Picnic package
Are you going to Valencia, to enjoy your holidays and would you like to enjoy a delicious picnic in Valencia? That’s possible, there are many nice spots in Valencia to have a picnic and with a picnic package of Tours Valencia your picnic will be even more successfull.
What
If you would like to have a picnic on one of the many wonderful spots of Valencia, than make a booking for a Picnick package of Tours Valencia. In this package you can find many delicious and surprising bites and drinks. If you are visiting Valencia with the whole family, you can surprise your children with a surprising picnic package. Besides that they will enjoy the drinks and bites, they will probably enjoy themselves for a while with the surprise.
How
At the moment you book a picnic package, we will discuss where and at what time we will meet to give you the picnic package. If you would like to find a good picnic spot you can choose to go by bike, walking or by taking the bus/metro.
Where
In Valencia you can find many beautiful spots to have a great picnic. Keep in mind that, especially during the summer months, a picnic place with some shadow really can be recommended. Some nice and beautiful places where you can find various spots to have a picnic are:
- Turia parc
- The beach
- El Saler
Costs
Luxury Picnic package for 2 persons: 30 euro
Included:
- Bottle of water;
- Bottle of bubbels or a bottle of soft drink (cola/fanta/orange juice);
- Fresh fruit;
- 2 Magdalena’s (kind of cake/muffin)
- 2 luxury chocolates;
- Olives;
- 4 mini empanadas;
- Assortment of luxury mini sandwiches.
The luxury picnic package will be delivered in a handy and cool bag with napkins and luxurious plastic champagne glasses. A great advantage of this Picnic package is that, after a delicious and relaxing picnic you don’t have to bring back a picnic basket full with dishes, you can keep everything.
Kids surprising Picnic package for 2 children: 25 euro
Included:
- Bottle of water;
- Bottle of softdrink (cola/fanta/orange juice);
- Fresh fruit;
- 2 Magdalena’s (kind of cake/muffin);
- 2 bags of candies;
- 2 bags of chips;
- Surprise;
- Assortment of mini sandwiches for children.
The surprising picnic package for kids will be delivered in a handy and cool bag with napkins and plastic glasses. A great advantage of this Picnic package is that, after a delicious and relaxing picnic you don’t have to bring back a picnic basket full with dishes, you can keep everything. Another advantage is that the kids will enjoy themselves for a little while with this suprising picnic package.
Optional
For an even more comfortable Picnic we offer:
- A Picnic blanket of 130×170 cm, Price: € 4
- A wine cooler (put it in the freezer, take it out, and turn it around the bottle), Price: € 3
How to book a tapastour of Verrassend Valencia?
• E-mail: info@toursvalencia.nl
• Telephone: (0034) 644384403
• Contactform.
Bars with free WIFI
There are several spots in Valencia, where you are able to connect to WIFI internet for free. For some addresses, have a look at this page.
What
In case you are visiting Valencia for leisure or business reasons, you might want to look up some things on the internet, once in a while. There are some places in Valencia, where you are able to connect to a WIFI network for free. If you have a laptop, I phone, IPod touch or another type of mobile phone with which you can receive WIFI, you could make use of the free WIFI on different spots in Valencia.
Locations
At various places in Valencia you are able to connect to a free WIFI network. Nowadays, in hotels, they offer sometimes free WIFI. There are also some restaurants, bars and other locations where you can make use of free WIFI.
If you know a spot where you can have free WIFI, just let us know and we will add it to our list!
Addresses
- Amadeus
Calle del Padre Perera, 5
46006 Valencia
Amadeus is a very cozy café/restaurant located in the district Ruzafa. You can go to Amadeus, to have a coffee, but they also serve lunch and dinner or just for a small bite.
- Barcode
Calle Almirante Cadarso, 11
46005 Valencia
Barcode is a cocktail bar/juice bar, but you can also have a coffee, a good glass of wine or a beer. The owners of Barcode, Silvia and Amadeo, are Italian and very nice and friendly people and directly you get a very welcome feeling. In Barcode you can sit inside at the bar, at one of the tables at the back or at the terrace. Barcode is only closed on Mondays.
