Costa Valenciana Map
Valencia’s own coastline runs either side of the city, and its defining feature is not a beach but a lagoon. The Albufera, just south of the city, is a freshwater lake ringed by rice fields — the paddies where paella was invented and where the rice for it still grows. North and south of that the coast is long, flat and sandy, with Gandia the biggest resort.
How to use this map
The map is scoped to this coast: the pins are the destinations on it, not the whole of Spain. The filters above narrow it further — show only beaches, or only coves, viewpoints, castles, museums or natural parks.
Town guides on this coast
- Alboraya — the home of horchata
- Algemesí — a UNESCO-listed September festival, human towers and a grand basilica near Valencia
- Alzira — a historic island town on the Júcar river
- Burjassot — the historic Los Silos granary
- Buñol — What Buñol is really like
- Bétera — an inland Valencia town on the metro line, with a medieval castle
- Carcaixent — Commercial orange cultivation in Spain started in Carcaixent in the eighteenth century
- Catarroja — a town on Valencia’s Albufera lagoon, its harbour and paella heartland
- Chiva — 31 km inland on the A-3
- Cullera — What Cullera is really like
- El Puig de Santa Maria — What El Puig de Santa Maria is really like
- Foios — a Valencian huerta town just north of the city
- Gandia — What Gandia is really like
- La Pobla de Vallbona — history, festivals, pilota and how to visit this inland Costa town
- Llíria — What Llíria is really like
- Mislata — What Mislata is really like
- Oliva — 10 km of dune-backed beaches
- Ontinyent — the Pou Clar river pools, a medieval La Vila quarter
- Paiporta — a Valencia metro town known for horchata and Horta farmland
- Paterna — What Paterna is really like
- Picassent — ceramics, Albufera rice fields
- Puçol — Mediterranean sand at El Puig, the Sierra Calderona behind
- Quart de Poblet — What Quart de Poblet is really like
- Requena — The walled La Villa quarter sits over a network of medieval cellars
- Riba-roja de Túria — The Visigothic settlement of València la Vella sits above the Túria here
- Sagunto — What Sagunto is really like
- Sueca — What Sueca is really like
- Valencia — What Valencia is really like
For the coast in words, see the full guide, or the region page for its destinations by area. Every Spanish coast is on the main CostaMap map.