Things to Do in Valencia
2026

L'Albufera

Valencia province - 20 km - 30 min

Boat ride, sunset, paella

Sagunto

Valencia province - 30 km - 35 min

Roman theatre, castle, free entry

Coves de Sant Josep

Castellon province - 50 km - 50 min

Underground river, rainy days

Morella

Castellon province - 170 km - 2 h 15

Walled town, castle, truffle

Vilafamés

Castellon province - 85 km - 1 h 15

Red-rock village, art museum

Cullera

Valencia province - 45 km - 40 min

Castle, beach, kayaking

Montanejos

Castellon province - 90 km - 1h15

Thermal river swimming

Peñíscola

Castellon province - 140 km - 1h30

Walled old town, castle

Year-round, Avenida de Suecia 25

Visit Mestalla Stadium

Mestalla has been home to Valencia CF since 1923, making it one of the oldest top-flight grounds in Spain. Capacity sits at roughly 49,000 and matchdays draw a famously vocal crowd packed into steep, close-to-the-pitch stands. A guided tour runs most non-matchdays and takes in the dressing rooms, tunnel and trophy room. The stadium sits on Avenida de Suecia, a 10 minute walk from Ruzafa and one stop from Aragó on metro lines 5 and 7. The club will eventually move to the new Nou Mestalla, so see the historic ground while it is still in use.

ACB and EuroLeague season, Oct to Jun

Watch Valencia Basket at Roig Arena

Valencia Basket is one of Spain's most consistent top-flight clubs and a regular in European competitions. The team moved into Roig Arena in October 2025, a 15,600 seat venue on Carrer del Bomber Ramón Duart in Quatre Carreres, designed by HOK and ERRE and funded by Mercadona founder Juan Roig. The club's long-time home was Pabellón Fuente de San Luis (La Fonteta), a 9,000 seat box famous for putting fans right on top of the floor. Most home games run weekday evenings or weekend afternoons across the long ACB and EuroLeague or EuroCup calendar, with tickets cheaper and easier to get than at most top European basketball clubs.

Thermals May to September, best in spring and autumn

Kitesurf the Valencia coast

The afternoon Garbí sea breeze makes this coast reliably rideable right through the summer, and the water is warm, shallow and forgiving. The catch is that kiting is only permitted inside marked channels and there are very few of them. The buoyed zone at the southern end of El Perellonet, about 20 km south of the city, is the one that matters closest to Valencia, and there has been a school teaching on that beach since 2001. Patacona and Malvarrosa come into their own in autumn and winter, once the crowds thin out and the fronts arrive.

Best April to October for the coast, year round for Montanejos

Take a day trip out of the city

Cullera, Montanejos and Peniscola are all close enough to see properly in a single day: a hilltop castle and kayaking on the Júcar at Cullera, a 25 °C spring you can swim in all year at Montanejos, or a walled old town and clifftop castle at Peniscola.

Most of the year, best in spring and autumn

Play tennis on Valencia's red clay

Municipal sports centres run by the Fundació Esportiva Municipal rent courts by the hour with no membership, while the private clubs are where the city's clay tradition lives, led by the Club de Tenis Valencia, founded in 1905. Two professional clay tournaments are played here too: the Copa Faulconbridge on the ATP Challenger Tour and the BBVA Open Internacional de Valencia, a WTA 125 event.

Year-round, indoor clubs in the metro area

Book a padel court or a lesson

Padel courts are booked club by club in Valencia, through each club's own app, its website or Playtomic, and several well-known clubs are in Paterna or the towns south of the city rather than in Valencia itself. Our venue list shows where each club really is, how it prices a 90-minute game and where to book lessons or join an open match.