- Bufit
Calle de Sornells
46006 Valencia
Bufit is a quite new spot in Valencia. Bufit serves lunch and dinner, but you can also have a drink and use the free WIFI.
- Café & Té
Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 8
46002 Valencia
Café & Té is a big chain and you will find many Café & Té’s throughout Spain. Also in Valencia there are several Café & Té’s. At some places you can use their free WIFI, but other places don’t offer this WIFI service. Normally, they hang a paper on the window to inform people if they have free WIFI. In Café & Té you can have breakfast, lunch, dinner, but also for a small bite and/or a drink you can go to this café/restaurant.
Tips
If you haven’t got a mobile telephone with internet option or laptop, than you could go to an internet café. In Carrer de Castelló/Calle de Castellon (street behind Plaza de Toros) is an internet café (1 euro per hour), but also in calle Cadíz are 2 internet café’s.
Would you like to have a tourist guide of Valencia in PDF format or a tourist guide of Valencia for on your mobile? That’s possible. Have a look at the virtual tourist information of Valencia
Horchataría
During the summer months and holidays, you will see many Horchataría’s in the streets. There are also some very well known Horchataría’s in Valencia all year round open.
Horchata
Horchata is a quite popular drink in the region and city Valencia. Horchata you can drink in a Horchataría, during the summer months on the streets in Valencia, in the supermarket or you can ask in a bar if they got Horchata. Horchata is a drink that looks like milk, but it is made of a kind of nuts, water and sugar. Probably the best option is to try fresh Horchata in a Horchatería.
Address
Horchataría Fabian
Calle Ciscar, 5
46006 Valencia
Horchataría Santa Catalina
Plaza Santa Catalina, 6
46001 Valencia
Tips
If you are going to have a Horchata, you might want to combine it with some Fartons. Fartons are a kind of bread which you can for example dip into the horchata.
Museums
Are you visiting Valencia and would you like to know more about the museums in Valencia? Then have a look at this page for interesting information.
Museo de Bellas Artes de San Pío V
The museum is located next to the Turia park between the bridges “Trinidad” and “Real”. In the museum “de Bellas Artes” you can not only find a large variety of paintings from the period 14th – 19th century, but also the building itself is worth to have a look at. The collection of historical paintings is the most important one of the region Valencia. The museum exists of an interesting permanent collection of paintings, but there are often also temporary expositions. The permanent collection exists of, among others paintings of Francisco Ribalta, Diego Velázquez, Antoon van Dyck, José de Ribera and Francisco de Goya and Lucientes.
In the museum there is also a “Cafetería”, where you can have a drink or something to eat. Furthermore there is a museum shop, where you can buy different souvenirs as postcards and posters with a picture of a painting on it.
Opening hours
Tuesday- Sunday from 10.00 – 20.00 hour.
Price
Free entrance
Address
Calle San Pío V, 9
46010 Valencia
Website
Would you like to have information about the museum or want to know more about the temporary expositions, then you could have a look at Museo de Bellas Artes.
IVAM “Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno”
The “Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno” or Modern Museum of Valencia is worth visiting if you are interested in a variety of diverse modern art. In the year 1984 the IVAM was established in order to highlight the characteristics of the modern and contemporary art. The collection exists of more than 10.000 artworks from the 20th century. There is also some special attention given to the origin of modern art. In the IVAM you can find a variety of styles, among others cubism, surrealism, and popart. There permanent collection of the IVAM is divided into 4 divisions, namely: photography, new media and installations, popart and abstraction.
Besides the permanent collection in the museum for modern art, there are regularly temporary expositions. Furthermore there are often activities organized as lectures, courses and workshops.
Opening hours
Tuesday- Sunday from 10.00 – 20.00 hour.
