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Valencia Audio Guide
Discover the history and soul of Valencia with 50 walking audio guides narrated by experts. From the Cathedral to the Albufera, every corner has a story worth hearing.
Valencia Audio Guide
What to see in Valencia with the EarGuide audio tour
Valencia packs over 2,000 years of history into a walkable route: Gothic landmarks like the Silk Exchange, modernist markets like the Central Market, Roman ruins beneath the Almoina, the contemporary architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences, and natural landscapes like the Albufera. All within minutes of each other.
With <strong>EarGuide's Valencia audio guide</strong>, every monument reveals its story through professional narration recorded by local historians. Unlike a free tour or a conventional guided visit, you set the pace, the order and the stops. No groups, no schedules, no internet needed.
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UNESCO Heritage
Valencia Silk Exchange Audio Guide
A World Heritage Site since 1996, the Silk Exchange is the best-preserved Gothic civil building in Spain and a unique testimony to Valencia's mercantile splendor in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Built between 1482 and 1548 by order of Valencian merchants, the Silk Exchange was for centuries the center of the silk trade, which at that time made Valencia one of the richest cities in Europe.
The Column Hall is the most impressive space: eight 17-meter-high helical columns support ribbed vaults that create an almost mystical atmosphere. Each column symbolized the wealth of a different merchant guild.
Column Hall — 8 helical columns of 17 meters
Orange Tree Courtyard — medieval garden with centennial orange trees
Merchant Prison Tower — confinement for debtors
Consulate of the Sea Golden Chamber — seat of the merchant court
35 min audioUNESCO HeritageLevel: Easy
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Valencia Silk Exchange Audio Guide
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History & Religion
Valencia Cathedral Audio Guide
Valencia Cathedral is the spiritual and historical heart of the city, and one of the most extraordinary monuments in the Valencian Community.
Built between the 13th and 15th centuries on top of a former mosque, the cathedral is an exceptional example of the transition from Romanesque to Valencian Gothic style. Its main façade, the Puerta de los Hierros, is a masterpiece of 18th-century Spanish Baroque.
Inside, the audio guide takes you before the musician angels of the sanctuary, considered masterworks of Flemish sculpture in Spain. The visit includes the Chapel of the Holy Chalice, which houses the relic identified as the Holy Grail.
Puerta de los Hierros — Baroque entrance by Juan Viñes (1703)
Musician Angels — 15th-century Flemish sculpture
Holy Chalice Chapel — possible 1st-century Holy Grail
El Miguelete — 14th-century bell tower, 207 steps
Water Tribunal — at the Apostles' Door, every Thursday
45 min audioPlaza de la Reina, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Valencia Cathedral Audio Guide
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Gastronomy & Architecture
Valencia Central Market Tour
The Central Market of Valencia is one of the largest active fresh food markets in Europe, and a jewel of Valencian modernism that combines top-tier gastronomy with stunning architecture.
Opened in 1928 and designed by architects Francesc Guàrdia i Vial and Alejandro Soler March, the market covers more than 8,000 square meters under a modernist iron and glass dome.
The audio guide leads you through the fish and seafood area, where Mediterranean products arrive fresh every morning; through the stalls of the Valencian orchard, with unique varieties of tomatoes and more.
Modernist iron and glass dome — 8,000 m²
Fish area — fresh Mediterranean products
Valencian orchard stalls — tiger nut, tomato and pepper
History of the market — from the Middle Ages to Modernism
30 min audioBest in the morningLevel: Easy
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Valencia Central Market Tour
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Medieval Walls
Serranos Towers Audio Guide
The Serranos Towers are Valencia's most iconic medieval gateway and one of the best-preserved Gothic defensive ensembles in the Valencian Community.
Built between 1392 and 1398 by architect Pere Balaguer, they formed part of the city's medieval defensive system and served as the main northern access point from the royal road linking Barcelona and Zaragoza.
From the terrace you get one of the finest panoramic views of the old town, the Turia garden, and the domes of the Central Market. For centuries the towers also served as a noble prison.
Panoramic terrace — views over the old town and the Turia
Gothic civil architecture — Pere Balaguer, 1392-1398
Noble prison — housed knights and noblemen for centuries
Northern gate of Valencia's medieval city wall
25 min audioPlaza dels Furs, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Serranos Towers Audio Guide
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Old Town
Quart Towers Audio Guide
The Quart Towers are the western entrance of Valencia's medieval city wall and the only towers that still bear the scars of Napoleonic cannonballs on their façade.
Built in the 15th century as an entry gate from Castile, their walls still bear the shrapnel marks from French bombardment during the Napoleonic siege of 1808.
The route continues through the Carmen neighbourhood, a labyrinth of medieval streets overlapping two thousand years of history. A hidden Arabic wall in Plaza del Tossal awaits the attentive visitor.
