Valencia Holidays: Package Deals and City Breaks from the UK

Valencia works best for travellers who want a city and the sea in the same trip. Couples and culture lovers can fill a long weekend in the old centre, where Valencia Cathedral, the Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken and the ornate Palau del Marqués de Dos Aigües all stand within a few minutes' walk of one another. Art fans add the Museu de Belles Arts de València and the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, both about half a mile from the centre.

Families tend to head about two miles east to the City of Arts and Sciences, where L'Oceanogràfic aquarium and the Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe can fill a whole day. Because the airport is so close, a Valencia city break suits people with only a few days to spare, and the short flight and transfer make it an easy first trip abroad with children.

Most visitors stay in Valencia itself. The city is coastal, and staying central puts the cathedral, the Palace of the Borgias and the National Museum of Ceramics within walking distance, with the Palau de la Música and the City of Arts and Sciences a short ride away.

For somewhere quieter beside the sea, Alboraya lies about 2.5 miles from the city and around ten minutes from the airport, while La Pobla de Farnals, a coastal town of around 7,000 people, sits about 8 miles out. Both suit couples and families who want the seafront first and the city as a day out. Inland, Manises sits right next to the airport and Catarroja is about 5 miles from the centre, roughly eleven minutes' drive from the terminal. Neither is coastal, but both are practical bases if you plan to hire a car.

The warm season runs from May to October. May and October both average highs of 24°C, comfortable for walking the old town. June reaches 28°C, and July and August average 31°C with very little rain, the classic months for pairing sightseeing with time by the sea. If you are travelling during school holidays, book early, because summer and half-term dates are the most in demand.

September is still warm at 28°C, but it is the wettest month of the year, with around 84mm of rain over eight days, and March is also fairly damp. Winter is mild for a city break rather than a beach holiday, with January averaging highs of 16°C and only about three rainy days, which makes it a sensible time for short breaks in Valencia, Spain, centred on museums.

Valencia airport (VLC) has direct flights from the United Kingdom and lies right beside Manises. Transfer times are among the shortest in Spain: about eight minutes by road to Valencia city, ten minutes to Alboraya and eleven to Catarroja. A coastal stay further north, such as La Pobla de Farnals, takes a little longer.

If you are combining the city with a sea crossing, Valencia's ferry port is about 4 miles from the centre, and Dénia lies roughly 47 miles down the coast.

Package holidays to Valencia, Spain bundle your flight, hotel and airport transfer into a single booking, and when they are sold as a package they are ATOL-protected. In practice that means one booking reference, a short transfer from VLC to your hotel, and a choice of board basis, usually room only or bed and breakfast for a city stay, with half board offered at some hotels.

The deal buttons on this page let you compare holiday packages for Valencia from Jet2holidays, TUI, loveholidays and On the Beach, so travellers searching for Valencia holidays with Jet2 can see those deals alongside the others. If you would rather build your own trip, you can also check hotel prices, browse tours and tickets for sights such as L'Oceanogràfic, and compare car hire for days out to Alboraya or the coast.