Price
General: € 2,-
Students: € 1,-
Handicap: Free entrance
Sundays: Free entrance
Address
Calle Guillem de Castro, 118
46003 Valencia
Website
Would you like to have information about the museum or want to know more about the temporary expositions, then you could have a look at IVAM.
Museo Fallero
The Fallas, that take place in the month March, are the biggest celebration/party in Valencia. During the Fallas, everywhere you will be able to see Ninots/ Fallas. These are big sculptures that the Fallas associations (kind of carnival association) are making every year and showing them during the Fallas on the street. You are able to see these sculptures during 4 days and then they will all be burned, except 1. Only 1 Ninot will be saved every year. The Ninots that are saved are exhibited in the Fallero museum. If you would like to get an impression of these huge and beautiful sculptures, then a visit at the “Museo Fallero” can be recommended.
Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 10.00 – 14.00 and from 16.00 – 19.00 hour
Saturday 10.00 – 13.30 hour
During the month august, the museum will be closed.
Price
Adults: € 4,-
Groups of adults: € 3,-
Students (older than 12 year): € 3,-
Groups of students older than 12 year: € 2,50
Children (younger than 12 year): € 2,50
Groups of children younger than 12 year: € 2,-
Retired: € 2,50
Teachers do not have to pay entrance and groups are starting from 20 persons.
Address
Avenida San José Artesano, 17
46025 Valencia
Website
Would you like to have information about the museum, then you could have a look at Museo Fallero. Unfortunately the website is only available in Spanish.
Museo Histórico Municipal
In the “Museo Histórico Municipal”, in other words the Municipal Historic museum, you can find various paintings, relics and other objects related to the history of Valencia.
Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 09.00 – 14.00 hour
Price
Free entrance
Address
Plaza Ayuntamiento, 1
46002 Valencia
Museo Taurino
In the “Museo Taurino”, you can learn everything about bullfighting in general. Furthermore you can see how big a real bull head is, what types of clothes a bull fighter is wearing and what various symbols and flags mean. Besides the interesting information about the Bullfighting arena in Valencia and famous bullfighters, you are able to have a look inside the Bull fighting arena.
Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday
Permanent collection: 10.00 – 20.00 hour
Valencia Bullring: 10.00 – 20.00 hour (only closed in the months January, November and December)
Bullfighting video: 11.00, 13.00, 15.00, 17.00, 19.00 hour.
Price
Free entrance
Address
Pasaje del Doctor Serra, 10
46004 Valencia
Website
Would you like to have information about the museum, then you could have a look at Museo Taurino. The website is available in English, French, Castellano and Valenciano.
Tips
Keep in mind that various museums are closed on Mondays.
Tourist bus
Are you visiting Valencia and would you like to see the highlights of this innovative city? Then you might take the Touristic Bus in Valencia.
A fun way to get an impression of the city of Valencia is to take the Touristic Bus. You can choose between 3 routes, namely Historic, Maritime and Albufera (a nature park close to Valencia). The tour is available in 8 languages. If you buy a 1 day ticket, you can hop on and hop off at every Touristic Bus stop.
Tickets
There are different prices for different routes. The prices also depend on age, a 24 hour or 48 hour ticket, groups and residents. With the Valencia tourist card, you can get a discount. For the actual prices, you can have a look at Valencia Bus Turistic.
Tickets you can buy at every hotel in the city centre, but also at the tourist information, at the Touristic Bus and online on the website of the Valencia Bus Turistic. If you want to buy a ticket for the tourist bus in Valencia online, you have to keep in mind that the booking system is only available in Spanish.
Activities for kids
If you are visiting Valencia with children, you might be interested in some places to visit or activities that your kids might like a lot. On this page of Tours Valencia, you can find several recommendations.
Zoo
Many children love to observe what animals are doing; therefore the Bioparc in Valencia can be a huge success. In this beautiful Zoo, you can find various animals of the African continent as: hyenas, elephants, zebras, lions, rhinos and many more. For more information see Bioparc Valencia.
Playground Gulliver
The giant Gulliver is tied up on the floor and is laying in the Turia Park (at the end of “calle Peris y Valero”). You can enter this playground for free. There are various slides, climbing racks and often many children.