Napoleonic cannonball scars — witnesses of the 1808 siege
Arabic Wall in Plaza del Tossal — 11th-century Islamic remains
Calle Caballeros — urban axis since Roman times
Western gate of the medieval city wall — 15th century
35 min audioCalle Guillem de Castro, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Quart Towers Audio Guide
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Archaeology
Almoina Archaeological Centre Audio Guide
Beneath the Plaza de la Almoina, in the heart of Valencia's historic centre, lie the ruins of the Roman and Visigothic city that gave rise to modern Valencia.
The site preserves remains of Valentia Edetanorum, the city founded by the Romans in 138 BC. The ruins include baths, a cryptoporticus, the forum, and 6th-century Visigothic structures.
The visit runs along elevated walkways above the excavations, allowing you to look down on the remains while the audio guide narrates each historical phase of the city, from its Roman founding to the Arab conquest.
Roman baths — 1st-century BC public baths
Roman forum of Valentia — the city's political centre
6th-century Visigothic remains
Cryptoporticus — Roman underground passage
40 min audioPlaza de la Almoina, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Almoina Archaeological Centre Audio Guide
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Baroque & Museums
Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas Audio Guide
The Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas houses Spain's most exuberant Baroque doorway and is home to the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics.
The alabaster doorway, designed by Hipólito Rovira Brocandel in 1740, depicts the two rivers that irrigate Valencia with theatrical extravagance: human figures and animals emerge from the marble as if about to spill onto the visitor.
Inside, the National Museum of Ceramics González Martí holds over 5,000 pieces illustrating the history of Valencian ceramics from the Arab era through Modernism.
Baroque alabaster doorway — Hipólito Rovira Brocandel, 1740
National Museum of Ceramics — over 5,000 pieces
Traditional Valencian kitchen — 18th-century recreation
Marquis's carriage — permanent exhibition
35 min audioCalle Poeta Querol, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas Audio Guide
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Art & Religion
Church of San Nicolás Audio Guide
The Church of San Nicolás de Bari y San Pedro Mártir, known as the Valencian Sistine Chapel, stuns visitors with a painted vault that has no equal in Spain.
Built in the 13th century and reformed in the 17th, the church underwent a thorough restoration between 2015 and 2016 that restored the original splendour of painter Antonio Palomino's frescoes.
The vault of the nave and the side chapels are covered by over 1,500 square metres of fresco painting depicting New Testament scenes with exuberant Baroque theatricality.
Antonio Palomino frescoes — 2015-2016 restoration
1,500 m² of fresco painting on the vault
15th-century high altarpiece — Valencian Gothic
"Valencian Sistine Chapel" — recognised by international critics
30 min audioCalle Caballeros, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Church of San Nicolás Audio Guide
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Art Nouveau
North Station Audio Guide
North Station is the jewel of Valencian Art Nouveau and one of the most beautiful railway buildings in Spain, decorated with motifs celebrating local identity and produce.
Designed by architect Demetrio Ribes and opened in 1917, the station combines Central European Art Nouveau elements with the Valencian craft tradition. The exterior façades are clad in tiles and mosaics featuring oranges, tiger nut and scenes from the fertile huerta.
The main hall is an exceptional space: the iron and glass roof floods the interior with natural light, while the ceramic ceiling panels depict allegorical maps of the Valencian Community.
Ceramic orange façade — Valencia's iconic symbol
Main hall — iron and glass roof
Valencian huerta mosaics — tiger nut, orange, pepper
Designed by Demetrio Ribes — opened 1917
20 min audioCalle Xàtiva, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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North Station Audio Guide
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Urban Life
Town Hall Square Audio Guide
Town Hall Square is the civic heart of Valencia, home to the famous Fallas mascletàs and the centre of the city's public life for centuries.
The trapezoidal square is flanked by Valencia City Hall and the Post Office Building, two of the city's most representative early-20th-century eclectic buildings. The central illuminated fountains are the quintessential Valencian meeting point.
During the March Fallas festival, the square hosts the daily mascletà, a gunpowder discharge that makes the entire city centre vibrate and is considered one of the world's most impressive sonic spectacles.
Fallas mascletà — daily gunpowder spectacle in March
Valencia City Hall — eclectic 20th-century building
Post Office Building — historic architecture
Civic heart of the city since the 18th century
20 min audioPlaza del Ayuntamiento, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Town Hall Square Audio Guide
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Art Nouveau
Colón Market Audio Guide
Colón Market is a former Eixample market turned gastronomic and cultural venue, with one of the most elegant Modernista façades in the city.
Designed by architect Francisco Mora Berenguer and opened in 1916, the market stands out for its exposed-brick and wrought-iron façade, and its large horseshoe arches echoing the Mudéjar influence on Valencian Art Nouveau.
After its 2003 renovation, Colón Market became a flagship gastronomic destination in the Eixample, with terraces, cafés and restaurants serving Valencian and international cuisine.
Modernista brick and wrought-iron façade
Horseshoe arches with Mudéjar influence
Designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer — opened 1916
Gastronomy hub of the Eixample
20 min audioCalle Jorge Juan, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Colón Market Audio Guide
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Parks & Nature
Turia Gardens Audio Guide
The Turia Gardens are Spain's largest urban park, laid out on the old riverbed of the Turia that once split Valencia in two before being diverted after the 1957 floods.
