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Cafés in Valencia horchata and fartons

Horchata and fartons on Plaça de Santa Caterina, a cortado at a Mercado Central stall, roasters in Ruzafa and the tiled houses of El Cabanyal.

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Valencia’s own cold drink is orxata, horchata in Spanish: a sweet milk pressed from xufa (tiger nut). A Denominación de Origen has protected the Valencian crop since 25 September 1995, and it grows in 16 municipalities of the northern huerta (irrigated farmland), the city of Valencia among them.1 Horchata comes with fartons, glazed finger buns for dunking that the Polo family developed in the 1960s.2 Horchatería de Santa Catalina, its rooms lined with Manises ceramics, claims two centuries in the trade.3

The city’s best-known glass is not coffee at all. Agua de Valencia mixes freshly squeezed orange juice with cava, gin and vodka over ice; the painter Constante Gil is credited with inventing it in 1959 at the Café Madrid, on Carrer de l’Abadia de Sant Martí.4 Café de las Horas, open since 1994 on Carrer del Comte d’Almodòvar, pours it by the jug: €14 for half a liter as of 2026.5

Specialty coffee has spread quickly. The map published by Valencia Is Coffee, the city’s specialty festival, listed 90 cafés in 2025, 20% more than a year earlier, and the festival drew about 1,500 people over two days that June.6 Some cafés roast what they pour: Bluebell Coffee Co. in Ruzafa and Tallat in El Cabanyal both roast their own beans.7

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Valencia by area

Ciutat Vella, the old town, fills the line of the 14th-century wall, now traced by Carrer de Colón, Carrer de Xàtiva and Carrer de Guillem de Castro, with El Carmen in its northwest corner.14 South and east lies the Eixample, the grid approved in 1887, which takes in Ruzafa.15 The Turia garden, laid out in the river’s old bed after the flood of 14 October 1957, curves around the north side, and El Cabanyal, a town of its own until 1897, faces the sea.1617

El Carmen

Lanes between the Torres de Serranos and the Torres de Quart, with a late café on Plaça de Sant Jaume.

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Ciutat Vella

Cathedral squares, the Mercado Central and the old horchaterías inside the line of the medieval wall.

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Ruzafa

A roaster, market coffee counters and brunch rooms around the Mercado de Ruzafa, south of the old town.

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Eixample

The 1887 grid of the Gran Via del Marqués del Túria, the Mercado de Colón and the Turia garden.

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Extramurs

Four barris west of the old wall: the Jardí Botànic, the Rojas Clemente market and a café that never closes.

46 cafés

El Cabanyal & Malvarrosa

The old fishing town by the beach: tiled houses, Carrer de la Reina and a cluster of specialty cafés.

30 cafés

Benimaclet

A former village north of the university, with late cafés on its old streets and Alboraia’s horchata next door.

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Pla del Real & Algirós

Avinguda de Blasco Ibáñez, the university faculties, the Viveros gardens and Mestalla.

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Café de especialidad

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Roasters and espresso bars, from the Mercado Central stalls to Carrer de la Barraca near the beach.

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Terraces

Tables outside on old-town squares, Cabanyal streets and the blocks of Ruzafa.

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Brunch

Eggs, toast and specialty coffee, thickest in the Cabanyal and on Carrer de Conca.

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Bakery cafés

Hornos and pastry counters with a coffee machine, from Carrer de Quart to Avinguda del Port.

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Open until 22:00 or later, from the old town to Benimaclet, and one that never closes.

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Wi-Fi from the old town to Carrer de la Reina, and the city’s free public hotspots.

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El Carmen 11 cafés

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Ruzafa 43 cafés

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Blackbird

  • Carrer de la Reina Na Maria, 7
  • Mon 09:00–19:30 · Wed–Sun 09:00–19:30
  • +34 960 05 10 90
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Extramurs 46 cafés

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El Cabanyal & Malvarrosa 30 cafés

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Cafetería Atusa

  • Carrer de la Torreta de Miramar, 2
  • Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00 · Sun 09:00–16:00
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Horchatería Dolz

  • Avinguda de Blasco Ibáñez, 84
  • Mon 10:00–14:00, 16:00–21:00 · Tue Closed · Wed–Sun 10:00–14:00, 16:00–21:00
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La Saïdia 19 cafés

Café con Fe

  • Carrer de l'Economista Gay, 12
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–15:30 · Sun 07:30–15:30
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Campanar 20 cafés

Capricho de las Américas

  • Calle del Doctor Calatayud Baya, 4
  • Mon–Thu 19:00–21:00 · Fri 19:00–01:30 · Sat 08:30–14:00
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Camins al Grau 30 cafés

Breaking Pan

  • Carrer de Jeroni de Montsoriu, 83
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00 · Sat 08:00–13:00
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Quatre Carreres 22 cafés

Patraix, Jesús & L'Olivereta 57 cafés

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How to order coffee in Valencia

Bar coffee follows the Spanish pattern with a few local names. A tallat is the Valencian word for a cortado, an espresso cut with a little milk.7 A café bombón is espresso over condensed milk; on El Cafetín’s 2026 menu in El Carmen it cost €2.50, against €1.70 for a café solo and €2.80 for a café con leche.8 In summer, a café del tiempo is coffee with ice.9

Mid-morning belongs to the esmorzaret, the Valencian almuerzo (late-morning meal), which bars serve from about 09:00. It is a ritual more than a sandwich: peanuts and olives to start, a bocadillo, beer or wine with gaseosa (lemonade), and a cremaet, black coffee flamed with rum, sugar, lemon and cinnamon.10 In 2023 a complete esmorzaret with beer and cremaet could still be found for €5.11