Midget Golf
Close to the playground Gulliver, there is a midget golf. You can get golf clubs and balls to play at the restaurant (next to the midget golf). If you want to get golf clubs and balls, you need a driver’s license/passport or €20 to pay as a guarantee. If you do not lose a club or a ball, the midget golf is for free.
Movie
In the Hemisfèric, that makes part of the City of Arts and Sciences, you are able to see different interesting movies on an IMAX screen. A few times a day, every day of the week, there are different movies. At the beginning of a movie, you will get earphones and you will be able to choose for a language (English, French, Spanish, Valenciano). For more information see Hemisfèric.
Family bicycle
What can be more fun than to make a tour, with a family bike (called cyclos) in the Turia park. These bikes, you can find in the Turia park, close to playground Gulliver. You can rent a bike for 2-3 or for 4-6 persons. For more information see Valenciabikes.
Science Museum
The Science museum isn’t only a place where you and your children can learn a lot about many things related to life science and technology, but it is also a lot of fun. In an interactive and fun way you learn a lot. For more information see Science museum.
Taurino Museum
The Taurino museum isn’t very big, but quite interesting. If you want to know more about bullfighting, the bullfighting area, bulls and various other related subjects, this museum is worth visiting. The entrance is free. Furthermore you can have a look inside the “Plaza de Toros”. For more information see Museo Taurino.
Lunch/dinner at 100 montaditos
At Plaza de la Reina, you can find 100 montaditos. This is a restaurant, where you can choose from 100 different kinds of small sandwiches. Furthermore, they also serve for example fries and salads. On the tables lay pens and papers and you have to fill in on a paper which sandwiches you would like to have. Also for children there are enough options they might like, as: a sandwich with tortilla de patatas, a sandwich with ham, a sandwich with cheese and of course fries.
Tips
• Spanish people are used to have dinner quite late. If your children aren’t used to have dinner late in the evening, you might want to choose the city centre to have dinner. In the city centre, several restaurants/tapasbars are open all day long or open early for dinner.
Bicycle Tour
Would you like to get an impression of the interesting elements of the historic city centre, but also of the modern architecture of Santiago Calatrava, the City of Arts and Sciences? Then we can recommend the walking and bike tour of Tours Valencia.
During a walking and bike tour all advantages of a walking tour and a bike tour are combined in 1 tour. For more information about this tour, you can have a look at walking and bike tour.
Extra
- Are you visiting Valencia with a group and do you prefer a bike tour? Please contact Tours Valencia for the possibilities.
- Would you like to discover some typical Spanish tapasbars in Valencia, where the locals go to? Then you might want to join the “Tapas tour”. For more information see Tapastour.
Great restaurants
Would you like to eat in a nice restaurant in Valencia? Then have a look at this page for an overview of some great restaurants in Valencia.
If you really love Spanish food, you can also visit the most unique and authentic tapas bars of Valencia with our tapas tour. During this tour we visit three different tapas bars and restaurants. In every tapas bar you can enjoy a tapa (selected by us) and a drink included in the price of 25 euros. Click on tapas tour for more information and reservations.
What
There are many great restaurants in Valencia, but the difficulty is to find a good restaurant with a nice atmosphere and with not only tourists, but also some local people. These restaurants normally are not listed in the common and well known travel guides. Therefore you can find here a selection of some good restaurants. Due to that “good” stays a subjective valuation, you can find an extensive description of these restaurants on this page.
Restaurante Arribar
Description
Restaurant Arribar has a large variety of rice and fish dishes, among others fish croquets, different kinds of Paella, and for example Dorado. This restaurant is located at the harbor where the America’s Cup Sail race took place. The owner of the restaurant also works in the restaurant and if you are lucky he sings some songs after lunch. You can sit inside or outside and you will have a very nice view over the harbor and the beach. The tables look great with the white table linen.
Prices
A price indication of for example a Paella Valencia (minimum 2 persons) is € 13,50 per person.
