza de la Iglesia.

Cullera's mother church, built in 1692 over a 13th-14th century Gothic temple, of which one chapel still survives beneath the bell tower.

A neoclassical church begun in the late 18th century and completed around 1800 to a design by master builder Francisco Pechuán.

Parish from 1621 under the castle rock. The main church of the town, between the houses and the climb.

Canet's main church was built between 1747 and 1762 on the site of an earlier temple already documented in 1420.

16th-century Levantine Gothic fortress church, listed for its defensive character, parish of the old town by the walls.

A 15th-century Gothic church that looks like a fortress, built in local tosca stone with battlements, machicolations and arrow slits to…

An uninhabited rocky islet off the bay, about 2.5 nautical miles from shore, also known as the Island of the Journalists.

Small island off the Alicante coast, the only inhabited one in the Valencian Community and Spain's first marine reserve (1986).

A historic garden of around 18,000 m², landscaped in the early 17th century by Juan de Ribera, wrapping around the castle-college and…

A small, quiet garden at the foot of the Convent de Sant Francesc that pays tribute to the writers linked to Morella, with verses dedicated…

A maze of cobbled alleyways and stone houses preserves the layout of the old medieval Jewish quarter, just steps from the Roman Theatre.

A 16th-century former sugar mill, a reminder of the days when Oliva processed sugar cane, today a landmark of the town's industrial…

A brackish transitional lagoon linked to the sea just south of the Júcar mouth, nicknamed the "mini Albufera" for its rich biodiversity and…

The tiger-nut (chufa) fields around the town are the source of Alboraya's horchata and form a protected landscape of irrigation channels,…

Ibero-Roman town south of Elche, findspot of the Dama de Elche in 1897, with a museum over the excavation.

Walled Iberian town from the 4th century BC on a 741 m hill. The Guerrer de Moixent bronze appeared here in 1931.

Small municipal reserve of damp riverside woodland in the Sellent valley, with laurels, hackberry trees and birdsong a short walk from…

An underground barrel-vaulted cistern built between 1885 and 1888 to collect water from local springs, now a small local museum.

15th-century cistern under the cultural building, a visitable museum space. The most unusual stop.

A municipal natural site in the gorge the river Albaida carves through the mountains, with a cave once home to Neanderthals and a reference…

A large white cross built in 1961 on the slopes of the Serra Gelada Natural Park, above the far end of Levante beach.

A 10 km strip of Mediterranean forest between the Albufera and the sea, with pine woods, dunes and interdune marshes separating the lake…

At the southern tip of Xeraco beach, where the Riu Vaca meets the sea, the parasols end and the dunes, marsh and a wooden bird hide begin.

A surviving stretch of the wall that once enclosed the old town, raised in the 14th century to fortify the village during the War of the…

Natural pool on the Tuéjar river, on Chelva's 7.5 km circular Water Route (2:45 h, low difficulty).

An old excavated silo for storing grain, of Arab origin, recalling Navarrés' Andalusi past.

Almohad rammed-earth tower on the hill above Chelva, the last standing remain of the Muslim defences.

A natural turquoise lake fed by underground springs and ringed by willows and poplars, just steps from the village.

A fine-sand lagoon fed by freshwater springs —Fuente del Pescao, Fuente Loca, Fuente Negra and Fuente de los Pastores— ringed by pine woods…

Anna's old communal washhouse, on Plaza de la Alameda, with a baroque balustrade and water from the Albufera tumbling in a cascade into its…

A managed river walk with bathing falls and pools, summer lifeguards and capped entry. River shoes and picnic area.

At the entrance to the village, beside the CV-310 road arriving from València, stands this public washhouse built in 1938: a long…

Built around 1790, this water divider splits the flow of the Quart irrigation channel into two arms —one for Quart and one for Benàger— and…

Modernist hall by Santiago Calatrava under the Plaza de España in Alcoy.

Historic contract hall in the old quarter near the basilica, linked to the trading past of the town.

A tropical, almost Balinese-looking spot where two waterfalls tumble into turquoise pools on walls covered in moss and plants.

Vertical limestone blades above the Cabriel gorge, in the largest natural park of the region.

Archaeological site of the ancient Ibero-Roman city of Lucentum, on a low rise by the sea at La Albufereta, about 3.5 km from the centre.

Contemporary-art museum beside the Santa María basilica, built around the Casa de la Asegurada (1685), the city's oldest public building…

Contemporary art collection inside the historic quarter, with rotating shows. The cultural pole of the village.

Symmetrical cone of 1296 m with a crown of crags, emblem of the Alicante plain, in the Maigmó i Sit protected landscape. Loop: 15 km, 738 m.

