Movies and TV series filmed in Valencia: locations to visit

Valencia has played a futuristic planet, the senate district of a galactic capital, a hill-town fortress and a walled Mediterranean stronghold, and all of it sits inside one autonomous community. Most of these places are easier to visit than you might expect. Not all of them are in Valencia city, though, which is the mistake most lists make.

This guide sorts every production by where it really is: Valencia city, Valencia province, or the wider Valencian Community. Each entry says what was filmed, what the place stood for on screen and how to get there. Where official sources do not give a season, an episode or a scene, we say so instead of guessing.

Movies and series filmed in Valencia at a glance

Official film bodies name the productions and the places. Season, episode and on-screen detail come from the sources listed at the end and are marked as such in the text below.

City, province or region? How to read this guide

Valencia city is the municipality itself, including coastal districts such as El Saler. Valencia province is everything around it, from Xàtiva to Sueca. The Valencian Community is the whole autonomous region, which also includes Alicante and Castellón provinces.

Peñíscola is in Castellón province. It belongs to the Valencian Community, but it is not in Valencia province and it is not a Valencia city day out you can fit between two metro stops. It has its own section and its own day trip below.

Valencia city: the City of Arts and Sciences on screen

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The City of Arts and Sciences is where most international productions land. Valencia Region Film and Visit Valencia both list the complex for Tomorrowland, Doctor Who, Westworld, Cosmos and El Embarcadero, and the buildings they name include the Museu de les Ciències, the Hemisfèric, the Palau de les Arts and L'Umbracle. See Valencia Region Film's page on the complex and Visit Valencia's film tour.

Tomorrowland is the Disney science-fiction film directed by Brad Bird and released in 2015. Valencia Region Film says the Museu de les Ciències, the Hemisfèric and the Palau de les Arts housed set constructions and spacecraft replicas. The official sources do not say which scenes ended up on screen, so we do not either.

Doctor Who filmed here in July 2016, according to Spanish press coverage at the time, and the exteriors became the setting for "Smile", the second episode of series 10, first shown on BBC One on 22 April 2017. On screen the complex plays a spotless off-world colony. Valencia Region Film confirms the production but names no episode, so the episode detail rests on press and reference sources.

Westworld used the complex for season 3 (2020), where it was one of several locations used to create the show's near-future Los Angeles. Cosmos, the National Geographic documentary series, is listed by Valencia Region Film without a season or scene. El Embarcadero, the Movistar+ series, is listed by Visit Valencia with the Museu de les Ciències, the Hotel Meliá Valencia and Albufera areas.

For Andor, Lucasfilm's own site says the complex was used for a number of locations in Coruscant's Senate District, and the visual effects team said it looked like Coruscant from almost every angle. Details are in Lucasfilm's production feature. Spoiler warning: the Senate scenes sit in the middle of the season's story.

You can walk around the outside of the complex, and the L'Umbracle promenade is free to enter. Building tickets, opening hours and layout are in our City of Arts and Sciences guide.

Valencia province: Xàtiva, and the villages of Libre

Xàtiva Castle and Andor

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Xàtiva Castle stands on a ridge above the town of Xàtiva, in Valencia province. Film Valencia confirms that it became a location for Andor, and press coverage of the second season places it in a flashback showing a young Luthen and Kleya running a black market. That is a spoiler for season 2, so skip this paragraph if you have not finished it.

The castle is a real, steep climb over uneven stone, so wear proper shoes and allow time. Opening hours and ticket prices change by season, so check the official ticket page before you go.

By public transport, Cercanías line C-2 runs from València-Estació del Nord to Xàtiva, and the journey takes roughly an hour. The station is close to the historic centre, and the climb to the castle starts from the old town. Check the current timetable with Renfe Cercanías Valencia.

Libre: Nino Bravo's music in Valencian villages and rice country

Photo: Vicenç Salvador Torres Guerola, CC BY-SA 3.0

Libre is a romantic comedy directed by David Serrano and written by Joaquín Oristrell, inspired by the musical world of the Valencian singer Nino Bravo. It is neither a conventional biopic nor a standard musical. According to the producers, Nino Bravo himself does not appear. Alberto San Juan plays the singer as a presence that accompanies the young protagonist, Nino Torrent (Jan Serra), through his fears, a kind of invisible friend or guardian angel.

