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The way to a city's heart it's through its food! And on this private food tour, you'll get to know Valencia through its cuisine and the tastings favorite of the locals. A local food expert is ready to give you a taste of the real Valencia satisfying your cravings for local food and city highlights.

Destination

Valencia, Spain

Category

Food Tours

Duration

2.5 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Español, Français, Português, 日本語

Included

• Private Guide
• 6 local Tastings spread over at least 3 stops
• Vegetarian Options Available
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to Attractions
• Please be aware the Central Market is closed after 15h00 and on Sundays

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 5 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at At the bell tower of Santa Catalina - Valencia to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Food Introduction

   This culinary kickstart tour is short and sweet! A perfect way to get acquainted with the local cuisine, its best tastings, and where to find them - all with the help of a local food expert

4. Locals’ Favorites

   Kickstart your time in Valencia by discovering the local cuisine. Try some of the ultimate locals’ favorite food treats like horchata and fartons picked by your local host and hear why the locals love them so much!

5. City Highlights

   This tour is more than just food; it’s a cultural experience! In between food stops, discover city highlights for a well-rounded experience that will satisfy your appetite for Valencia. Check out Mercado de Valencia, Plaza de la Virgen and more city highlights along the way

6. Food Recommendations

   With this private food tour, you’ll be set to keep enjoying the most authentic food and drinks in Valencia. Your food expert host knows where to go and what to order and will give you recommendations based on your likings and dietary preferences

7. Special Diet or Allergies?

   If you follow a special diet or have an allergy to a specific food, let your host know! They’ll make sure to consider that so you can have an enjoyable and safe experience

8. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Rob🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Maria)

12 November 2024

Maria was a pleasure to meet and walk us around the town with some very nice tapas! If you're reading this and debating booking this, don't delay!!Wonderful walk, talk eat & drink evening

Andrew🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentín López)

14 September 2024

Very good tour with excellent restaurants selected by Valentin. The food at each was superb. He also made sure to point out historical points of interest along the way.An Enjoyable Walking Food Tour

Matthew🇺🇸 United States

(About local Cesar)

24 July 2024

Cesar was just amazing. He was so friendly, knowledgeable and generous with his time. We learned so much and had great food while exploring the area. We highly recommend booking a tour with Cesar!Wonderful

Christina🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Maria)

9 May 2024

Excellent tour with Maria. She brought passion, years of knowledge and great conversation to our tour. Food selections were plentiful and highlighted Valencian nuances of Spanish cookery. Great for foodies

Allyson

(About local Mimoza)

4 March 2025

I have been to Valencia many times for work, but Mimoza shared another side of the city that we have never seen. We really enjoyed learning about a more magical aspect of the city, with a greater understanding of the history and how it has influenced the people of Valencia. Mimoza is a great guide and we enjoyed every minute of our tour.

Terry

(About local Valentín López)

1 March 2025

I wanted a guide to show me around El Cabanyal district as it seemed very interesting to me as a photographer. Valentin was my guide, he is a also a very good a photographer and so was able to adapt to my requirements with ease. He is very Knowledgeable and great to chat to and get along with. His English is very good which made life very easy for me. I had a great 3 hours in his company and would thoroughly recommend booking him.El Cabanyal tour

Judy🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria)

26 February 2025

Maria is a knowledgeable and friendly guide. We learned a lot about the artists and specific images we had been walking by all week. There is so much graffiti and paintings in Valencia. Choosing what to view and discuss is a challenge. We became more observant after the tour. We would like to know more about the relationships between those who paint images and those who paint script and initials only. Also, we also want to know more about those who choose own walls to paint and those who are paid by property owners to paint on their gates and walls. Great context for art we see

Unknown

(About local Mimoza)

25 February 2025

Marisa🇪🇸 Spain

(About local Maria)

25 February 2025

I had a great time learning about street art and artists in Valencia. Maria was an amazing guide, who gave me so much information. It was a great way to spend the morning. I highly recommend this tour.Amazing art

Leo🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Maria)

11 February 2025

Je merkt dat Maria geintresseerd is in geschiedenis in het algemeen en in het bijzonder van Valencia. Een échte local. Duidelijke tekst en uitleg

Leo🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Cesar)

11 February 2025

Onze, mijn dochter en ik, afspraak stond op zondag om 10.00 uur gepland. Deze tijd kwam onms eigenlijk niet goed uit en appte Cesar met de vraag of dit wat later kon. Dit bleekl geen probleem. Cesar is een prettige man die graag vertelt over Valencia en je probeert mee te nemen in zijn verhalen. Wat hem goed lukt.Sympathiek en enthousiast

Carolina

(About local Maria)

10 February 2025

Thank you Maria for your effort to make the walk to be remembered, strongly recommended. I am not so into Churches, so Maria took me to a nice stroll through the city.Very nice citywalk tailored to your wishes

Franz🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Maria)

10 February 2025

I just had a little time gap, so this 90 minute tour was perfect. Maria showed me the most important historical sights, gave an overview about the City today and was really charming. I would do anytime again with her.Grwat Tour with Maria

Kevin

(About local Daniel Edward)

