Hotels in Valencia

Valencia is the rare Spanish city where you can do a museum in the morning and be lying on proper sand by two. There are four main parts of the city:

• El Carmen, the old town, all cobbles and boutique hotels in converted townhouses.

• The City of Arts and Sciences, the sci-fi white complex south of the centre, where the family hotels cluster around the aquarium.

• The Eixample, the smart grid quarter with the polished five-stars.

• And Malvarrosa, the city beach, 3km out and on the tram, where the sea-view rooms are.

Prices sit well below Barcelona for the same standard, and the airport is just fifteen minutes from the middle of town. If you already know you want to be in the thick of the old town, the Valencia City hotels page covers the central picks in more detail.

What Valencia hotels should you stay at?

Here are some of our top picks...

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families: Rooms Ciencias is a short walk from the Oceanogràfic and the Science Museum, which is the bit of Valencia children actually came for, and the bar-restaurant stays open until 1am for whoever is still standing afterwards.

• 💑 Couples: Hospes Palau de la Mar is a restored nineteenth-century palace in the Eixample with a spa and an indoor freshwater pool, and it feels like Valencia rather than like a chain.

• ✨ Luxury: Las Arenas Balneario Resort sits directly opposite Malvarrosa beach in a grand old bathing pavilion, with three pools, a spa tradition going back over a century and the strongest guest reviews in the city.

• 🎉 Groups: ValenciaFlats Centro Ciudad is self-catering apartments with proper kitchens and a sofa bed in the lounge, fifty metres from a metro station and consistently the best-reviewed address in Valencia. The obvious answer for a group who want their own front door.

• 💰 Value: Sol Playa is on the beach itself, on the promenade, with bike hire at reception, and it costs less than most of the central three-stars. A sea view for less than a side street.