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Valencia · Spain
Valencia Cathedral, the Mercado Central and the rice fields of the Albufera.
Climb the cathedral's Miguelete bell tower, shop the Mercado Central, walk the Turia Gardens in the old riverbed and take a boat on the Albufera lagoon.
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See Cathedral
Old town, about 3 miles from the port
The €12 ticket covers the cathedral, its museum and an audio guide; the Miguelete bell tower is €3 more. Open 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM on weekdays; Sunday visits start at 2 PM.
See Cathedral Hours and Tickets (opens a new tab)Unwind Park
Old riverbed, 1 to 2 miles from the port
A park in the old Turia riverbed that runs through the city to the City of Arts and Sciences. The city tourism office suggests cycling its 5.6 miles of parks, bridges and monuments.
Visit Valencia: Turia Gardens (opens a new tab)Taste Market
Old town, about 3 miles from the port
A covered food market beside the Silk Exchange. Open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 AM to 3 PM; closed Sunday.
Visit the Mercado Central (opens a new tab)Explore Nature
South of the city, about 9 miles from the port
Spain's largest freshwater lake, ringed by rice fields, the city tourism office says. Most boat rides leave from the Gola de Pujol jetty.
Visit Valencia: Albufera (opens a new tab)Skip the excursion desk
All ships use the Trasmed terminal at the port's north entrance, and city buses stop a few minutes' walk away.
Valencia airport is about 8.5 miles from the port area in a straight line.
The Trasmed terminal offers parking inside the terminal area for the length of your cruise. Book by email through the port's cruise page; no price is published.
If you do one thing here
The port's guide and the city tourism office both say the Albufera's rice farmers created paella. The tourism office suggests a boat ride on the lagoon, then paella in El Palmar, a village inside the park.
EMT bus 24 runs from the city center to El Palmar in under an hour, the tourism office says. The port's guide gives 3 to 5 hours for an Albufera trip, not counting transport.
Crime figures cover the city of Valencia.
Crime figures: Spain's Interior Ministry, 2025 (data pending consolidation), rates per 100,000 by our calculation with INE population. Weather: AEMET, 1981–2010 normals.
Make it part of your voyage
Mediterranean cruises start, end and call here.
At the Trasmed passenger terminal, at the northern entrance to the port, the area closest to the city. Ships use two adjacent berths, the Transversal and Poniente docks, for vessels under 984 feet long.
The port's guide puts the old center 2.8 miles from the terminal, about 20 minutes by bus. The City of Arts and Sciences is 1 to 2 miles away.
City bus stops are a few minutes' walk from the terminal: EMT lines 4, 30 and 95 and the night bus N8. Metrovalencia lines 5 and 6 stop at Neptuno. Cruise coaches usually stop at Guadalaviar, next to the Serranos Towers.
The port lists shuttle services inside the port and to the city center but gives no operator, price or route. Your cruise line can say if it runs one.
Not to the old center: the port's guide gives 2.8 miles and about an hour on foot. It gives about 30 minutes to the City of Arts and Sciences and 25 minutes to the beaches.
The airport is about 8.5 miles from the port area in a straight line. Metrovalencia line 3 and Metrobus line 150 link the airport to the city center, and Aena also lists metro line 5 to Marítim Serrería.
Yes. The Trasmed terminal offers parking inside the terminal area for the length of your cruise, booked by email. The port does not publish a price.
In 2025 the city recorded crime at a rate about 48% above Spain's, and thefts at 2.2 times Spain's rate. Rates count residents only, and visitors push a big city's rate up.
The old center has Valencia Cathedral and the Mercado Central, about 3 miles from the port. The Turia Gardens lead to the City of Arts and Sciences, and the port's guide gives 3 to 5 hours for an Albufera trip, not counting transport.
The city beaches of El Cabanyal and Malvarrosa are closest; the port's guide gives about 1.2 miles and 25 minutes on foot. The city lists Malvarrosa lifeguards from 7 June to 7 September.
It averages 65°F over the year. July and August highs average 85°F to 86°F, and October is the wettest month at about 3 inches (AEMET 1981 to 2010 normals).
The Racó de l'Olla visitor center is about 9 miles south of the port in a straight line. EMT buses 24 and 25 reach the park from the city center in under an hour, the city tourism office says.
