# Valencia - Futuristic design, orange groves and the home of paella

> Discover Valencia's futuristic architecture, historic silk exchange and orange-scented gardens on a sunny city break, and plan a relaxed trip with Parkoni.

Web page: https://parkoni.com/en/reiseziele/valencia

[Parkoni editorial team](https://parkoni.com/en/ueber-parkoni) · Published 6 November 2026

Valencia is a sunny, forward-looking city on Spain's Mediterranean coast, where futuristic architecture stands beside medieval towers and orange groves. Its old town is full of history, its gardens are lush and its beaches are close by. It is an excellent choice for a city break with a modern edge, for lovers of food and wine, and for travellers who enjoy a city that feels both relaxed and creative.

The city suits couples, friends and families. Mornings can be spent in the old town and the museums, afternoons in the parks or on the beach, and evenings in restaurants that celebrate the region's famous rice dishes.

## Highlights of Valencia

- **The City of Arts and Sciences**: A dramatic complex of white futuristic buildings, including an opera house, a science museum and an aquarium.
- **The Central Market**: One of Europe's largest covered markets, with an impressive iron structure and stalls full of fresh produce and local specialities.
- **The Silk Exchange**: A magnificent Gothic hall that was once the centre of the city's silk trade.
- **The Cathedral and the Miguelete**: The old cathedral and its tower, which offers views over the historic centre and the surrounding rooftops.
- **The Turia Gardens**: A long green park created in a former riverbed, perfect for cycling, walking and relaxing in the shade.
- **Malvarrosa Beach**: The city's main beach, with a promenade of seafood restaurants and a relaxed atmosphere.
- **Russafa**: A creative neighbourhood of independent shops, cafés and street art, popular with locals in the evenings.

## When to visit Valencia

Spring and autumn are generally the most pleasant times to visit. The weather is warm and comfortable, the gardens are fresh and the beach is inviting. These seasons are ideal for combining sightseeing with time by the sea.

Summers are hot and sunny, and the beaches are busy. Winters are mild, with many sunny days that suit walking and museum visits. The city's lively restaurants and cafés remain a pleasure all year round.

## Practical tips for Valencia

- **Currency**: The euro is used. Cards are widely accepted, though small cafés and market stalls may prefer cash.
- **Language**: Spanish and Valencian are both spoken, and many people in the tourist areas understand English. A few polite phrases are always appreciated.
- **Getting around**: The city is easy to explore on foot and by bicycle, and the metro and buses cover the wider area. Taxis are plentiful.
- **Local customs**: Paella is traditionally a lunchtime dish, often cooked and shared in the countryside or on the beach. Meals are relaxed and sociable, so take your time.
- **What to pack**: Sun protection, comfortable shoes for walking, a swimsuit for the beach and a light layer for breezy evenings.

## A stress-free start at your departure airport

Plan your trip to your departure airport early, compare car parks with Parkoni and book a space in advance, then start the holiday relaxed. With the parking arranged, you can head straight for the beach and the first plate of paella.

## Nonstop to Valencia

Nonstop flights there leave from these airports, among others: [Dublin Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub), [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams) and [EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/euroairport-basel-mulhouse-freiburg-airport-bsl).