31 January 2025

This was our first time in Valencia, and Daniel gave us an amazing tour all around the old town, showing us all the major sites and giving us excellent historical context. He fine tuned the tour to our specific interests. We couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to this beautiful city.Wonderful personal tour!

melinda🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mimoza)

17 January 2025

Natalija

(About local Mimoza)

12 January 2025

I highly recommend Mimoza for exploring Valencia.She is true storyteller and with her you will discover best well kept secrets in Valencia.She will take you to all places worth visit and show you best places to eat and taste original agua de valencia.Mimoza❤️

Charlie🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Valentín López)

10 January 2025

Thank you so much for a wonderful tour around Valencia! The food and drink were a spectacular way to experience the city and Valentín was the perfect host. Fully recommend!A Valencian Delight

Galina

(About local Mimoza)

9 January 2025

Mimoza gave our family of 4 (2 teens) such a wonderful tour. Interesting history, fun facts, and so much more. She kept us all interested and engaged. The food and restaurants were unique, enjoyable, and delicious!! Highly recommend this tour - especially with Mimoza!!Amazing tour and wonderful town!

jon🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Maria)

5 January 2025

We had a great experience with Maria. She is friendly, knowledgeable and passionate and gave us a broad exposure to the wonderful food and drink of Valencia. At the same time, Maria provided insightful historical and cultural references that made the tour even richer.Varied and informative

Mel🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Cesar)

31 December 2024

We were only in Valencia for a day so decided to book a tour with Cesar so we could see as much of this beautiful city as we could in the time we had. And so glad we did. Cesar was so friendly and knowledgeable and showed us so much of Valencia we would have missed on our own. Couldn’t recommend enough. Thank you. Great tour of Valencia

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(About local Mimoza)

31 December 2024

Joseph🇺🇸 United States

(About local Cesar)

22 December 2024

Family of five took a Valencia food tour with Cesar. We were difficult. Food allergies and some individual dislikes. The whole way he made us feel at ease, customizing the your and sharing his favorite versions of some of the region's famous foods. Along the way, he shared lots of history, other stories, and gave the city a real sense of color. Knowledgeable and friendly guide

Sandeep🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mimoza)

15 December 2024

We booked a short version of Valencia tour with Mimoza and throughly enjoyed every moment of the trip. I would Highly recommend her as tour guide for Valencia.Amazing story teller

Kevin🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria)

10 December 2024

With only two days in Valencia we wanted a family friendly tour to show us some of the key and hidden sights of the area. Maria was wonderful with the kids and showed us alot of sights in the city that we wouldn't have otherwise stumbled across. We learned about some of Valencia's traditions, explored a historic bakery, and learned about the street art amongst other interesting topics. She was great with our girls as well who where 5 and 7. Thanks Maria! Wonderful introduction to Valencia!

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Maria)

6 December 2024

We did two tours with Maria: a general guide around the centre of Valencia taking in (amongst others): Central Market; Silk Exchange; the palace housing the ceramics museum as well as a number of churches. The second, foodie tour focussed mainly around the narrow streets of the northern central part of the city (Barrio del Carmen) taking in on the way the Cathedral and Basilica, Parroquia de San Nicolas and Torres de Serranos. We thoroughly enjoyed Maria’s description of the buildings as well as some of the city’s history. We had three food stops taking in, amongst others, a small former pharmacy turned into a barInsightful tour, lovely lady

Burt🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria)

25 November 2024

Maria is a great tour guide who showed us Valencia in depth. Valencia Tour

Hens🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Cesar)

21 November 2024

We had a lovely informative and funny morning trough the old coty of valencia with Cesar! Thanks for all your shared informations Best choice in town

Caterina🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Maria)

16 November 2024

Maria has shared her incredible art historic knowledge together with her passion for her hometown in an impressive tour through Valencia‘s hidden gems.Very knowledgable

Gio🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Mimoza)

8 November 2024

andy-wright🇪🇸 Spain

(About local Cesar)

3 November 2024

Thank you Cesar for taking us on our tour - we loved the back street places and little history stories along the way Great tour to find hidden gems

Nicola🇮🇪 Ireland

(About local Valentín López)

30 October 2024

Valentín guided us on a fantastic food tour and introduced us to restaurants, food and drinks that we never would have found without him. His knowledge of local history was a bonus and we found him fascinating. Fantastic tour with local knowledge

Sarah🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Cesar)

29 October 2024

A fabulous few hours walking around València with Cesar. His knowledge was brilliant and we really did see the highlights of the city. He pointed out what we should do next and some excellent places to eat, which we then spent the rest of our time doing 😂Thank you!10

Mike🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Valentín López)

27 October 2024

A lovely man - very relaxed - gave us a fab tour & food delights!