Sulphurous thermal spring of volcanic origin with a historic spa among pines, 4 km from Cofrentes and linked to the Cerro de Agras volcano.

Constant-flow spring at the foot of the Esperanza hill, between Navajas and Segorbe.

An archaeology museum housed in the old Almodí and former courthouse, built against the medieval wall at the foot of the Santa María…

A former coastal wetland between the town centre and the beach, halfway between Valencia and Sagunt, today largely turned over to market…

A well-preserved wetland in the Valencian Community, a mosaic of freshwater and reedbeds where herons, purple swamphens and the rare…

A protected wetland beside the South Beach, fed by underground springs called 'ullals' that surface and flood the low-lying ground.

Provincial archaeology museum housed in the former San Juan de Dios hospital (1926-1929), designed by architect Juan Vidal Ramos.

Modernista slaughterhouse built in 1921-1924 with a geometric brick main doorway.

An old dungeon carved into the rock beneath the Town Hall in the upper village, originally a water cistern and later the lordship's prison.

Housed in an early-20th-century farmhouse that once worked as an olive mill and oil factory, this small museum holds around 150 pieces: a…

Modernista market hall from 1934 by Alfredo Burguera, in daily use as a food market. Free entry.

A modernist market designed by Valencian architect Luis Ferreres Soler and built between 1899 and 1903, with four independent pavilions…

Large covered food market opened in 1921, designed by architect Enrique Sánchez Sedeño in an eclectic style with Valencian Art Nouveau…

A municipal market built in 1946 in the heart of the old town on the grounds of the former Discalced Augustinian convent, with a striking…

A market in the old town on Plaça Baltasar Mallent, on land ceded to the municipality in 1736 by the priest the square is named after.

Former mosque of the deserted Morisco village of la Xara, abandoned in 1609, with horseshoe-arch door, mihrab and ablutions well.

At the southern tip of Xeraco beach, where the Vaca river meets the sea in the Goleta area, a wooden platform overlooks the frontier…

A natural balcony leaning over the Turia canyon, directly above the Charco Azul, looking down on the river boxed between the cliffs.

A viewpoint beside the Gola del Pujol, one of the three channels linking l'Albufera to the Mediterranean, famous for some of the finest…

The highest square in the village juts out like a natural balcony over the turquoise reservoir and the mountains of the Marina Baixa.

Cliff chambers high in the gorge wall, Berber-era grain stores, seen from the Salto trail across the valley.

Cap de la Nau is the easternmost point of the Valencian Community and the closest to Ibiza, crowned by an octagonal lighthouse that entered…

Sheer 160-metre cliffs crowned by an 1855 lighthouse and several viewpoints leaning out over the Mediterranean, with the Montgó behind and…

Medieval castle above the Júcar gorge on an 8.8 km trail linking the castles of Cofrentes and Chirel.

A viewpoint at over 600 metres inside Sierra Calderona Natural Park, reachable by car or on foot.

Park viewpoint on the Las Blancas path with a wide view over the Puebla de San Miguel valley, among old juniper stands inside the natural…

A stone-railed viewpoint above the old town, facing the 25 m Salto, the Sellent riverbed and the cave-dotted cliffs.

A cave-chapel at 811 m above Altura, made by shepherds, with an esplanade and valley views. A traditional pilgrimage destination.

A viewpoint atop the Raval Morisc, the former Moorish quarter outside the walls, reached through steep lanes such as the picturesque Calle…

This is a viewpoint on the Sierra Calderona, atop the Rebalsadors peak, with 360-degree views over the natural park and the sea beyond.

Natural balconies dotted around the village, such as the Mirador de la Peñeta or the Mirador de las Cuevas, look out over the Turia canyon…

Millstone-shaped sandstone summit of 565 m at the edge of the Calderona, with a 1971 orientation table. Logged loop: 4.42 miles, 1155 ft.

A privately owned water mill documented since 1415 and kept in perfect condition even though it stopped grinding in 1974.

This 15th-to-17th-century monastery on the outskirts of Alicante guards the relic of the Holy Face, a cloth said by tradition to have wiped…

Franciscan monastery founded by María de Luna, with college, museum and Segrelles works. Arrange the visit.

A monastery founded in 1388 a few kilometres from Gandia, in the municipality of Alfauir.

Cistercian abbey founded on 15 March 1298 by Jaume II, statutory spiritual temple of the Valencian people.

15th-century Dominican monastery 15th-century Dominican monastery on the Corporals chapel of the 13th century, with a Valencian Gothic…

Carved directly into the rock in 1556 by Father Melchor Hierro to shelter nuns who had arrived from Valencia, this tiny underground…

Roof of the Mariola range at 1390 m, third in Alicante, through holm-oak and scrub with views over three districts.

