Free things to do in València

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…

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

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

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.

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

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

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…

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…

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

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 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.