Valencia is a city full of activity and the weekend is no exception. If you are looking for plans for next weekend, we have a selection of the best for you. In our article, we tell you what you can do in Valencia, great plans to make the most of your free time. Take note of our agenda and make the most of the city.
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Culture reigns supreme at the Centre del Carme, with a program full of activities for all ages. Check here for available exhibitions and activities by reservation.
💶Admission : Free!
📍Location: CCCC.
Festival “Som de la Terreta”.
To celebrate October 9, Day of the Valencian Community, three parallel days have been organized in Alicante, Valencia and Vila-Real full of music, children’s activities and gastronomy .
In Valencia it will be held in the City of Arts and Sciences and groups such as Itaca Band or Maldita Nerea will play.
Entrance : Entrance to the venue during the day: free | Concert 2€.
📍Location: City of Arts and Sciences
Valencirc
Until October 15 Valencirc is held in the city, a free circus festival that bets on local talent. There are 27 activities scheduled and almost all of them are outdoors. A perfect plan if you don’t know what to do on the weekend with kids in Valencia.
💶 Admission : Free
📍Location: Different points of the city
Popular festivals in the neighborhood of Patraix.
It’s been 30 years since the neighbors of Patraix recovered their popular festivities. Therefore, for two weeks the neighborhood will be filled with activities, gastronomic routes and workshops.
📆 Dates: September 25 to October 13
📍Location: Patraix neighborhood, Valencia
Curious (and free) routes through the plots of Ciutat Vella.
The association Amics del Carme has organized some routes through the old town of Valencia, but these have a particularity: they will be set in the lots that are empty with the aim of reflecting on the future of the neighborhood.
The tours are free and will start at 10 am on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September.
📆 Dates: October 5th and 6th
Medieval market to celebrate the 9 d’Octubre.
From October 5 to 12 will be installed in the Turia Garden a large medieval market to celebrate October 9 in Valencia. We will be able to find craft samples, medieval contests and a representation of the entrance of King Jaume I to Valencia.
📆 Dates: From 5 to 12 October
📍Location: Turia Garden
Fair of the Regions of Spain
This weekend in Valencia you can not miss the Fair of the Regions of Spain. An ideal plan to learn about the idiosyncrasy and culture of each region. There will be dances, music, children’s activities and gastronomic tastings.
📆 Dates: From October 4 to 13
📍Location: Turia Garden
Munich Mercat, sneakers at 70% discount.
As part of the Ruzafa Fashion Week, the Munich Mercat is held, a flea market with thousands of sneakers of this brand with discounts of up to 70%. A perfect plan to renew the closet for this new autumn season.
📆 Dates: until October 6
📍Location: Calle Burriana, 30
The Best Tortilla Contest
Gastronomy lovers, this plan for the weekend in Valencia is perfect for you. From October 4 to 8 will be held the contest “The Best Tortilla” where 15 restaurants in the country will compete to prove which one is the best.
You will be able to try all the tortillas you want, with onion, without, with chorizo, truffle? and everything you can imagine! Admission is free, although you will have to buy the skewers.
📆 Dates: From 4 to 8 October
📍Location: Jardines de Viveros
Dance Loops Festival
If you like dance, this is one of the best plans for the weekend in Valencia and is that the Dance Loops festival returns with its XI edition.
This time the main themes will be sustainability and inclusion. Although it will also be dedicated to K-Pop and there will be meetings around this culture.
Most of the shows are free and outdoors.
📆 Dates: September 26 to October 23
📍Location: Various points of the city
Clandestino Cinema
Dare to go to the cne without knowing where exactly it is or what you are going to see until you buy your ticket and you are there. A different experience just 20 minutes from Valencia.
Ticket: From 14,50€.
📍 Location: Unknown
Live (and free) music at a Concert Lake.
Students from Berklee College will offer live (and free) concerts every Friday in September and the first of October. Jazz, blues, soul and country will be playing.
Admission: Free!
📍Location: City of Arts and Sciences
Solve a crime in “Hidden Evidence”.
Secrets, mystery, rituals and deception…. Submerge yourself in this real-life board game! The Coven Carmen building, perfect for the occasion, becomes a place to interrogate suspects and solve evidence.
Admission : From 25€.
📍Location: Coven Carmen
Natural and municipal pools
Torrid weekend in Valencia with a heat wave that will leave municipalities on red alert. Below we propose the best natural pools and as many municipal ones for you to escape the caloret.
Admission : Free!
