Visit the Albufera Valencia …
The Albufera Valencia is a very beautiful nature reserve just 12km from the center of Valencia.
As well as being famous for the lovely freshwater lake and rice fields, it’s also the birthplace of the national dish of Spain.
This area of Spain is where the famous bomba rice is grown to make Paella Valenciana.
The main ingredients for this paella are seafood, chicken, rabbit and beans.
The further inland you travel and the paella is made by adding more chicken and rabbit and less seafood, beans and peppers. In season vegetables are also added.
There are many little fishing villages in the area and El Palmar village is full of excellent restaurants famous for the best paella in Valencia. This is also where you can also indulge in the traditional dish of baby eels, garlic and pepper.
The novel ‘Canas y barros’ (Reeds and Mud) by Valenciano author Vicente Blasco Ibàñez gives an excellent account of this lovely fishing area and how people used to live. To find out more about novels by Vicente Blasco Ibàñez check out Valencia books.
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Bike Tour from Valencia to the Albufera
The Albufera Bike Tour takes you outside Valencia, cycling along the coast and partly inlands, towards the beautiful Natural Park of Albufera south of the city.
The tour leaves the old city and descends into the Turia Gardens in the direction of the City of Arts and Sciences. You ride on the bike line, until the end of the Turia park, then leave it going up a bridge and you ride until you reach the little town of El Palmar, located in the middle of the lagoon, and here, take a boat for an incredibly relaxing boat trip on the lagoon! Finish the tour with a special Valencian lunch: paella!
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Tourist Bus
Take theAlbufera Bus from the center of Valencia to the Albufera National park and discover the famous rice fields which are the birth place of Paella made from the locally grown bomba rice.
The Albufera Bus Turistic includes a 30 min ride on the beautiful fresh water lagoon.
The trip takes 2 hours and the ticket is valid for one tour. Buses leave from Plaza de la Reina in the Old Quarter of Valencia.
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24h and 48h tickets are valid for 24 hours or 48 hours (depending on the type of ticket you buy)
Children 0-6 years FREE.
For more information on fares check out – Albufera Bus Turistic website.
MetroBus (yellow bus)
You can also take the MetroBus (yellow bus) 190a operated by Autocares Herca from the center of Valencia.
Ask at one of the Tourist Information offices for bus route and timetable – (the journey takes approximately 40 mins) – Metro Bus.
This area is famous for the lovely golf courses which are just a stones throw away from the center of Valencia.
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