At 841 metres, the Mondúver is the roof of La Safor and a natural balcony commanding the coast from Gandia to Cullera.

A large monument some 18 metres tall on Avenida del Arrabal, by architect Ricardo Rosso and sculptor Esteve Edo, whose first phase was…

Striking circular building of great ethnological value beside the Marxuquera bridge at the foot of the Serra Falconera, of uncertain date…

Morella rises on a hill, ringed by a wall with towers and crowned by a castle.

Fine-arts museum set inside the Palace of the Count of Lumiares, an 18th-century gem in the old town.

A 1319 m table mountain with the village almost on its crown and open views over Maestrazgo and Els Ports.

800 metre limestone plateau with cliffs and vultures, a hunting reserve crossed by long-distance trails.

A marine and exotic wildlife park of over 60,000 m² devoted to conserving species, many of them threatened.

A small hillock northeast of El Puig towards Puçol, still within El Puig's municipal boundary, very easy to reach and offering wide…

A hillock barely 27 metres high, topped by a 14th-century hermitage that rises like an island amid l'Albufera's sea of rice paddies.

The first museum in Spain devoted to the hand fan, set inside the Casa de la Llotgeta, a Renaissance manor house from the late 16th and…

Remains and towers of the 9th and 10th century walls of the island city the Arabs called Al-Yazira. Free walk through the La Vila quarter.

Medieval walls and gates, an aqueduct stretch and the castle hill. Views over the Palancia valley.

Medieval walls of the former Maestrazgo capital, from the Montesa period. Stretches in the historic core.

Remaining sections of the medieval town wall with the Torreó de la Peça, among the narrow streets of the old quarter.

Morella's walled enclosure, built mostly in the 14th century, rings the whole town with several towers and gateways that preserve its…

The walled belt wrapping the old town was ordered by Philip II and designed by the Italian military engineer Giovanni Battista (Juan…

Local archaeology with finds from the castle and the valley. In the town centre.

Housed in the Casa del Mestre Peña, a 14th-15th-century building in the heart of the Jewish quarter, it gathers Iberian and Roman finds…

Museum holding the Villena Treasure: almost 10 kilos of gold and about 600 grams of silver from the Bronze Age, found in 1963.

Archaeology museum and art gallery on plaça Comunitat Valenciana 1, with Iberian finds from Lucena. Two museums in a town of about 4,800.

Gothic panels and diocesan painting, with metalwork and textiles. Beside the cathedral cloister.

Archaeology from the Palaeolithic with the 4th-5th century Roman mosaic of Villa Petraria.

A museum beside the Cuesta del Ángel, in the heart of the historic quarter, gathering a donation by collector Florencio de la Fuente with…

A museum showing the handcrafted work of Antonio Marco: meticulous dolls' houses, a monumental nativity scene and antique toys, all built…

Painting, sculpture and archaeology, with Valencian ceramics holdings. A modern building by the centre.

Ceramics from the 1727 Royal Factory of the Count of Aranda. The reference museum for Valencian earthenware.

Museum of the Misteri next to the basilica: costumes, props and audiovisuals of the intangible heritage of humanity.

Set up in several rooms of the Royal Monastery of Santa María, it was the first printing museum in Spain and, according to its operators,…

Guadalest has more museums per resident than any other village in Spain, and this one works at the smallest scale of all: a bullring carved…

A museum devoted entirely to salt and pepper shakers, gathering over 20,000 original pieces from around the world, with examples ranging…

About 20,000 tiles tell the Onda ceramics industry. Technical and artistic displays.

Museum of the Elda shoe industry, opened in 1992, with machinery, lasts and historic models.

Museum on the history of the Valor chocolate company, with old machinery and advertising material, in the factory area.

Small museum on fishing and seafaring traditions near the port and the seafront promenade, a complement to the old-quarter visit.

An ethnological museum opened in 1995 devoted to Torrevieja's maritime and salt heritage.

Some 300 arcade machines in the former Rico factory, playable, of the Arcade Vintage Museum opened in 2019.

Set in the stately Palacio del Cid, this museum traces the history of the wine that made the Requena-Utiel region famous, through old…

Valencian wine museum in La Bodega Redonda, a 19th-century winery. The Utiel-Requena story, mostly Bobal.

Eleven rooms in a former Capuchin convent, with pottery and rural-life collections next to the church.

Museum in a 19th-century town house on fishing, the pasa raisin trade and local crafts, a short walk from the castle.