- [Dublin Airport \(DUB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub): Ryanair, year-round
- [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol \(AMS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams): KLM, Transavia, Vueling, easyJet, year-round
- [EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg \(BSL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/euroairport-basel-mulhouse-freiburg-airport-bsl): easyJet, year-round
- [Kraków John Paul II International Airport \(KRK\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/krakow-john-paul-ii-airport-krk): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport \(BCN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/josep-tarradellas-barcelona-el-prat-airport-bcn): Iberia, Vueling, year-round
- [Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport \(BRI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bari-karol-wojtyla-airport-bri): Ryanair, year-round
- [Beauvais-Tillé airport \(BVA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/beauvais-tille-airport-bva): Ryanair, year-round
- [Berlin Brandenburg Airport \(BER\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/berlin-brandenburg-airport-ber): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Bilbao Airport \(BIO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bilbao-airport-bio): Volotea, Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport \(BLQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bologna-guglielmo-marconi-airport-blq): Ryanair, year-round
- [Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport \(BOD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bordeaux-merignac-airport-bod): Volotea, year-round
- [Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport \(BUD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/budapest-liszt-ferenc-airport-bud): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Cagliari Elmas Airport \(CAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cagliari-elmas-airport-cag): Ryanair, year-round
- [Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport \(VRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/verona-villafranca-valerio-catullo-airport-vrn): Ryanair, year-round
- [Turin Airport \(TRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/turin-airport-trn): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Catania-Fontanarossa Airport \(CTA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/catania-fontanarossa-airport-cta): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Brussels South Charleroi Airport \(CRL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brussels-south-charleroi-airport-crl): Ryanair, year-round
- [Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport \(CLJ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/avram-iancu-cluj-airport-clj): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport \(LYS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lyon-saint-exupery-airport-lys): Transavia, Volotea, year-round
- [Düsseldorf Airport \(DUS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/duesseldorf-airport-dus): Eurowings, year-round
- [Eindhoven Airport \(EIN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/eindhoven-airport-ein): Ryanair, Transavia, year-round
- [Milan Malpensa International Airport \(MXP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/milan-malpensa-airport-mxp): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Frankfurt Main Airport \(FRA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/frankfurt-main-airport-fra): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Helsinki Vantaa Airport \(HEL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/helsinki-vantaa-airport-hel): Finnair, year-round
- [Ibiza Airport \(IBZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ibiza-airport-ibz): Iberia, Ryanair, Vueling, year-round
- [Cologne Bonn Airport \(CGN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cologne-bonn-airport-cgn): Eurowings, Ryanair, year-round
- [Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport \(LIS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lisbon-humberto-delgado-airport-lis): Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal, year-round
- [Maastricht Aachen Airport \(MST\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/maastricht-aachen-airport-mst): Transavia, year-round
- [Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport \(MAD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas-airport-mad): Air Europa, Iberia, year-round
- [Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport \(AGP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/malaga-costa-del-sol-airport-agp): Iberia, Ryanair, year-round
- [Marseille Provence Airport \(MRS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/marseille-provence-airport-mrs): Ryanair, year-round
- [Memmingen Allgau Airport \(FMM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/memmingen-allgau-airport-fmm): Ryanair, year-round
- [Munich Airport \(MUC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/munich-airport-muc): Lufthansa City Airlines, year-round
- [Nantes Atlantique Airport \(NTE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nantes-atlantique-airport-nte): Ryanair, year-round
- [Naples International Airport \(NAP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/naples-airport-nap): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Warsaw Modlin Airport \(WMI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/warsaw-modlin-airport-wmi): Ryanair, year-round
- [Nuremberg Airport \(NUE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nuremberg-airport-nue): Ryanair, year-round
- [Il Caravaggio International Airport \(BGY\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/il-caravaggio-airport-bgy): Ryanair, year-round
- [Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport \(OTP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bucharest-henri-coanda-airport-otp): Dan Air, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Falcone-Borsellino Airport \(PMO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/falcone-borsellino-airport-pmo): Ryanair, year-round
- [Palma de Mallorca Airport \(PMI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/palma-de-mallorca-airport-pmi): Air Europa, Iberia, Ryanair, Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Paris-Orly Airport \(ORY\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/paris-orly-airport-ory): Transavia, Vueling, year-round
- [Charles de Gaulle International Airport \(CDG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/charles-de-gaulle-airport-cdg): Air France, year-round
- [Abruzzo Airport \(PSR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/abruzzo-airport-psr): Ryanair, year-round
- [Pisa International Airport \(PSA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/pisa-airport-psa): Ryanair, year-round
- [Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport \(OPO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/francisco-de-sa-carneiro-airport-opo): Ryanair, year-round
- [Poznań-Ławica Airport \(POZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/poznan-lawica-airport-poz): Ryanair, year-round
- [Václav Havel Airport Prague \(PRG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vaclav-havel-prague-airport-prg): Eurowings, Smartwings, year-round
- [Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport \(FKB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/karlsruhe-baden-baden-airport-fkb): Ryanair, year-round
- [Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport \(FCO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rome-fiumicino-leonardo-da-vinci-airport-fco): ITA Airways, Neos, Ryanair, Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Rotterdam The Hague Airport \(RTM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rotterdam-the-hague-airport-rtm): Transavia, year-round
- [Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport \(SCQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/santiago-rosalia-de-castro-airport-scq): Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Seville Airport \(SVQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/seville-airport-svq): Iberia, Ryanair, Vueling, year-round
- [Sofia Airport \(SOF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/sofia-airport-sof): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Stuttgart Airport \(STR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/stuttgart-airport-str): Eurowings, year-round
- [Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport \(TSR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/timisoara-traian-vuia-airport-tsr): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Treviso Airport \(TSF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/treviso-airport-tsf): Ryanair, year-round
- [Venice Marco Polo Airport \(VCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/venice-marco-polo-airport-vce): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Vienna International Airport \(VIE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vienna-airport-vie): Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, year-round
- [Warsaw Chopin Airport \(WAW\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/warsaw-chopin-airport-waw): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Copernicus Wrocław Airport \(WRO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/copernicus-wroclaw-airport-wro): Ryanair, year-round
- [Brussels Airport \(BRU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brussels-airport-bru): Brussels Airlines, Ryanair, Vueling, year-round
- [Florence Airport, Peretola \(FLR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/florence-peretola-airport-flr): Volotea, seasonal
- [Frankfurt-Hahn Airport \(HHN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/frankfurt-hahn-airport-hhn): Ryanair, seasonal
- [Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport \(HAM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/hamburg-helmut-schmidt-airport-ham): Eurowings, seasonal
- [Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport \(SUF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lamezia-terme-sant-eufemia-airport-suf): Ryanair, seasonal
- [Lille Airport \(LIL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lille-airport-lil): Volotea, seasonal
- [Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport \(ATH\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/athens-eleftherios-venizelos-airport-ath): Aegean Airlines, seasonal
- [Stockholm-Arlanda Airport \(ARN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/stockholm-arlanda-airport-arn): Ryanair, seasonal

Routes as listed on Wikipedia from the airlines' schedules; the airline's current timetable is authoritative.

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