The Traditional Valencian Fest “Las Fallas” are back, it’s time to make a getaway and see the city in all its glory!

From the 1st to the 19th of March, the firecrackers will return to Valencia’s Town Hall Square. After two years of interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic, the central enclave of the capital of the Turia, popularly known as the Cathedral of gunpowder, will once again bring together thousands of people every day at two o’clock in the afternoon to commemorate the pyrotechnic tradition of Valencia and the Fallas. If you haven´t visited Valencia yet, this is the moment, you will be de delighted with their unique festivity!

STAY NEAR THE TURIA GARDENS – Hospes Palau de la Mar

Unbeatable location: contemporary area and close to the historic centre.

To get to know Valencia well, location is an essential factor when it comes to accommodation. The Hotel Hospes Palau de la Mar is located in a privileged spot in the city’s Eixample Noble, just 500 metres from the historic centre and next to the Turia Gardens. This boutique hotel is the closest hotel to the AVE high-speed train station in the centre of Valencia.

The hotel’s location offers visitors the best of contemporary Valencia: its historic surroundings and an avant-garde heart. A location that will make you fall in love with its beach and its cultural offer, including the City of Arts and Sciences.

19th Century Valencian manor house

Hospes Palau de la Mar is a listed mansion, a large 19th century manor house, which responds to the maritime spirit and symbolises the values of its city. Located in one of the most beautiful and central streets of Valencia, design, art and style come together and overflow with energy in this original enclave whose history awaits us to bring us closer, with delicacy and mystery, to what is genuine and pure.

AN OASIS IN THE CENTRE OF VALENCIA – Bodyna Spa

Relax in two complete Spa areas

The Hotel Hospes Palau de la Mar offers you the Bodyna Spa. An oasis in the heart of Valencia. It is divided into two areas: the treatment area, located on the first floor with direct views of the hotel’s cosy patio-garden, and the wellness area, in the lower part of the main building, with excellent facilities: indoor swimming pool-jacuzzi, Turkish bath, sauna and fitness area, as well as a changing room and shower area.

The Bodyna Spa at Hospes Palau de la Mar offers a wide range of massages, rituals, body and facial treatments, and special packs.

Click here to see the full menu and make your reservation. You can also give treatments as a gift voucher!

GASTRONOMY

Ampar Restaurant

Valencia is discovered by tasting its gastronomy, where rice is the dominant ingredient in all its facets, forms and flavours. Our chef Carlos Julián is a magician in the kitchen making the best rice dishes in Valencia and has prepared a special Rice Days menu exclusively for the Fallas. This menu will be available from the 7th to the 17th of March, during lunch time, so make your reservation!

Click here to see the Special Rice Days Menu.

But it’s not all about rice…

We invite you to discover Valencia by tasting its gastronomy: in addition to rice, in all its facets, shapes and flavours, vegetables and fruits are the stars of Valencian cuisine. You can’t miss the creations of Chef Carlos Julián, whose cuisine is based on the pampering of the product, on taking care of every detail and on taking the maximum flavour out of each of the ingredients that make up his dishes.

A HOST OF ACTIVITIES

The Fallas are not everything. Valencia offers a cultural offer of the highest quality that is well worth seeing. The Turia Gardens, the Temple Palace, the Palace of Justice, the Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Basilica of the Desamparados, the Palace of the Generalitat, the Central Market, the Lonja (fish market)…

But we cannot forget l’Oceanogràfic, l’Hemisfèric, the Colón Market, the Botanical Garden, the Carmen neighbourhood, the Paseo Marítimo, the Malvarrosa Beach or its numerous museums.

HOW TO GET THERE – LOW COST HIGH SPEED TRAIN

Avlo starts its Madrid-Valencia journeys

Getting to Valencia from Madrid is now faster and cheaper. Renfe has launched the Avlo train service between Madrid and Valencia, a low cost line that connects the two cities at high speed, There are no more excuses to visit Valencia!

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