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Take a walk off the beaten track, away from the tourist crowds, and see the real side of Valencia. On this private tour, go beyond the classic route and explore Cabanyal where you’ll experience a different Valencia, like a local with a local by your side!

Destination

Valencia, Spain

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

2.5 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Español, Português, 日本語, Nederlands

Included

• Private guide
• All Withlocals tours are carbon neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 6 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 In front of Casa Montaña - 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. Off the Beaten Track

   Done with the main highlights of Valencia? Check out Cabanyal. Explore a lesser-known part of the city that will give you a more authentic feel of Valencia. Check out Street Art, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario and more!

4. The Real Deal

   Let a local expert in the area you’ll visit show you their Valencia from a different perspective - away from the tourist traps. See street art, cultural hot spots, local vendors, hangout spots, and historical gems, and embrace the vibe!

5. Personalized Recommendations

   Want to explore more of the area after the tour? Your host is happy to recommend their favorite eateries and where to take a break while wandering in this vibrant area

6. Unique Plan

   Depending on your host, this tour will be experienced based on their knowledge, passion, and expertise. Pick a host that matches your interests and see their city through their eyes!

7. 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

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

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.

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

Roland

(About local Marcos)

25 February 2025

Marcos showed me his city and told me so many interesting things about Valencia and Spain! Great guide! Thanks!Great experience with Marcos in Valencia!

Andrea🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Marcos)

17 February 2025

Wir waren noch nie in Valencia und sind absolut begeistert. Marcos hat uns einen tollen Einblick in seine Stadt gegeben. Er kennt sich super gut aus und ist total nett. Vielen Dank für unsere gemeinsame Zeit. Perfekter Tag

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

Claudio🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Mike)

23 December 2024

…if you’re in Valencia and you would like to be told about interesting and curious things (art/history/traditions) and would like be taken to hidden places….well do not hesitate any further….Mike is your choice! We tremendously enjoyed Mike’s three-hour tour….he’s a very special lad.A smooth and enjoyable Valencia promenade

Darya

(About local Marcos)

22 December 2024

We just arrived to Valencia and booked a tour with Marcos to learn more about the city. Marcos made a great tour, highlighting both interesting historic moments and modern city life. We asked him for some additions to the tour (e.g. we were interested in the Jewish history in Valencia) and Marcos did it brilliantly. We highly recommend Marcos as the guide! Great tour

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

Mark🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mike)

11 December 2024

Exploring Valencia with Mike was everything we expected and more. He made the city’s history come alive with wonderful stories and anecdotes. His enthusiasm and energy held our attention throughout our time together and made our experience with him lively and colorful. Mike is SO knowledgeable - his mastery of every topic regarding Valencia both informed and entertained our group! Mike is a master guide!!!

Patricia🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tatiana)

11 December 2024

Tatiana was very knowledgeable and extremely personable. Highly recommend!Excellent tour

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!

Katie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tatiana)

10 December 2024

Tatiana was very prompt and informative. She brought the city to life with her explanations and pictures. We truly enjoyed the time with her. Thank you!Wonderful tour

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

Mike🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tatiana)

29 November 2024

We absolutely loved our tour with Tatiana. Our two kids, 8 and 10, were mesmerized the entire time with activities and information. We learned a lot about Valencia and its hidden gems. Tatiana was very easy to understand and extremely engaging. This was probably the best guided tour we've been on in any city. Thank you Tatiana- highly recommended!Best guide and tour in any city, period!

Iris

(About local Marcos)

28 November 2024

Vielen Dank an Marcos für diese wunderbare Führung. Wir waren alle begeistert von dem Wissen und seiner sympathischen Art. Marco ist auch ganz toll auf unsere 11-jährige Tochter eingegangen und hatte auf alle unsere Fragen eine Antwort. Es waren sehr informative, spannende und einfach tolle Stunden. Man merkt, dass Marcos aus Valencia ist und wir lieben diese Stadt jetzt noch mehr.Ganz wunderbar

Burt🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria)

25 November 2024

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

Manuel🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

(About local Marcos)

23 November 2024

We were a family of 6 with 2 senior citizens and 2 kids 10 y 9 years old. Marcos was simply amazing. Great guide, extremely knowledgeable about Valencia and its history. What a great way to start our trip in Valencia, it gave us an overall feel of the city plus Marcos provided tons of knowledge from restaurants to must do while In Valencia. Top notch experience. Highly recommended. Amazing Valencia Bike Tour with Marcos

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

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

Sarah🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Marcos)

10 November 2024

We had a fabulous walking tour of the city of Valencia and learnt so much about the city and understood it so much more after the tour. We got insights into the history, architecture, culture, street art. food and saw things we would never have found on our own. He pointed out things that we then saw more of throughout the weekend and gave us really good suggestions of things to do over our time in Valencia. Thanks so much! Would HIGHLY recommend! Fantastic tour!

Gio🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Mimoza)

8 November 2024

Adrienne🇺🇸 United States

(About local Marcos)

7 November 2024

Marcos was a joy!!! We met up exactly where he said and he was very punctual. Our tour was so informative and interesting. He is extremely knowledgeable and gracious. I can not say enough abut how amazing he was.Amazing

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

irina

(About local Marcos)

31 October 2024

Marcos was a fantastic guide who showed us his beautiful city and told us about its history and life in a short time. We will definitely recommend him to all our acquaintances and friends planning visits to Valensia . Irina, Marc, Jutta, Joeri

Laura

(About local Tatiana)

30 October 2024

We had a brilliant time on a quest through the old city of Valencia. My children (4 and 7) really enjoyed the challenges and all of the information shared. They were even disappointed when it finished! Getting to hear interesting facts and see hidden treasures was a fantastic experience, I am so glad I booked. Thank you Perfect quest for our family

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

Lauri🇺🇸 United States

(About local Marcos)

29 October 2024

We can't say enough good about the amazing tour of Valencia with Marcos. He was the perfect host! We rode through the old town, stopping at sights along the way when Marcos would explain the history, culture, and meaning of each place. He used his ipad to show us photos of old Valencia and how it's grown to the city of today. We also biked through the center of the city and along the park bike path to the Opera House, Science Museum, and the CaixaForum. We felt like we saw so much of the city and really got an excellent overview of its history and geography. Marco answered all our many, many questions and sent us information about things to see and restaurants to visit - it was above and beyond. Plus Maroc's love of Valencia was enchanting and contagious and we now love Valencia, too. Thank you so much for such a fantastic tour!The Perfect Day in Valencia with Marcos!

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!

Richard

(About local Marcos)

27 October 2024

We chose Marcus after watching his short video, his English is perfect and he gave us the most memorable tour of Valencia, he asked us at the start what our interest were and the type of things that interest us the most, then tailored the tour to match our requirements. Can’t thank him enough for a most interesting afternoon. Thanks so much, Richard 👍WOW WOW WOW, what a fantastic tour

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

Tor Arne🇳🇴 Norway

(About local Marcos)

21 October 2024

I highly recommend Marcos. He read his clientele in an excellent way, and gave us a very informative tour of the old town of Valencia. He ordered bikes for us the next day, made maps with routes for us. He was quick to answer and help us on What's app if we had any questions.Perfect Valencia Guide

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