Martin🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Valentín López)

27 October 2024

We met Valentin, at the place stated all on time. We had a very informative tour which took in the historic areas, buildings, and monuments. We had a planned break for a glass of Horchata-a must to try-which was very refreshing. We had a good tour with Valentin.Great orientation tour of Valencia

Elisabeth 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Cesar)

26 October 2024

We booked a bike tour with Cesar to introduce beautiful Valencia to our friends who were visiting from Germany. Cesar was a very friendly and knowledgeable guide. He took us through parts of the old centre - stopping at various places of interest to explain the history. The ride through the Turia park leading towards Santiago Calatrava's stunning cultural leisure complex was great fun. On excellent cycle routs Cesar led us back to the old town where we stopped at the market hall. Being a chef by profession Cesar is also passionate about food and gave us some wonderful recommendations for places to eat which we tried in due course. Totally recommend!Great Bike Tour

Debbie🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Valentín López)

20 October 2024

We had a great tour, got a lot of information about the local buildings and history with the best tapas we had in town. Would highly recommend.Lovely tour with tasty food

Kari🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Cesar)

19 October 2024

My mother, my sister and I had a tour of old valencys with Cesar. He clearly loved to share his knowledge of the city with tourists. He answers questions, tells you stories and makes it a memorable experience. He also gave us some Paella recommendations and other places to eat! All excellent! I would recommend Cesar very highly!Excellent knowledgeable tour guide !

Jaana

(About local Daniel Edward)

17 October 2024

Daniel was pleasant and knowledgeable. The tour was well planned and showed us many new places of interest in the city.

Susanne

(About local Valentín López)

9 October 2024

Die Stadtwanderung mit Valentin war sehr interessant, informativ und er hat uns viele Einblicke in die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart der Stadt ermöglicht Die genussvolle Pause hat uns Spaß gemacht Wir können die Führung mit Valentin nur empfehlenEine sehr interessante Stadtwanderung

Ursula

(About local Cesar)

9 October 2024

Time went by very quickly. Cesar is very sympathetic and clearly a food expert. We especially loved the food market. A pity that we had no time in Valencia to cook our own meal. But we most certainly will come back and continue this food journey😄 Thank you Cesar for your hospitality!Awesome food and sightseeing tour

Sue

(About local Maria)

8 October 2024

Maria took 15 of us (all students learning Spanish) on a walk around the city. The feedback from the students was fantastic! They loved how responsive Maria was to their wishes eg that she spoke Spanish and also English to explain the history of this beautiful city. Also, that she showed us the traditional sights as well as more alternative ones. Maria's warm personality made us all feel very welcome and her knowledge about the sights kept us interested. Thank you Maria!Interesting & varied tour. Great guide!

Maria🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria)

8 October 2024

This was a fantastic choice and would do it again. We learned some of the history of Valencia and of the foods we ate. We tasted food that we otherwise would not have known to try. Maria made us feel comfortable and she was very informative. I recommend Maria and this delicious food tour!Experience not to be missed.

Shonette🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Daniel Edward)

5 October 2024

Danny was very accommodating of my mum's mobility issues and we made several stops during the tour, trying several local specialities and learning a lot of background about the city and its food. Danny is very easy to talk to and gave us some great recommendations for the rest of our trip too!A great overview of Valencia's food scene

Cathy

(About local Maria)

5 October 2024

Our tour with Maria was brilliant. She was very knowledgeable but pitched it perfectly so we learned and saw a lot without being bored by too much information. We saw places we wouldn’t have seen otherwise and was one of the highlights of our weekend.Fantastic afternoon

Ralph🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria)

5 October 2024

We had an amazing walking tour of Valencia with Maria. She is incredibly knowledge about the history, architecture, and culture of Valencia. She was able to quickly determine our particular interests and based our tour on the things we were most interested in. Maria’s love of her city made our time together a complete joy. I highly recommend Maria as a wonderful tour guide.Great walking tour with Maria

Natalya🇺🇸 United States

(About local Daniel Edward)

2 October 2024

We had enjoyable walk with Daniel around old city, he shows us many things we will not notice or found without him. It turned out to be a little shorter than planned but Daniel covered main areas. He also gave us good suggestion of places to explore on our own.Nice overview of an old cityValencia

Alena🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentín López)

1 October 2024

I did a private tour with Valentin and had a wonderful time. The food was amazing, and Valentin gave me lots of history bits which I really enjoyed. Highly recommend! Wonderful tour

Claudia🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Cesar)

28 September 2024

Cesar was een super gids. Hij wist ons veel te vertellen over de geschiedenis van Valencia. Hij is rustig en een hele fijne gids! We hebben genoten van zijn verhalen en plekjes waar hij ons bracht. Fietsen waren ook in goede conditie. Top!

Michiel🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Maria)

19 September 2024

We were extremely pleased with Maria's knowledge and enthusiasm about Valencia. It's history, and current places of interest. She took the time to expain and listen and managed to keep all interested. We were a group of 9 from 3 different continents, yet she managed to keep all together. To top our tour off, she managed to get us into a restaurent all together just as the city got its first downpour is months!

Linda🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentín López)

19 September 2024

Valentin did a great job introducing us to Valencia. We did a tour with just the four of us. It combined a little history and a little food. Valentin gave us useful information and introduced us to Horchata and tapas. We loved the tapas place so much that we returned there to eat again. I would recommend Valentin as a tour guide and would tour with him again. Thank you!Great Overview of Valencia