A small museum that traces the daily life of the Albufera's fishermen and rice farmers, with old tools, nets and everyday objects from the…

A free-entry museum recreating the inside of a typical 18th-century working house of the area, with its pantry, kitchen, bread oven,…

International puppet museum opened in December 1997 inside the palace, with puppets from several countries and a festival every December.

Set in the former Royal Convent of El Carmen, founded in the 13th century and taken into municipal hands after the 1836 disentailment.

Museum of the Alpuente dinosaurs, with fossils from Corcolilla and La Losilla. Visits via the tourist office.

A sacred-art collection housed in the sacristy and upper rooms of the parish church, gathering liturgical objects used in worship…

Religious art from the parish of Alcalá de Chivert: metalwork, images and vestments kept beside the church of San Juan.

House-museum built by painter Josep Segrelles from 1940, with over 150 original works, book illustrations and an 11,000-volume library.

Over 450 toys in the former Payá factory: the history of the Ibi toy industry.

Paper museum in the 1903 Villa Rosario chalet. The paper-making craft and old mills, with a collection of 1300 cigarette booklets.

In Torrevieja's port you can step inside the S-61 Delfín, the only Spanish Navy submarine turned into a museum ship, around 58 metres long,…

Museum of the Moors and Christians festival of Alcoy, documented since the 17th century.

A restored manor house in the old town that walks you through Oliva's history from prehistory to the 16th century, with pieces from the…

Archaeological museum housed in the old Hospital de Sant Marc, a building founded in the 14th century by Alfons el Vell, first Duke of…

Museum of Iberian and Roman Edeta: finds from Mura, the mausoleums and Tossal de Sant Miquel. Start here.

Xàbia's municipal archaeology and ethnography museum, housed in the 17th-century Renaissance palace of Antoni Banyuls in the old town.

Traces the long history of the Bocairent area, from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages, with finds from local sites such as the Cova…

A municipal museum of temporary exhibitions opened in 2015, in the historic heart of Benidorm in the house that once held the old town…

An 18th-century manor on Calle Mayor that was the home of the Enlightenment scholar Gregorio Mayans i Siscar, now a branch of Valencia's…

Free ethnological museum installed in an old farmhouse from the early 20th century: dormitorios (bedrooms), cocina (kitchen), almazara…

An ethnographic museum that recreates the traditional trades and everyday life of Bocairent, a town with a long textile and blanket-making…

Housed in the Casa de l'Ensenyança, a classicist building of the mid-18th century, it holds one of the largest public painting collections…

Museum of Manises ceramics in the Casanova house, from lustreware to today. Next to Obradors.

Municipal museum with the leading collection of medieval Paterna ware, the historic town craft. With tower and caves.

A curious museum in the cloister of the Franciscan La Concepción school, with a botanical garden of Spanish, African and American species.

Xàtiva's city museum occupies the Almodí, the old grain exchange built in the mid-16th century, with an original Gothic façade and a…

Museum of horchata and tiger nut (chufa) housed in El Machistre, a traditional farmhouse surrounded by the Alboraya huerta.

Local archaeology and ethnology, with rooms on the Tárrega guitar legacy. A historic house in town.

Set in the Baluarte del Príncipe, in the building of the former schools, this small museum gathers Peníscola's seafaring history in three…

A museum housed in the former church of Sant Nicolau, devoted to the Festes Sexennals that every six years fill Morella's streets with…

Opened in 2022 in the former Manuel Revert textile factory beside the Clariano river, it recalls how the Ontinyent-Alcoi-Bocairent triangle…

Set in a group of noble houses on Calle Tamarit (15th–18th c.), saved from demolition in 1985, sharing its building with the Central…

Interactive museum opened in 2008 that unpacks Gandia's Fallas: how the monuments are built, the gunpowder, the fire and the festival…

Opened in 2001 at the headquarters of the Societat de Festers, it gathers the heritage of Ontinyent's Moors and Christians: ceremonial…

Devoted to Bocairent's Moors and Christians festival in honour of Sant Blai, one of the oldest still celebrated.

A palaeontology museum in the old town, next to Sant Miquel church, devoted to the dinosaurs unearthed across the Els Ports region.

Museum opened in 2002 in the former convent of Sant Vicent Ferrer (1590).

Spot where the Palancia rises, in a canyon reached on the PR-CV 275 from Los Cloticos.

Source of the Tuéjar river with the El Azud weir pool, the Fuente de la Saz picnic area, riverside tracks and the Mediodía viewpoint over…

The Font de la Coveta spring in the mill valley below Bocairent, signed as the birthplace of the 96 km Vinalopó river.

Primitive Valencian Gothic oratory, probably 13th century, with a medieval Last Judgment panel by the Mestre de Borbotó.

