The Valencia City Council will mobilize 240 people to clean the city’s coastline on the night of San Juan, with the bulk of the work concentrated on the beaches of Cabanyal and Malva-rosa.
On the southern beaches (from Pinedo to Saler), where open fires are prohibited and fewer visitors are expected, the City Council will install waste collection bins on the 23rd. Work will begin on June 24 at 5:00 a.m. and is scheduled to end at 8:30 a.m., with a team of 43 people —workers and drivers—two collection trucks, and two hook-lift trucks.
The La Marina de Valencia area will have its own team of ten people, a water tanker, and two mechanical sweepers.
The operation includes significant mechanical resources: eight tractors with mechanical shovels, two 4×4 collection trucks for removing bags from the sand, two tractors with beach-cleaning machines, four tanker trucks for hosing down the Paseo Marítimo and its surroundings, and seven mechanical sweepers.
Waste Management, Hour by Hour
Starting early on June 23, the Paseo Marítimo will have 20 1,000-liter containers, as well as 100 120-liter bins for packaging and another 100 for general waste.
The City Council will also distribute up to 5,000 100-liter bags to help residents manage their own waste.
Between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on the 23rd, before the festivities begin, the Paseo Marítimo will be mechanically swept, with special attention given to the firewood delivery areas.
The cleanup of the sand will begin at 4 a.m., with tractors, sweepers, and tanker trucks gradually joining the effort.
The city expects the northern beaches to be completely clean by 8:30 a.m. on June 24, before the first beachgoers arrive.
The service does not end with the festive night. On June 25, regular cleaning will be reinforced with ten additional workers, and on June 26, with five more.
24-hour Metro service
Metrovalencia will offer uninterrupted service on the night of San Juan, from 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, until 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, to facilitate travel to the beaches.
Tram lines will see the most service enhancements due to their proximity to Valencia’s maritime district. On lines 4 and 6, the shared section from Trinitat to Platja Malvarrosa will run every five minutes between 8:30 p.m. and midnight; after midnight, wait times will range from 5 to 40 minutes depending on the route.
Meanwhile, Line 10 (Alacant–Natzaret) will also provide continuous service throughout the night.
All metro lines will also operate in the early morning, adjusting their frequencies depending on the section and time. Until 12:30 a.m., the central sections of Lines 3 and 9 will have trains every 10 minutes, and Lines 5 and 7 every 15 minutes; thereafter, frequencies on the metro network will vary between 20 and 40 minutes toward various metropolitan destinations (such as Torrent, Líria, or Rafelbunyol).
Detailed schedules are available on the official app, the Navilens system, the toll-free number 900 46 10 46, and the Metrovalencia website.
