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The Heart of Valencia

The Heart of Valencia

Valencia · Spain

14 stops5.8 km6 h 42 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Stroll through the historic center to discover the city's most iconic architecture and vibrant markets. You will walk from towering gothic gates to lush riverside gardens and golden-domed churches. This journey captures the perfect blend of Valencia's ancient roots and its lively modern spirit.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Valencia Cathedral

    Valencia Cathedral

    A Gothic masterpiece built over a Roman temple and a mosque, funded by the city's own bourgeoisie.

  2. Basilica of Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados

    Basilica of Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados

    Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados is a Christian church in Valencia, Spain.

  3. Turia Gardens

    Turia Gardens

    Jardín del Turia is a park in Valencia, Spain.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Jardines del Real

    Jardines del Real

    A royal pleasure garden turned municipal nursery with a hidden palace beneath the soil.

  6. Valencia Museum of Fine Arts

    Valencia Museum of Fine Arts

    A seventeenth-century palace housing a Velázquez self-portrait and the works of El Greco and Goya.

  7. Torres de Serranos

    Torres de Serranos

    A massive Gothic gateway built to showcase Valencia's golden age wealth and power.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.