📍Location: Various locations.
The exhibition Ripollés in the nude
The exhibition of one of the greatest living exponents of sculpture in our country. So direct and simple: the career of Ripollés, better known as Ripo, is condensed in an exhibition located at the Ateneo Mercantil of Valencia that also compiles some “B sides” of the painter and sculptor. That is to say, those works that had never been shown before to the public and that are presented here among objects of his artistic and daily life.
In addition, the artist has commented that he will visit Ripollés al desnudo several times, to undress (even more if possible) commenting on the pieces and works with whoever is visiting the exhibition at that time.
Admission : Tickets: 10€.
📍Location: Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 18.
Pinazo’s exhibition at IVAM
The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM) presents a new reading of the work of the painter Ignacio Pinazo with more than 300 pieces, some of them unpublished, which return the artist to the IVAM room that houses the Christian-Mudejar wall, recently restored.
Admission : Free admission, Wednesdays from 4pm to 7pm and Sundays all day.
📍Location: IVAM.
The best terraces in Valencia
When the heat starts to get hot, the best terraces and rooftops in the city are a good plan. Enjoy this spring weekend from the heights.
Admission : Various prices.
📍Location: Valencia
Lunch with kids
To find the perfect place to have lunch with kids, you have to consider not only the quality of the food, but also that the environment meets the needs of the whole family. Here’s a small guide of bars to have lunch with the little ones.
💶Admission : 7 euros, average price.
📍Location: Various locations.
Paddle in Valencia
Padel is experiencing a boom in Spain, having surpassed tennis in number of federated in 2023. The country has the largest number of padel courts and clubs in Europe, with thousands of facilities. Valencia also has a good offer of excellent paddle courts to enjoy this sport.
Admission: Consult prices.
📍Location: Various locations.
L’Ull de la Balena
The Museum of Natural Sciences offers the exhibition “The Eye of the Whale”, the result of the study of the cells of the retina of the eye of a common whale that stranded on a beach in Sopelana in 2019. The exhibition can be visited in the Viveros Gardens from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 19:00, until September 30.
💶Admission : Free.
📍Location: Jardines de Viveros.
Exhibitions in Valencia
In this article we offer you a tour of all the exhibitions planned for 2024 in the different cultural centers of Valencia. In addition, many of them are free on Sundays and holidays.
💶Admission : Free.
📍Location: Various locations.
Short getaways near Valencia
Easter is approaching and what better plan than a one-day getaway in the province of Valencia or very close to it. We discover you villages as beautiful and romantic as Chelva, Chulilla, Anna or Sagunto.
Admission : Free.
📍Location: Various locations.
Shopping malls for your shopping
Maybe the weekend is your time for shopping. You can do it in these 7 shopping centers in Valencia or in these other outlets.
📍Location: Several locations.
50 things to do in Valencia once in a lifetime.
Make the most of the weekend with our selection of must-do experiences and fun things to do in Valencia. You’ll enjoy yourself even if you’ve been living here your whole life.
Free museums
The best of Valencia’s history and culture can be enjoyed for free. We tell you which days Valencia’s museums are open for free.
💶 Admission : Free admission.
📍Location: Multiple locations.
Hiking routes
Don’t miss the challenging “Caminito del Rey Valenciano” and other amazing hiking trails in the Valencian Community, perfect for any weekend.
💶Admission : Free.
📍Location: Multiple locations.
Where to have lunch in Valencia
We have prepared an article that is the light that will guide your way to the perfect ‘esmorzaret’.
💶Admission : Between 5 and 15 euros depending on the bar.
📍Location: All the province of Valencia.
Best brunches in Valencia
Weekends are the ideal time to enjoy a delicious brunch in Valencia. Waking up late and enjoying a meal that combines the best of breakfast and lunch is a true Mediterranean pleasure.
💶Admission : 12-15 euros (average price).
📍Location: Various locations.
Valencia Flea Market.
The flea market is located at Avenida Tarongers and Lluís Peixó, in Valencia. El Rastro de Valencia is open every Sunday and holidays, from 9 am to 2 pm.
Admission : Free.
📍Location: Av. Tarongers.
Cinema in Campanar
The billboard of Cines Yelmo, now you can enjoy it for only 6.2 euros any day of the week. So, getting your ticket at a reduced price looks like one of the best plans to take advantage of the latest releases in Valencia.
💶Ticket : 6,20 euros. Buy tickets.
📍Location: Yelmo Cines – Campanar.