Living in Sant Antoni, Valencia: a neighborhood guide

Living in Sant Antoni

Sant Antoni (play_arrow) is a compact, densely built barrio in the north of the La Saïdia district. Avenida de la Constitución separates it from Tormos to the west, Avenida del Primat Reig from Orriols to the north, and the line 4 tram tracks from Morvedre to the south, with Benimaclet beyond its eastern edge.

In Castilian it is San Antonio. The name comes from the parish church of Sant Antoni Abat, Saint Anthony the Abbot, on Carrer de Sagunt. In 1313 the Hospitallers of Saint Anthony bought land here, outside the city by the road to Sagunt, for a small hospital and hermitage; the convent and church followed between 1476 and 1492. Since 1899 the buildings have belonged to the Salesians, who run a school on the site.

The church still anchors the barrio's best-known tradition: every January, around the saint's day on 17 January, owners bring their animals to Carrer de Sagunt to be blessed. A little further along the same street, the small church of Sant Llàtzer is what remains of a leper hospital founded after the Christian conquest in the 13th century.

According to the Ajuntament's municipal register, 10,198 people lived in Sant Antoni on 1 January 2025, on just 25.0 hectares, which makes it the most densely populated of the three barrios covered here. Expect narrow streets, mid-rise blocks and shops on almost every ground floor.

Transport and trade-offs: the Sagunt stop on tram line 4 is on its southern edge and Trinitat, on lines 4 and 6, is just to the south-east. Housing is mostly older and parking is hard, but rents are among the lowest in the district. Morvedre and the river are a few minutes south, and Tormos is across the avenue to the west.