Valencia · Spain
Book a Mercado Central and Ruzafa walk before you independently 'find a paella place' by the cathedral. Lunch rice belongs in El Palmar.
Last checked August 24, 2026
Valencia’s expensive mistakes are food. The hub page is blunt about this for a reason.
A Central Market + Ruzafa tour is how you get bunyols, horchata, and bars that are not on the cathedral square. It replaces a wasted lunch.
Then take the Albufera trip for actual paella country. Do not book a shopping-street “paella class” that teaches tourist rice.
City-pass maths rarely includes the market walk. Read whether a city pass is worth it before you bundle Oceanogràfic into a card you will not finish.
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Book this before you independently "find a paella place" near the cathedral. Horchata, bunuelos and market produce are the point, not a giant pan.
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El Palmar in the Albufera, at lunch, cooked to order (30–40 minutes). If a centre restaurant serves paella in ten minutes, it was reheated. Dinner is for other dishes.
Yes if they do Mercado Central before it empties and horchata in a real orxateria. No if the climax is a giant pan on a plaza with an English photo menu.