13th-century counts' palace, a Gothic-Renaissance residence of Roger de Lauria.

Fortified palace next to the basilica, home of the town archaeology museum, with Muslim wall remains at its base.

Known as the 'little Valencian Alhambra', this palace-castle sits on the site of the old Moorish fortress, with Arab courtyards and rooms…

Palace of the marquises built between 1471 and 1477 over 13th-century walls, with three square towers and Baroque frescoes.

18th-century palace on Reloj street. The main civic building of the canyon town.

16th-17th century palace-fortress, Gothic-Renaissance with four towers, today the town hall.

Palace from around 1780, reformed in 1850, with 18th-century Valencian tiles and a tiled kitchen. In municipal use since 1993.

Former residence of the Viscounts of Chelva over the Muslim castle, from the late 14th century, in the centre.

A 15th-century Gothic palace built over the former Islamic fortress, declared a National Historic-Artistic Monument in 1982.

A 15th-18th century building next to the porxets of the Plaça Major, today the seat of Ontinyent's Town Hall.

The Gothic palace of the Borja (Borgia) family holds over 500 years of history, with rooms such as the Hall of Crowns and the Golden…

19th-century mansion of the Nolla mosaic factory, restored and visitable.

17th-century dam gorge on the Amadorio with a plank walkway on the cliff, two viewpoints and a 9.5 km circular mule-path route.

Meadow with picnic tables beside a calm Mijares stretch, in the official bathing census. Playa Molino and Playa Puente for summer swims.

Three linked pools of the Sellent in Bolbaite, with a wooden bridge, picnic lawns and the 25 m Gorgo Cadena; check access before visiting.

A protected natural area declared in 2007 covering some 538 hectares of the Turia river gorges, where the water has carved a spectacular…

A roughly 17-hectare natural area at the northern end of La Mata beach, one of the last remnants of the dune system that once covered this…

Municipal nature reserve of some 560 ha in Gandia's mountains, protected by the Generalitat since 2004, with trails, pinewoods and an…

At the foot of the castle, these gardens sit on the defensive bastions raised in the 16th century to fend off Barbary pirate raids.

Large seafront urban park of about 19 hectares at the southern edge of the city, with more than 7,000 palm trees.

A large neoclassical linear park designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, separating the old town from the modern city.

One of Burjassot's most ecologically valuable spaces, a Mediterranean pine wood of around 33,000 m² that preserves original native…

Terraced park on the slope of Mount Benacantil, right below Santa Bárbara castle.

A former 19th-century farm and agronomy station turned into a large public park in Burjassot, with the Casa de la Cultura, old train…

A protected wetland of around 1,250 ha between Oliva and Pego, with exceptionally clean waters.

Over 7,700 protected hectares with 12 km of unspoilt coastline, hidden coves, cliffs and the Badum watchtower gazing over the…

A marine-and-land natural park stretching between Benidorm, l'Alfàs del Pi and Altea, protected since 2005 as the first marine-terrestrial…

One of Torrevieja's best-loved urban parks, with a large central lake whose outline reproduces the map of Europe as a symbol of union…

Municipal park beside the río Buñol and a common starting point for the comarca's hiking routes.

The largest lake in Spain, ringed by rice paddies and the pine woods of the Devesa del Saler, where paella was invented.

Large protected range of holm oak, yew pockets and snow-well heritage, entered at its interpretation centre with signed routes inside.

The largest natural park in the Valencian Community (over 31,000 ha), shared by Requena, Venta del Moro and Villargordo del Cabriel.

A 3,743-hectare natural park with two large salt lagoons: the Torrevieja one, an astonishing pink colour caused by the microscopic alga…

A protected massif around the 1,813 m summit, with the Sant Joan sanctuary at its base. Snow in winter; access via Vistabella.

A metropolitan green corridor that follows the living Turia river upstream of the city, with nearly 5,000 hectares of pine woods, riverside…

The water park closest to València, right next to the Bonaire shopping centre in Aldaia, about 20 minutes from the city centre.

This is the oldest and most important church in Torrevieja, raised facing the sea on the Plaza de la Constitución.

Set in the heart of the historic San Roque district, one of Torrevieja's most characterful old seafaring neighborhoods, this parish is the…

This is the only church in the fishing village of El Palmar and the only one in the entire Valencia diocese dedicated to the Christ Child…

Affectionately known as the "Cathedral of the Sea", this parish began as a humble fishermen's chapel whose first stone was laid in 1921 in…

Linear 10.5 km walk (2:45 h) along the Cabriel from the 18th-century river noria to the hamlet of Caballeros.

