Valencia may not be a very big city, but that doesn’t mean you know the whole city. Surely there are places to know near your home and you had not even noticed them.
Let’s get to know Valencia in more depth through unknown spots that do not appear in the tourist guides.
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Jewish House
It was built in 1930 under the Art-Deco style with Arab-Indian influences. Its name comes from the Jewish eight-pointed star in the portal number. It is not a farm with a different purpose it’s inhabited by ordinary families. Wouldn’t it be cool to live here? It is an overdose of color.
📍 Carrer de Castellò, 20.
The garden of the Hesperides
It is located behind the Botanical Gardens. The Hesperides Garden belongs to the City Council of Valencia and we can visit it any day of the week from 10 am to 6 pm in winter (until 8 pm in summer). The ticket is free. It was inaugurated in 2000 and has a surface area of 4,700 square meters.
📍 Carrer del Beat Gaspar Bono.
Finca Roja
Built in 1933, it has been welcoming Valencians within its walls ever since. Made of reddish brick, from which it takes its name, it is one of the most curious buildings in Valencia although it may go unnoticed. Its architecture is influenced by the Dutch expressionist style and you should also notice the Verde ceramics that cover its towers and viewpoints.
📍 Carrer de Jesús.
Casa de los Gatos
This house is located at number 10, Calle del Museo. No, don’t look up to find it because it’s a lot lower, and it’s not just any house, but a cat flap. With a door, a balcony and even a garden, a fountain and even a commemorative plaque, this mini house lacks for nothing.
📍 Carrer del Museo, 9.
Museum of Silence
You may be wondering, “What’s with this weird name for a museum?” Well, it turns out that it is the museum located in the cemetery of Valencia, so now it makes more sense? Through the Routes of Silence you can visit the tombs and graves of illustrious figures in the history of the city and you can choose from four different tours.
📍 Carrer de Sant Doménec de Guzmán, 27.
Old neighborhood of Campanar
Between Maestro Rodrigo and Pío XII avenues we can find the old town of Campanar. Its streets still preserve the most picturesque houses and its emblematic church square. Just a couple of streets separate us from a walk through a Valencia of another era in which the intense rhythm of the city disappears completely.
📍 Plaza de la Iglesia de Campanar.
The Byzantine chapel of La Beneficencia
The Centro Cultural de la Beneficencia hides within its walls one of the city’s greatest beauties of Valencia. We are talking about its neo-Byzantine chapel, known today as the “Alfons El Magnànim” hall.
📍 C/ de la Corona, 36.
Valldigna Portal
Located in the old Arab wall, this arch was the gate that separated the Christian city from the Moorish quarter from 1400. And to give more importance to this place, right next to this door was located the first printing press in Spain.
📍 Carrer del Portal de Valldigna.
Parcent Gardens
The gardens of Parcent are what remains of the disappeared palace of the same name. Near the church of Santos Juanes, this enclave is somewhat unknown to locals and tourists in Valencia.
📍 Plaça de Joan de Vila-rasa.
Pelayo Trinquet
The historic sports venue, opened in 1868, hides one of the trendiest restaurants in Valencia. This venue in Valencia is considered the oldest active indoor sports facility in Europe. For more than 150 years the characteristic “Cavallers, va de bó” has been heard inside, but now that phrase shares space with another: the “Oído” of chef Pablo Margós, head chef of the gastrobar.
📍 Carrer Pelayo, 6.
Monforte Gardens
A small corner hidden from the hustle and bustle in the middle of the city. With more than 12,000m2, it is one of the most significant engineering works of the 19th century. Therefore, here you will find all kinds of statues, fountains and elaborate hedges. In fact, here live some former lions of the Congress of Deputies.
📍 Carrer de Montfort.