When to visit Valencia

December and the first week of January sees the best Circuses comes to town, so we can all enjoy the Greatest Show on Earth. There are special Christmas activities such as the Plaza de la Navidad (at the Nuevo Centro shopping Centre), Christmas festivals at the City of Arts and Sciences and Colon Market, craft markets, the Procession of the Three Kings, the Christmas Fair and much more.

15 to 19 March - Numerous parades overtake the city streets in the first two weeks of March, providing a wonderful spectacle and much amusement. The fallas monuments, the Ninot Exhibition (in which you can vote to save the best Ninot from being burned), the Cridà (the traditional calling by the Fallera Mayor, from the Serrano Towers) and many more activities make up a programme to suit all ages and tastes.

The July Fair is a feast of traditional and not so traditional activities, and entertainment. Perhaps the most spectacular event is the ‘Battle of the Flowers’ in the Paseo de la Alameda. This aromatic ‘war’ has to be seen to be believed.

POINTS OF INTEREST

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- Consult the Valencia Tour Guide here >>

- Download the Historic Centre Tour Guide for your Mobile phone here >>