Calm Ebrón reach at the Torrebaja weir, with poplars and a recreation area on the right bank. The river runs 21 km from Tormón to the Turia.

An underground complex of grain silos dug from 1573 to store the wheat that supplied the city of Valencia, declared a National…

A natural stone arch above the Gallinera valley, on an official medium-difficulty 7.5 km route via an abandoned village.

A large, oddly shaped boulder tied to local legend: Samson is said to have wagered he could hurl it with a single finger from Navarrés…

A walled town on a rocky outcrop surrounded by the sea, crowned by the Templar castle where Pope Luna lived.

1558 metre roof of the province at the eastern end of the Prebaetic, with signed trails above the Marina valleys.

Highest top of the Espadán range at 1106 m, reached from the Nevera pass with wide views over three comarcas.

Fortified Iberian hilltop on the Sierra Martes crest with guided visits and wide views over the Magro and Júcar valleys.

Roof of the Caroche massif at 1126 m, climbed on a 19 km graded trail from Bicorp with 1115 m of ascent through the Barranco Salado forest.

A 1060 m summit of Sierra Martes with a 17.70 ha flora microreserve and views to the coast and inland.

A 1,054 m summit above Chelva with a medieval sanctuary, dense Alcotas forest and a viewpoint over the valley.

A wooded 1069 m summit above Aín, with cork oaks and a viewpoint, in the 51 km range across three districts.

Roof of the Hoces del Cabriel park at 1041 m, with views over the Rubial slopes, the Cabriel depression and the Cuenca plains.

Rock shelters with Levantine cave art, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998, at the Morella la Vella farmstead about 6 km from the…

One of Morella's most photogenic squares, at the end of Carrer Blasco de Alagón and beside the gate of the same name, with white façades…

Opened in 1843, this is the oldest bullring in the Valencian Community, carved entirely out of the living rock of a small hill.

One of the most charming squares in the old town, presided over by the Font de la Trinitat, a Gothic fountain of 1403 reckoned the oldest…

Medieval arcaded main square, with the Motxa tower remnant. Old town lanes around it.

The heart of public life since the 16th century, it sits at the foot of the wall overlooking the Sant Jaume-Almaig ravine.

A long, semi-wild stretch of around 3.2 kilometres at the northern end of Sagunto's coast, mixing sand and gravel beside dunes with…

Virgin beach north of the urban promenade, a rarity on the Valencian coast for keeping its dune system almost intact with no buildings…

A golden-sand beach at the southern end of Oliva's coast, next to the mouth of the Bullent river and the Pego-Oliva marsh.

A beach of fine golden sand on Sagunto's coast, backed by a belt of natural dunes with native flora.

A short walk from the packed promenade of Platja Nord, this three-kilometre virgin beach hides behind a cordon of living dunes with not a…

A small urban beach about 120 metres long tucked between the two big ones, at the foot of Canfali hill beside the old town.

One of the few fine-sand beaches in the Serra d'Irta Natural Park, on the unspoilt coast south of Peníscola.

A short, low-key stretch of sand south of Gandía, cut off from the world by a cordon of low dunes with Mediterranean vegetation and backed…

The only undeveloped beach on Alboraya's coast, at its northern end, between the mouth of the Carraixet ravine and the Patacona.

A river beach on the Turia with picnic grounds and step-free access, the busiest swimming spot in the village in summer.

The central square and social heart of Chulilla, presided over by the town hall and tourist office, with its fountain, bars and shops.

The heart and original core of El Palmar, right beside the church, where the village's first barracas were built.

19th-century bullring, with a bullfighting museum.

Walled Iberian settlement on Tos Pelat hill, discovered in 1920. Open-air remains.

Fortified Edetani settlement in the Calderona, second after Tossal de Sant Miquel. Reached on foot.

A small single-arch ashlar stone bridge that for centuries carried the road across the Vera irrigation channel between Alboraya and the…

This 16th-century stone bridge, built around 1520 over the Clariano ravine, is Ontinyent's best-known landmark.

Nicknamed Valencia's 'little Venice', this marina neighbourhood has navigable canals between brightly painted houses in the Burano style,…

A narrow gateway cut into the living rock and fortified in the Middle Ages, the only entrance to the walled old town atop the crag.

A gate in the walls beside the harbour, opened on Pope Luna's orders around 1414 to give the fortress access from the sea; his coat of arms…

The first Christian gate opened in Ontinyent's wall in 1256; it led to the Plaça del Castell or de Sant Roc, where the medieval market was…

A string of crystal-clear pools carved into rock by the Clariano river on the outskirts of Ontinyent, a classic spot for natural-pool…

Deep Mijares pool below Vallat village, beside the Salto del Agua fall and La Salud spring.