After the 1957 flood, the Franco government proposed turning the dry riverbed into an urban motorway. Valencians rejected it with the slogan "El llit del Turia és nostre" and it became a 110-hectare, 9-km-long park instead.
Along its length the garden hosts the Palau de la Música, the Bioparc, the Gulliver playground and several sports grounds. It connects the historic centre to the City of Arts and Sciences.
110 hectares and 9 km long — Spain's largest urban park
Riverbed diverted after the 1957 flood
Gulliver Park — iconic children's playground
Links the historic centre to the City of Arts and Sciences
30 min audioMultiple access points from the centreLevel: Easy
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Turia Gardens Audio Guide
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Contemporary Architecture
City of Arts and Sciences Audio Guide
The City of Arts and Sciences is the architectural complex that redefined Valencia's international image and one of Spain's most ambitious cultural projects of the 21st century.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, the complex covers 350,000 square metres in the Turia riverbed and includes Europe's largest aquarium, an IMAX planetarium and Valencia's opera house.
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, with its 75-metre-high double-shell roof, is one of the world's most spectacular opera buildings. L'Hemisfèric, shaped like a human eye, houses the planetarium and IMAX cinema.
L'Oceanogràfic — Europe's largest aquarium
L'Hemisfèric — IMAX planetarium and curved-screen cinema
Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felip — interactive science museum
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía — Valencia's opera house
45 min audioAv. del Professor López Piñero, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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City of Arts and Sciences Audio Guide
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Nature & Gastronomy
Albufera Natural Park Audio Guide
Albufera Natural Park is the landscape that gave birth to Valencian paella: rice paddies, the lagoon, and the Devesa del Saler, just 10 km from the city centre.
The Albufera is a 2,800-hectare freshwater coastal lagoon, separated from the sea by the Devesa del Saler. The surrounding rice paddies have been cultivated since the Arab era and are the ecosystem that, together with eels and market-garden vegetables, gave rise to paella valenciana.
The audio guide takes you through El Palmar, the most authentic fishing village on the lagoon, where traditional fishing techniques are still practised. Sunset over the lagoon is one of the most beautiful natural spectacles in the Valencian Community.
2,800 hectares of lake and rice paddies
El Palmar — traditional fishing village
Birthplace of paella — rice paddies since the Arab era
Devesa del Saler — coastal pine forest and beaches
40 min audioEl Palmar, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Albufera Natural Park Audio Guide
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Beach & Culture
Malvarrosa Beach Audio Guide
Malvarrosa Beach is the beach of Blasco Ibáñez and Sorolla, the setting that inspired some of the most luminous works of Valencian painting.
La Malvarrosa was the setting for the first paella restaurants, which in the 19th century began serving rice to Valencians who came down to the sea on Sundays. Writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez lived on this beach and immortalised it in his novel "Flor de mayo".
The 5-km-long seafront promenade connects Malvarrosa with Las Arenas beach and the historic fishermen's quarter of Cabanyal. The beachfront restaurants serve paella with the Mediterranean breeze as the finest seasoning.
Seafront promenade — 5 km facing the Mediterranean
Cabanyal neighbourhood — historic fishermen's quarter
Beachfront paella restaurants
Blasco Ibáñez and Sorolla — cultural legacy of the beach
30 min audioPaseo Marítimo, ValenciaLevel: Easy
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Malvarrosa Beach Audio Guide
Frequently asked questions
Questions about the Valencia audio guide
How much does the Valencia audio guide cost?
The EarGuide app is free. The Valencia audio guide includes 8 walking routes with over 12 hours of professional narration across 15 monuments and more than 50 points of interest. Download it free on the App Store and Google Play.
Do I need internet to use the audio guide?
No. EarGuide works completely offline. Download the routes over WiFi before you head out and you can use the audio guide without internet or mobile data throughout your entire tour of Valencia.
What languages is the Valencia audio guide available in?
The Valencia audio guide is available in Spanish and English, with professional narration recorded by historians and experts in Valencian culture.
How long does the full tour take?
The audio guide includes 8 independent routes with over 12 hours of narrated content in total. Each route takes between 1 and 2 hours on foot. You can do each route separately or combine several in a single day, at your own pace.
Is an audio guide better than a free tour or guided visit?
They are different experiences. EarGuide's audio guide lets you explore Valencia with no schedules or groups, pause and resume whenever you like, and replay any explanation as many times as you need. It's ideal for independent travellers, families and anyone who prefers a more flexible and in-depth tour than a conventional free tour.
Which monuments and points of interest are included?
The Valencia audio guide covers 15 major monuments: Silk Exchange, Cathedral, Central Market, Serranos Towers, Quart Towers, Almoina Archaeological Centre, Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas, Church of San Nicolás, North Station, Town Hall Square, Colón Market, Turia Gardens, City of Arts and Sciences, Albufera Natural Park and Malvarrosa Beach.
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