The cast also includes Lina de Sol, Secun de la Rosa and Ricardo Gómez, and the film is produced by La Terraza Films and Nadie es Perfecto, with Buena Vista International distributing it in Spain.

Atresmedia announced on 30 September 2026 that filming had finished, and Disney's Spanish press site repeated the news on 2 October. The shoot lasted six weeks across Valencia, Madrid and Málaga, and the release is planned for 2027. See Atresmedia's announcement and Disney's press page.

The producers told the press in August that the province of Valencia took up practically the whole main shoot. The places they named are El Saler, which is in Valencia city, and Sollana, Sueca, Alboraia and Alfafar, which are in Valencia province. In Sollana, a typical village house plays the home of the protagonists' grandmother. Details are in Europa Press's report from the set.

Status: filming completed, scene-by-scene location matching pending until release. We will update this section once viewers can tie scenes to exact places. Until then, treat these as places to see rather than film sets to find: they are working villages and a protected coast, and the Sollana house is somebody's property, so please do not go looking for it.

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Beyond Valencia: Peñíscola, in Castellón province

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Valencia Region Film lists Peñíscola for El Cid, Calabuch (directed by Luis G. Berlanga), Berlanga's París Tombuctú, El chiringuito de Pepe, El Ministerio del Tiempo and Game of Thrones, where it says the town is the protagonist of season 6. See its cinema routes page and the Peñíscola Film Office.

Press coverage of season 6 describes Peñíscola standing in for Meereen, with reported filming around the Plaza de Santa María, the castle garden and the Artillery Park. The official sources do not itemise scenes, so treat those spots as reported, not confirmed. Spoiler warning for season 6.

The castle is a Templar fortress at the top of the old town, and entry needs a ticket. Prices and opening times change by season, so use the castle's official prices and hours page (in Spanish).

Getting there from Valencia city is a day in itself. Plan on a train to Benicarló-Peñíscola followed by a local bus, which takes two to three hours each way depending on connections, so check Renfe before you commit. Do not add Peñíscola to a Valencia city walking route. For a fuller plan, see our Peñíscola day trip guide.

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Self-guided screen tours from Valencia

Half day in Valencia city

Take the metro or a bus to the City of Arts and Sciences and walk the outdoor spaces around the Palau de les Arts, the Hemisfèric and the Museu de les Ciències, then continue along L'Umbracle. That single walk covers the exteriors tied to Tomorrowland, Doctor Who, Westworld, Cosmos, El Embarcadero and Andor.

If you want to go inside any of the buildings, buy tickets in advance and add time. Our Valencia transport guide explains the metro, bus and bike options to get there.

Photo: MCAE Consulting, CC0 1.0

A full-day screen tour: pick one direction

Choose one coherent trip rather than stringing distant places together.

Option 1 is Xàtiva Castle for Andor, by Cercanías train from València-Estació del Nord, with time for the climb and the old town.

Option 2 is the south: El Saler and the Albufera coast, then the rice country around Sollana and Sueca for Libre. These are working places with no organised screen tour, and a car makes the day much easier. Cercanías trains towards Gandia serve towns south of the city, so check Renfe if you prefer the train.

Option 3 is Peñíscola, as its own day trip from Valencia, for Game of Thrones, El Cid, Calabuch and El Ministerio del Tiempo.

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Practical information for visiting film locations in Valencia

Check opening hours, ticket prices and train times on the official pages linked above close to your travel date. They change by season, and we have deliberately not copied them here. The details in this guide were last verified on 5 October 2026.

Castles, theatres and the Albufera natural park set their own entry and conduct rules, and the Xàtiva and Peñíscola climbs involve steps and uneven stone. If anyone in your group has limited mobility, ask the venue about step-free routes before you travel.

Film locations that are private homes or working farmland are not visitor attractions. Stay on public paths, and treat any scene-matching you read elsewhere as unconfirmed until a production or an official tourism body says so.

Where to watch films in their original language

If this guide makes you want to watch before you visit, our guide to cinemas showing films in English lists where to find original-version screenings in Valencia. For something local, the Cinema Jove guide covers the city's international film festival.

Thinking of living in Valencia? Where to go next

Exploring Valencia through its screen locations is also a good way to understand how different the city's districts, coast and surrounding towns feel. If you are considering living here, continue with our Valencia neighbourhood guides, our things to do in Valencia and our hidden gems guide.