Horchaterías pour orxata líquida, or granizada (half-frozen), with fartons to dip.18 Nearly all of the protected crop goes into the drink.1 Daniel, a family firm making horchata and fartons in Alboraia since 1949, opened a stall in the Mercado de Colón in 2013 and also sells on Calle del Mar.1213 Around Fallas in March, horchaterías and chocolaterías fry buñuelos de calabaza (pumpkin fritters) to dip in thick chocolate.13

Specialty cafés keep shorter hours than bars: most close by 18:00 and shut one day a week.6 The traditional cafés run later. Café de las Horas charges €2.50 for a café solo or cortado and €3 for a café con leche as of 2026, and its house breakfast of coffee and toast costs €5.50.5

What coffee costs in Valencia

DrinkTypical price
Café solo
Espresso at a bar-café		€1.70–2.50
El Carmen and Ciutat Vella cafés, 2026
Café con leche
Coffee with milk		€2.80–3.00
Same two cafés, 2026
Café bombón
Espresso with condensed milk		€2.50–3.00
Same two cafés, 2026
Esmorzaret
Mid-morning bocadillo, beer and cremaet		€5
Valencia bars, 2023
Agua de Valencia
Orange, cava, gin and vodka, half-liter jug		€14
Café de las Horas, 2026

Prices in euros. The café prices come from two menus as of 2026: El Cafetín on Plaça de Sant Jaume and Café de las Horas on Carrer del Comte d’Almodòvar.85 The esmorzaret figure is from Directo al Paladar in March 2023, for a complete almuerzo with beer, peanuts, olives, bocadillo and cremaet.11

Sources

  1. Chufa de Valencia, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  2. Fartons, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. La Horchatería, Horchatería de Santa Catalina, accessed October 2026
  4. La coctelería que inventó la icónica Agua de Valencia (Adriana Calvo, 8 August 2023), El Español, accessed October 2026
  5. Café de Las Horas: carta y Agua de Valencia, Café de Las Horas, accessed October 2026
  6. An Updated Guide to Valencia, Spain’s Specialty-Coffee Scene (Isabelle Mani, 7 July 2025), Barista Magazine, accessed October 2026
  7. 5 Can’t-Miss Cafes in Valencia (Tom Saxon, 6 July 2023), Barista Magazine, accessed October 2026
  8. Bebidas calientes, El Cafetín Valencia, accessed October 2026
  9. Un «tiempo» a 15 céntimos: el localismo que confunde a los turistas en los bares valencianos (Mateo Colom, 18 August 2024), El Debate, accessed October 2026
  10. Esmorzaret en Valencia: los mejores sitios para disfrutar de la tradición que es mucho más que un buen bocata (Roberto Ruiz, 14 March 2025), elDiario.es, accessed October 2026
  11. Probamos en Valencia el mejor ‘esmorzar’ del año (Miguel Ayuso, 23 March 2023), Directo al Paladar, accessed October 2026
  12. Horchatería Daniel, Comunitat Valenciana (regional tourism board), accessed October 2026
  13. Where to buy the best pumpkin fritters (Fallas 2026), Visit València, accessed October 2026
  14. Ciutat Vella (Valencia), Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  15. Ensanche (Valencia), Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  16. Jardín del Turia, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  17. El Cabañal, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  18. Menú, Horchatería de Santa Catalina, accessed October 2026
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Cafés in Valencia: common questions

How much does a coffee cost in Valencia?

On 2026 menus in the old town, a café solo cost €1.70–2.50 and a café con leche €2.80–3.00; a café bombón, espresso with condensed milk, cost €2.50–3.00. A complete esmorzaret, the mid-morning bocadillo with beer and a cremaet, could be found for €5 in 2023. At Café de las Horas, a half-liter jug of Agua de Valencia cost €14 in 2026.

Which neighborhood of Valencia has the most cafés?

Ciutat Vella and Pla del Real & Algirós have the most cafés, followed by Patraix, Jesús & L'Olivereta. Ciutat Vella has the old horchaterías and the stalls of the Mercado Central; Pla del Real & Algirós lines Avinguda de Blasco Ibáñez past the university faculties, where Horchatería Dolz has served since 1979.

What is horchata in Valencia and what do you eat with it?

Horchata, orxata in Valencian, is a sweet drink pressed from xufa (tiger nut). The Valencian crop has had a Denominación de Origen since 1995 and grows in 16 municipalities of the northern huerta. Horchaterías serve it liquid or granizada, half-frozen, with fartons, glazed finger buns for dunking that the Polo family developed in the 1960s.

What is Agua de Valencia and where was it invented?

Agua de Valencia is a cocktail, not water: freshly squeezed orange juice with cava, gin and vodka over ice. The painter Constante Gil is credited with inventing it in 1959 at the Café Madrid on Carrer de l’Abadia de Sant Martí. Café de las Horas, open since 1994, serves it by the jug, at €14 for half a liter in 2026.

What is an esmorzaret in Valencia?

An esmorzaret is the Valencian almuerzo, a late-morning meal that bars serve from about 09:00. It starts with peanuts and olives, continues with a bocadillo and beer or wine with gaseosa, and ends with a cremaet, black coffee flamed with rum, sugar, lemon and cinnamon. In 2023 a complete one could still be found for €5.

What is a tallat in Valencia?

A tallat is the Valencian name for a cortado, an espresso cut with a little milk. Other local orders include the café bombón, espresso over condensed milk, and in summer the café del tiempo, coffee with ice. On one El Carmen café’s 2026 menu, a café solo cost €1.70 and a bombón €2.50.

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