VALENCIA – CENTRAL MARKET GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE PRIVATE TOUR

Name of the tour: Valencia – Central Market Gastronomic Experience.

Description: This tour is perfect for discerning foodies, who would like to enjoy a day of tasting Valencia’s best. Our Gourmet walking gastronomic experience focuses on the most famous and ancient of European food markets from various aspects. We will not only give information about the food itself, but also its history and the trends that influenced the highly experimental and diverse Valencian cuisine.

During our experience, we will visit stalls offering freshly hunted mushrooms, seafood, fruits, the famous cured ham, cured cheese, stuffed olives, wines. You will have the opportunity to talk with the merchants and get a more personal contact with the people who “are” the market. You can find out more about the history and the deep traditions behind the stalls. Besides this, you will taste local products, cured hams, cheeses, artisanal stuffed olives, bakery, Valencian wines and more. You will enriching your knowledge about the local ingredients, meals, we will share with our local recipes and you will be surprised by combinations of tastes that Valencia produced.

Type of the tour: Private tour for individual tourists, families, friends or organized groups.

Transport: The tour itself is walking only. If your hotel is located in Valencia City Center we can start our tour directly from the hotel just walking. If you are staying far from Valencia City Center or even outside of Valencia we can organize a private transport for you. For the groups and MICE clients we can organize private coach transfers both to Valencia City Center and back to your hotel, restaurant, Congress Hall or any other venue place. So, if you consider you need a transport for this tour, please check below our Transport Section for different available options.

Languages: English, Español, Русский, Italiano, Polski, Deutsch, Français, Nederlands, Português.

Availability: 365 days a year, any day from Monday to Sunday.

Duration: 6, 8 or more hours.

Starting time: Suggested starting time in the morning is 09:00 or 10:00. This is private tour, so we can arrange the meeting time at any moment of the day, evening or even in the night.

Meeting place: Suggested meeting place is Torres de Serrano (Serrano Towers). Google Maps Plus Code is ????.

This is private tour, so we can arrange the meeting point at any most suitable for you place in Valencia. For example: the hotel’s or apartment’s lobby, restaurant doors, Valencia railways or bus station, airport, port, etc.

Itinerary: It depends on the booked duration and your personal preferences or interests. This is private tour, so we can completely readjust the itinerary to any available possibility.

Examples of suggested itineraries depending on the booked duration:

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Note: the order of the monuments to visit depends on several factors as: the meeting point, your personal interest or choice, opening hours, celebration of special event, day of the week, etc.

Lunch / dinner / tastings: During this tour we can organize your lunch, dinner, tapas stop, wine/cheese/ham tasting etc. in one of many places we are collaborating with. All places we are working with were carefully selected by our Discovering Valencia team and they are the best Valencian restaurants, bars, coffee shops, market stalls, etc. So, if you are thinking about this gastronomic part of your tour, please indicate us your requirements or wishes and we will provide you the most advisable options for your particular needs. Foody lovers – please check our specific section of Wine & Gastronomy Tours in Valencia, Alicante and Castellon.

Price: This is private tour, so the price depends on many different factors as: duration of the tour, date, language, number of people in the group, number of guides, day or night timetable, entrance tickets, transport, gastronomic stops, etc. To receive our quotation, please Contact Us indicating clearly your requirements and we will send you detailed quotation as soon as possible.

Paid entrance tickets: Up to your choice. Recommended places to visit inside with paid entrance tickets are: Cathedral, Saint Nicholas Church, Lonja, Marquis Dos Aguas Palace. This tour can be done visiting all monuments just from outside or visiting some of them inside. For individual tourists you can decide directly at the moment of doing the tour if you want or not entering inside of the places. For the groups of more than 8 people is necessary to arrange entrance tickets in advance, that is to say in the same moment when you book the tour with us.

Booking: this is private tour, so booking is necessary in advance. You can do it preferably by email info@discovering-valencia.com or by WhatsApp +34 687 028 082 / +34 607 360 343 / +34 663 419 931. Once you booked the tour, please recheck our confirmation and conditions of payment.

Accessibility: this tour is suitable for the people with special physical requirements and wheelchair users. If you are one of these people, please indicate clearly your specific condition when you are contacting us. If you need any special assistance, please indicate clearly what kind of assistance you may need during the tour. Please check our specific selection of Accesible Tours in Valencia, Alicante and Castellon. Please keep in mind that not every tour in our website is accessible for the people with special physical requirements or wheelchair users.

Suggestions: this tour is mainly walking, so comfortable cloth and footwear is very advisable. During the summer period we advise using appropriate sun protection.