Recommendations
The Paella Valenciana is really worth trying, because it is one of the specialties of Valencia. Furthermore the sea bass in salt can be recommended.
Location
Restaurante Arribar
Port America’s Cup
Tel.: (0034) 963 449 757
Website: www.arribar.es
Restaurante Cervecería La Principal
Description
Restaurante Cervecería La Principal is a combination of a restaurant and a bar. You can have a drink and a bite at the bar or you can have an extensive dinner. The decoration is mainly modern, but there are as well some authentic Spanish details.
Price
Due to the large variety of food, there is a large price variation. This restaurant in Valencia offers from “Ensaladilla Rusa” (Russian salad with, among others potatoes, tuna, green peas, carrots) till a fish in a layer of salt, that will be taken out of the salt next to your table by the waiter.
Recommendations
You can choose to start with some tapas and then go for a main course. Due to that the tapas are that good, you might want to choose for only tapas. The homemade croquettes, the “Ensaladía Rusa” and the Steak Tartar are definitely worth trying. The fish in salt can be recommended as main course.
Location
Restaurante Cervecería La Principal
Polo y Peyrolon, 5
46021 Valencia
Tel.: (0034) 963 606 348
Restaurante Submarino
Description
Restaurant Submarino has got a large variety of fish and shell-fish. Due to that the restaurant is surrounded by a beautiful large aquarium, it feels like you are dining in the deep sea. Next to you are swimming many different kinds of fishes, while you are enjoying delicious food and a good glass of wine. In the restaurant are different places, where you can have a drink before you have dinner.
Price
In case you might choose for a “tasting” menu, it will approximately cost you € 45,-.
Recommendations
The tasting of the specialties of restaurant Submarino can be recommended.
Location
Restaurante Submarino
Calle Junta de Murs i Valls, s/n (no number)
46013 Valencia
Tel.: (0034) 961 975 565
Sagardi
Description
Sagardi has got a large bar with many types of pinchos downstairs. Pinchos are a piece of bread with a topping on it. You can ask at the bar for a plate and you can get the pinchos you like. You have to keep the sticks, because if you want to pay, they count the number of sticks you have. On the first floor you have also the possibility to have dinner.
Price
The price depends on, if you choose for some pinchos at the bar downstairs or if you are going to have dinner upstairs in the restaurant.
Recommendations
Especially during the busy hours, they are also making some warm pinchos and these are really worth trying.
Location
Sagardi
Calle San Vicente Mártir, 6
46002 Valencia
Tel.: (0034) 963 910 668
Website: www.sagardi.com
Restaurante La Sucursal
Description
The menu card of restaurant La Sucursal is in Mediterranean style. Furthermore, this restaurant also has got a large variety of wines. The decoration is quite modern and minimalistic. Due to that they made use of small black screens, there is a high level of privacy.
Price
Depending on which dishes you choose and how many courses you choose. If you want to choose for 1 of the 2 menus:
Menú Innovación € 70,-
Menú Tradición € 55,-
Recommendations
If you want to enjoy a variety of specialties, it is really recommendable to choose for one of the 2 menus.
Location
Restaurante La Sucursal
Calle Guillem de Castro, 118
46003 Valencia
Tel.: (0034) 963 746 665
Website: www.restaurantelasucursal.com
Palace Fesol
Description
Palace Fesol offers typical Valencian dishes, among others different types of rice, but also fish and meat dishes. Also offers Palace Fesol a large diversity of starters, among others Jamon de Bellota (high quality ham), Valencian tomatoes with tuna and olive oil, croquets with ham and poultry, a variety of cheeses and much more.
Atmosphere
Restaurant Palace Fesol started in the year 1909 and now is already more than 100 years old. Palace Fesol is a nice restaurant with various typical Valencian specialties.
Recommendations
Fideua is a typical Valencian dish (see rice dishes “Arroces”). Fideua is a kind of pasta, it looks like short vermicelli strings or small thin pieces of spaghetti.
