A Guide to Life in Valencia

Port Saplaya is in the municipal of Alboraya – Valencia.
It has sports, a port and all facilities including a Macdonalds!
There is a selection of Tapas bars and restaraunts along the front and a super little ice cream bar. It is a lesser known beach and often not crowded. It is the perfect hideaway [...]

Playa de Patacona
The beach of Patacona is the northern part of the city beach front, being further up it is more spacious and less crowded than Malvarossa.
Split from Malvarossa by a stream and a bridge, Patacona brings a marked difference. The sand itself is a much wider strip, giving a sensation of more space [...]

Playa de Malvarossa is the central beach of Valencia.
This is where the locals will come on the weekends and holidays.
The water is gorgeous and the fine sand is great. During the summer weekends the whole of Valencia comes down to this beach. It is a noisy, busy atmosphere but being such a vast expanse never [...]

Playa las Arenas y Playa de Cabanyal
This beach is the beginning of the amazing sea front of Valencia.
The beach joins with the straights of the America’s Cup Port and it is the closest, the most built-up and the most accessible beach to the city and therefore it is the official city beach for activities and [...]

Playa de la Devesa
La Devesa is an uncrowded and undeveloped nudist beach, with beautiful sands and crystal clear waters.
It is a favourite for many as it has all the quality of El Saler but none of the crowds. This is beacause it’s off the beaten track and completely undeveloped – car is the best option [...]

Playa de Pinedo
Pinedo beach is the nearest beach outside of Valencia and it has a nudist section.
It is the closest of the southern beaches and the first stop out of the city, although it doesn’t have the quality of El Saler, which is only another 5 minutes down the road.
With the El Saler beach so [...]

Playa Nord is the part of 3 km length and 420,000 meters square of fine sand between the border of the sea and the local urbanisation.
It has crystal clean waters, its sand is fine and there are many facilities including windsurfing.
Miles of golden sands provide a great place to relax.

Playa de El Saler
El Saler beach really is the jewel in the crown of the Valencia coast, it is a breathtaking blue flag beach.
Bountiful white sand, dunes, crystal clear blue water and gentle breezes makes El Saler is top quality. This is really is Valencian beaching at its best.
El Saler is only half an hour [...]