A natural pool of ferruginous water, very rich in iron salts, regarded as a genuine open-air natural spa.

Below the slope of Mount Benacantil, by the entrance to Ereta park, lie 19th-century cisterns carved into the rock that became an air-raid…

A former jail set on the ground floor of the Casa de la Vila, Morella's 14th-century Gothic town hall beside Carrer Blasco de Alagón.

Pools and small falls at the head of the Polop, with a picnic ground and a signed trail inside a municipal nature area.

Serpis narrows on the old rail greenway: tunnels, weirs and factory remains on a 10.7 km easy out-and-back rated 4.8.

Benidorm's tallest skyscraper and the tallest residential building in the European Union: two 47-storey twin towers joined near the top by…

A fortress-monastery built on the orders of Jaume I in the 13th century to guard the revered image of the Mare de Déu del Puig, patron…

Two underground galleries built beneath the Municipal Market during the Civil War to shelter residents from bombing raids, now turned into…

1938 air-raid shelter under the Cervantes park. Underground galleries open to visits recalling the wartime bombings Alcoy endured.

A complex of trenches, bunkers, tunnels and machine-gun nests that formed part of the Republican 'Inmediata' defensive line, the closest to…

An inland medieval town known for its wine, with the La Villa quarter and an underground labyrinth of caves dug in the Muslim era beneath…

Remains of the Muslim Alcazaba and its walls among the old-town houses, a listed asset. Town walk.

Waymarked PR-CV 131.9 (19.9 km, 6 h) from the hamlet of Sesga through the Vall del Agua and Vallurgo ravines.

Two hanging bridges with wooden decks and steel cables that cross the Turia canyon, descendants of the paths opened by the "pantaneros"…

A 7.1 km circular trail from the parks of Buñol to the Turche cave, through the river park and its springs.

Council hall from 1620, historic trading and meeting place in the old quarter by the church.

41 hectare former saltpan in the town centre, with 173 bird species, flamingos and black-winged stilts.

The Sellent river drops 25 m at the edge of Chella, the tallest falls in the county, with a riverside path, an old power station and a pool…

A striking narrowing of the Turia canyon, about 160 m deep and barely 10 m wide, the tightest point of the gorges.

60 metre fall into the Júcar canyon by a rough castle path; the basin allows a dip, not a swim.

The sanctuary of Morella's patron, set in a wooded spot within the municipality and tied to the historic Sexenni pilgrimage that brings the…

Sanctuary remains from Iberian and Roman periods on a headland over the sea, near the Malladeta watchtower.

A sanctuary dedicated to Peníscola's patron, the Mare de Déu de l'Ermitana, built between 1708 and 1714 in Baroque style over an older…

Former Dominican preachers convent church with the medieval patron image and mural paintings.

A neo-Byzantine sanctuary built between 1891 and 1897 atop the hill beside Cullera Castle, crowned by a striking bell tower with a…

16th-century hill sanctuary of the patron of Utiel, in the sierra. The mountain chapel of the wine town.

18th-century sanctuary a kilometre from the old town, with a Rococo chapel dated 1770.

Sanctuary atop the Muntanyeta del Salvador, built between 1927 and 1966, with views over Alcira and the Ribera.

Modernist sanctuary from 1918-1946, by José Sala Sala, next to Mola castle with broad views.

A riverside trail from Ademuz along the Bohílgues, past pools, cascades and standing flour mills, with river and cliff birds.

A municipal theatre-auditorium opened in 2002 and the leading cultural venue in Aldaia, seating 713 with a generous 362 m² stage able to…

A municipal theatre built in the early 20th century as the assembly hall of the local athenaeum, beside the headquarters of Alboraya's…

The city's main theatre, opened in 1847 to a design by architect Emilio Jover Pierron.

Gandia's municipal theatre, raised in 1921 on the site of the old Teatro Circo and named after Valencian composer José Serrano, author of…

Theatre built between 1914 and 1925, dedicated to the composer Ruperto Chapí. The town's main stage.

Historic 19th-century theatre with a classical façade, in the old centre. Plays and concerts run year round.

A theatre built in 1945 to plans by the Valencian architect Joaquín Rieta, over the former Teatro Circo of 1902, and fully restored in…

A 1st-century theatre carved into the castle hillside, it was the first monument declared of national interest in Spain (1896) and still…

Valencian art-deco theatre built in 1934-1935 to plans by Juan Guardiola.

Musealised Roman sanctuary and baths of Edeta, the largest complex of Roman Llíria. With the MALL museum.

A large amusement park opened in 2000, inspired by the ancient civilisations of the Mediterranean.