Location
Palace Fesol
Calle Hernán Cortés, 7
46004 Valencia
Tel: (0034) 963 529 323
Website: http://www.palacefesol.com/index.asp
El Alto de Colon
Description
Chefkok Quique Barella Alvarez and his team renew many traditional dishes in their innovative cuisine. They keep developing and at the same time try to reach the highest level of quality and innovation.
Atmosphere
El Alto de Colon is located at the top floor of the Mercado Colon. The restaurant has got a beautiful mosaic ceiling that dates back to the beginning of the last century. The white linen on the tables gives a very stylish contrast.
Location
El Alto de Colon
Mercado de Colon (top floor)
Tel: (0034) 963 530 900
Website: http://www.grupoelalto.com/eng/
La pequeña Pulpería
Description
La pequeña Pulpería is famous for, as the name already says her Pulpo, or octopus. But there are more dishes on the menu, like different types of tapas. Furthermore you can find a large variety of pinchos (slice of bread with a topping) on the bar.
Atmosphere
La pequeña pulpería has got big and high windows through which a lot of light comes inside. The atmosphere is nice and cosy due to all the wooden details and the decorations.
Recommendations
The Pulpo can be really recommended, especially at this place.
Location
La pequeña Pulpería
Avenida de Francia, 18
46023 Valencia
TXOKO
Description
TXOKO is a nice Basque taberna which has a large variety of dishes, among others some typical Basque dishes.
Atmosphere
Due to the dark wooden tables and chairs, the light fall inside, the texts that are written on the windows and the ham, has TXOKO got a very cosy atmosphere. This taberna also exists of a big terrace with shadow during lunch. This is an ideal place to have lunch or dinner close to the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.
Recommendations
Normally you can already see some fresh products demonstrated in the display window like fish and shell-fishes. Furthermore, a ración (a portion) of ham is definitely a recommendation. During the warm summer months you can also ask if they have gazpacho.
Location
TXOKO
Avenida de Francia, 6
46023 Valencia
Valencia Tourist Card
If you are planning to use the public transport more often during your stay in Valencia, than you might want to buy a Valencia Tourist Card.
What
A Valencia Tourist Card is a card that could be interesting to buy if you are, more times a day, making use of the public transport in Valencia. During 1/2/3 days you can make unlimited use of the bus, metro or tram.
Where
You can buy a Valencia tourist card at one of the Tourist information points or at some kiosks. For example at Plaza de la Reina, Plaza Ayuntamiento, Train station North, the Airport etc.
Tips
• With the 3 day Valencia Tourist Card you are getting (till 15%) discount at various organizations as for example: the tourist bus and different museums.
Prices
A Valencia Tourist Card can be bought for 1/2/3 days.
Days – Price
1) – € 15
2) – € 20
3) – € 25
Taxi
Are you going to Valencia? Then you might want to have more helpful information about the taxis in Valencia.
What
There are many taxis in Valencia and not only tourists use a taxi, but as well many Valencian people. The color of the taxis is white.
Where
There are various places where you can find a taxi waiting in Valencia, but you can also call a taxi. Another way is to wave to a taxi that is driving. If it is not occupied, than it will stop for you. The taxis have a green light on their roof, if the light is on, it means that the taxi is free, if the light is switched off, than it means that the taxi is occupied. Especially in big streets you will see many taxis passing by.
Prices
Taxis use different rates, for example day/night/Sunday/holiday/outside the city Valencia. Depending on the day, the hour of the day and the distance, you will have to pay a certain amount of money. Taxi drivers are obliged to hang the taxi rates in the car, for example on a window or at the backside of a chair. There is a counter, where you are able to see the price.
More information
Would you like to have more information about the taxis in Valencia? Then you could have a look at the website of Taxi Valencia.
Tips
- If you are travelling with more people, then it might be cheaper to take a taxi than to take the metro and finally more comfortable.
- Keep in mind that there is a minimum rate, which is higher during the night, namely €6,-, than during day time, €3,90 .