Gourmet Flavours

2026

Spain

Valencia

The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.

MarketsLearning Paella in Valencia Over an Orange Wood Fire

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265 Valencia restaurants you can book on OpenTable. Pick a cuisine.

  1. Traditional Spanish · MediterraneanFlor de Tapa 4.5 · 1 diner reviewsCarrer de la Guàrdia Civil, 20, 46020Book a table →
  2. International · MediterraneanZazú Cortes 4.3 · 1 diner reviewsAvinguda de les Corts Valencianes, 22, 46015Book a table →
  3. Traditional Spanish · MediterraneanRestaurante Vermudez 4.2 · 1 diner reviewsGran Via de les Germanies, 21, 46006Book a table →
  4. Española tradicional · MediterráneaYuso Plaza del Carmen 4.1 · 1 diner reviewsPlaça del Carme, 6, 46003Book a table →
  5. International · Eastern EuropeanMuma 4.0 · 1 diner reviewsCarrer de Vitòria, 4, 46002Book a table →
  6. Española tradicional · MediterráneaPortolito PLAYA 4.0 · 1 diner reviewsPasseig de Neptú, 34, 46011Book a table →
  7. Italiana · PizzeriaSorsi e Morsi Ruzafa 4.0 · 1 diner reviewsCarrer del Dr. Serrano, 11, 46006Book a table →
  8. Fusión/ecléctica · MediterráneaZazú Aragón 4.0 · 1 diner reviewsPlaça del Periodista Ros Belda, 6, 46021Book a table →
  9. Española tradicional · MediterráneaBar Cremaet 3.7 · 1 diner reviewsAvinguda del Port, 20, 46021Book a table →
  10. Asian · SushiHokkori 3.5 · 1 diner reviewsCarrer de Salamanca, 10, 46005Book a table →
  11. SushiHotaru 3.5 · 1 diner reviewsC/ de Cadis, 48, 46006Book a table →
  12. Traditional Spanish · MediterraneanRedondo en boca 3.5 · 1 diner reviewsC/ de Quart, 10, 46001Book a table →

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Markets

  1. MarketsLearning Paella in Valencia Over an Orange Wood FireMarket-to-pan classes in Russafa, wood fires out in the orchard and the lagoon village, and the lunches worth tasting before you cook your own.
  2. MarketsPaella and Sangría in Valencia After the Russafa MarketA three-and-a-half-hour Valencian paella class in Russafa that starts with the market shop and ends at the flat pan and the sangría jug, with an honest verdict on whether it beats just eating the real thing.
  3. MarketsValencia's Mercado Central Before 10am in SeptemberThe Mercado Central trades Monday to Saturday from half past seven and dies at three. Here is how to use the first hour, and what to do with the rest of the day around it.
  4. MarketsValencia's Orange Season, From Market Stall to Michelin PlateHow to follow Valencia's winter citrus harvest from the Mercat Central's fruit stalls out to the huerta's family orchards and onto two Michelin tasting menus.
  5. MarketsIron, Glass and Inheritance: Valencia's Mercado Central, Trading Since 1928Inside the Modernista dome where 250 stalls, several of them run by the third or fourth generation of the same family, still decide what Valencia eats for dinner.

Tables

  1. TablesThe Rice Line: Where Valencia Actually Eats Its PaellaFrom the orange-wood fires on the beach to the family kitchens out in the Albufera rice paddies, here is where Valencia eats the real thing — and how to get a pan of it to yourself.

Bars

  1. BarsThe Morning After the Fires: Valencia ResetsThe week after Fallas is Valencia's real story: casales fall silent, ash gets swept from the plazas by dawn, and the city quietly goes back to almuerzo, market counters and long lunches.
  2. BarsOlder Than Paella: Inside Valencia's Horchaterías and the Tiger-Nut RitualA calm, practical map to Valencia's horchata houses — where the tiger nut is grown, which venues suit a couple and which take a crowd, and how to drink it like the locals do.

Wine & day trips

  1. Wine & day tripsWine Tastings Around Valencia's Silk Exchange in October 2026La Lonja de la Seda in October 2026: what the trading floor actually looks like, the right hour to walk in, and the wine bars and market counters worth building a morning around.

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