Blue headwater pool on the Vinalopó near the Font de la Coveta spring, on a 16 km easy loop with 419 m of climbing. Fullest in early summer.

Arab tower by the Sant Miquel hermitage, a listed monument and the second listed site of the town after the castle.

A stout circular watchtower with an Arabic-origin name, perched on a cliff nearly 100 m high in the heart of the Serra d'Irta Natural Park,…

Coastal watchtower declared an asset of cultural interest, part of the old defence line of the bay, close to the centre on the hillside.

Excavated Islamic farmstead with a 16.5-metre tower, abandoned after the 1348 plague. Reached by rural track.

1580 watchtower, 25 metres tall, guarding the entrance to the Morvedre valley. Exterior viewing.

A cylindrical 16th-century watchtower that the Duke of Gandía had built to spot Barbary pirates, standing beside the mouth of the river…

This truncated-cone watchtower stands right on the seafront of El Puig beach, beside the promenade, built in the second half of the 16th…

2nd-century Roman funerary tower, also known as Torre de San José, a rare surviving Roman monument in the area.

Crowning the Calvary, beside the Sant Josep chapel, stands this 9th-century Islamic watchtower with a square plan, built of rammed earth…

Almohad tower from the 12th-13th centuries at the edge of the centre, one of the oldest standing structures in town.

A cylindrical 16th-century tower, one of the four corner towers that defended the castle-palace of the Centelles, counts of Oliva from…

Coastal watchtower declared an asset of cultural interest, on the shoreline road toward Calp, one of the two listed towers of the town.

A watchtower beside La Mata beach, raised to defend the old salt loading wharf against corsair raids.

A 13th-century Islamic tower with a square plan and truncated-cone shape, on the castle-hill slope facing the Barri del Pou; it was part of…

Renaissance watchtower, a listed monument standing near the beach at the sea end of the Valldigna corridor.

A 16th-century watchtower at the southern edge of Serra Gelada Natural Park, within Benidorm's municipal area.

A medieval Islamic watchtower (probably 11th century) crowning the Alto de Mariola, deep in the Serra de Mariola.

Arab-origin tower with shields and inscriptions, symbol of Paterna above the cave quarter.

This nearly square watchtower was raised between the 8th and 9th centuries in the Andalusi period using stone and rammed earth coated with…

16th-century watchtower on the seafront promenade. Inside there is a small museum about the coast.

Built between the 8th and 9th centuries, this square rammed-earth tower lined with lime was part of Serra castle's alert and surveillance…

The defensive tower that gives the town its name and image: 22 metres high above the Plaza Mayor, built in the 13th century with Arabic…

10th-11th century tower, of Taifa origin, now housing a small museum. A stop in the village centre.

16th-century coastal watchtower on the Les Rotes cliffs south of the town, one of several towers that guarded this coast.

A watchtower about 20 metres tall, built in 1577 under Felipe II at the mouth of the Júcar to defend the coast against Barbary pirate…

A coastal watchtower atop Cabo Cervera whose origins date to the early 14th century, built to warn of Barbary pirate raids.

16th-century watchtower on the coast, south of the old town. Part of the historic coastal defence.

In the heart of the old town, on the Cantó de la Torre, stands this 9th-century Islamic defensive tower built of rammed earth and lime…

Free-standing 1634 Mudejar tower, unique in the Valencian Community. Climbed on guided visits, with views over the Palancia valley.

13th-century Muslim tower built into the Borja palace and restored in the nineties. A stop on the Ruta dels Borja.

The two battlemented fourteenth-century towers flanking the main gate of Morella's wall are linked by a bridge joining the two keeps.

An archaeological site atop the hill that closes Poniente beach, declared a Cultural Heritage Asset (BIC) in 2023.

At 785 metres above sea level, at the head of the Barranc de la Nevera, stands this circular snow well built in 1706 with a capacity of…

Two museum spaces revealing Roman Sagunto beneath the old town. The Vía del Pòrtic preserves 60 metres of 1st-century Roman roadway, the…

Municipal museum with archaeology from Phoenician to Roman periods plus fishing and seafaring collections, in a modern building.

Walled medieval town on the rock: gates, Alhama tower, Piedad church and town hall.

1911 modernista villa in the Las Villas colony, facing the sea. A reminder of bourgeois summers a century ago.

Meander of the Palancia that cut a rock amphitheatre below Jérica castle. Riverside walk with picnic area, mill channel and climbing walls.

A noble town of stately streets, fountains and palaces in the La Costera district, birthplace of the Borgia popes.

Visigothic palace whose carved stones fill the castle MuPla. See the area, then the finds.