--- title: Essentials of Valencia and its World Heritage Sites lang: en type: tour city: Valencia country: Spain price: 20 currency: EUR price_unit: per_person availability: bookable rating: 4.75 reviews: 461 duration_minutes: 120 languages: [en] free_cancellation: true rank_in_category: 21 of 22 (Walking Tours) schedule_checked: 2026-09-15 data_updated: 2026-09-15 canonical: https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/tours/essentials-of-valencia-and-its-world-heritage-sites/ --- # Essentials of Valencia and its World Heritage Sites **Guidekin's take:** A guided walk through the historic centre built around Valencia's World Heritage sites, with a visit inside the Lonja de la Seda, rated 4.75 across 461 reviews. Guide and Lonja entry are included at €20 per person for 2h, on a wheelchair accessible route. If the Lonja is closed for an event, the ticket is sent to you for an afternoon visit. ## Overview A guided tour through the Historic Centre of Valencia to visit its most emblematic monuments, with a special stress on the city's four World Heritage properties. Enter the Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange), enjoy the city's past and present and ensure great and lasting memories of your visit. *In case of closure of the Silk Exchange due to an event during the visit, we will offer the possibility to send the tickets to the clients in order to enter in the afternoon by themselves or we will try to exchange them for a ticket of the same amount to another museum/monument. ## Key facts - Price: from €20 per person - Duration: 2h - Rating: 4.75/5 from 461 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Free cancellation (see policy below) - Operator: Turiart ## What's included - Professional guide ## Not included - Transportation to/from the meeting/ending point. ## Itinerary 1. **Estacio del Nord** (20m) - Visit of the Station. 2. **Placa del Ajuntament** (15m) - Here we will talk about the Fallas, which were the last addition of Valencia to this UNESCO list in 2016. These festivities are held between March 15 and 19 and turn the city into an open-air museum of ephemeral monuments, accompanied by music, traditional costumes and the... 3. **Ajuntament De Valencia** (20m) - Working days except those with official events or holidays or evening tours (on August & September at 06:30pm) 4. **Mercat Central de Valencia** (10m) - Explanation of the Central Market and the Mediterranean Diet. Evening tours (on August & September, at 06:30pm) do not include entrance. 5. **La Lonja de la Seda** (30m; admission included) - We will enter the Lonja de la Seda, a masterpiece of civil Gothic architecture, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. The fabulous Sala de Contratación, with its columns, vaults and ribs, transports us to the prosperity of the Valencian Golden Age. Evening tours... 6. **External visit** (pass by, no stop) 7. **Placa de la Mare de Deu** (15m) - The Tribunal of the Waters, Intangible Heritage of Humanity since 2008, takes place every Thursday at 12:00 noon at the Apostles' Gate of the Cathedral. ## Schedule - Runs: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun - Departures: 10:00 - Schedule last checked: 2026-09-15 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. ## Meeting point Tourism Hub at Estación del Norte (North Station, main railway station), Valencia. West Tower (the one on the right hand side when facing the station), Ground Floor. Address: Carrer de Xàtiva, 24. Valencia (Spain). Metro station: Xàtiva. ## Good to know - Wheelchair accessible - Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health - Suitable for all physical fitness levels - Children must be accompanied by an adult. - May be operated by a multi-lingual guide. - Wheelchair accessible. - *In case of closure of the Silk Exchange due to an event during the visit, we will offer the possibility to send the tickets to the clients in order to enter in the afternoon by themselves or we will try to exchange them for a ticket of the same amount to another museum/monument. ## How it compares in Walking Tours Ranked **#21 of 22** by Guidekin's weighted score (rating weighted by review volume). Alternatives worth comparing: 1. [Valencia Old Town Tour with Wine & Tapas in 11th Century Historic Monument](https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/tours/valencia-old-town-tour-with-wine-tapas-in-11th-century-historic-monument/?format=md) — €75 per person, 4.97 (3688) 2. [guided-walking-tour-of-valencia-city-italian](https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/tours/guided-walking-tour-of-valencia-city-italian/?format=md) — 4.98 (87) 3. [Essential Valencia and World Heritage Sites (English)](https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/tours/essential-valencia-and-world-heritage-sites-english/?format=md) — €105 per person, 4.93 (133) Full list: https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/walking-tours-valencia/?format=md ## More in Valencia - All Valencia tours: https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/?format=md - This page as HTML: https://guidekin.com/spain/valencia/tours/essentials-of-valencia-and-its-world-heritage-sites/ ## Query this catalogue with URLs Every listing accepts filter parameters directly in the URL, so you can hand a user a link that already matches their constraints. 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