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Valencia Food Tour: Tapas & Wine in Ciutat Vella

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Duration3h 30m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN · ES

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Four Tapas Bars, One Local Guide, Three Hours of Eating

You walk through Valencia's old town with a local food expert, stopping at four bars and the Central Market to taste tapas, shellfish, potato dishes, and regional wines over three hours. By the end, you've eaten a full meal's worth of local specialties without arranging transport, timing, or hunting for the right places yourself. Dietary restrictions and mobility needs can be accommodated if you mention them before booking.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Meet local expert at Plaça del Comte de Bunyol
Taste esgarraet or sardine pintxo
Walk through Valencia old town
Visit Plaça del Tossal and see Muslim tower ruins
Try clóchinas or potato tortilla and patatas bravas
Explore Valencia’s Central Market
Taste fish, cheese, and ham at market
Visit Plaza Redonda and local shops
Sample local pintxos with beer
Finish at Plaça de la Reina
Taste horchata and fartons or Agua de Valencia

The Experience

Plaça del Comte de Bunyol sits quiet in the morning, surrounded by buildings that have watched centuries pass. This is where the Valencia food tour starts—where you meet your local guide and taste your first bite: esgarraet, a Valencian salad of roasted red pepper, salted cod, and olive oil, or a pintxo of sardines if you prefer. It's not a restaurant meal. It's a walk through the old town, Ciutat Vella, stopping at bars where locals actually go, tasting what they actually eat.

The route moves through four distinct stops over three hours. At Plaça del Tossal, near the twelfth-century city remparts, you'll try clóchinas—small, thin mussels that are the shellfish of choice here—alongside patatas bravas or a slice of tortilla. Then comes the Central Market, a modernist building so packed with fresh produce and Mediterranean smells that it feels less like a shop and more like the city's pantry. You taste fish, cheese, ham. At Plaza Redonda, the smallest and most charming square in the city, you stop for pintxos and a beer. By the time you reach Plaça de la Reina, with the Cathedral behind you, you've eaten the equivalent of a full meal—and you finish with horchata and fartons, the sweet drink and soft pastry that define Valencia's afternoons, or Agua de Valencia if you come in the evening.

The guide speaks English and knows the history—the Arabic influences that shaped the streets, why certain dishes matter, how the food connects to the way people live here. Wine and beer are included in fixed amounts for anyone over eighteen; non-alcoholic options exist if you prefer. The pace is slow, the group is small, and the vibe is informal. You're not rushing through monuments. You're standing in bars, tasting, listening, moving on when the next stop calls.

What’s included

Your three-hour tour includes a local English-speaking food expert, tastings at four tapas bars and the Central Market, a selection of regional dishes (esgarraet, clóchinas, patatas bravas, tortilla, cheese, ham, horchata, fartons, or Agua de Valencia depending on the time of day), wine and beer tastings in fixed amounts for guests over 18, water, and a walking route through Valencia's old town.
By the end, you will have eaten the equivalent of a full meal.
Vegetarian and non-alcoholic options are available with advance notice.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Do Eat Better Experience

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Valencia's most popular local dishes without spending the day hunting for bars, arranging transport, or timing yourself—the fixed route and small-group pace mean you eat, learn, and move at a rhythm that lets you actually taste and remember what you're eating.