Valencia · Benimaclet
Cafés in 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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Benimaclet was a village before it was a district. Its name comes from the Arabic banī Makhlad, "sons of Makhlad", from its past as an alquería (Muslim farmstead); it governed itself until 1878, when it became part of Valencia, and it was made a district in 1972.1 The old core keeps narrow pedestrian streets around the square of the Church of the Assumption.1
The Universitat de València and the Universitat Politècnica are close by, which has brought a large student population to a district of about 28,000 residents (2022).1 On its edges the huerta, Valencia’s irrigated farmland, is gradually giving way to the Ronda Nord ring road and new building.1
Local tip: Ride metro line 9 from Benimaclet to Alboraia-Peris Aragó for horchata, then come back for a late coffee at La senzilla on Carrer de la Murta, open until 01:00.
At a glance
22Cafés listed
6With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
01:30Latest closing
Anubis
Cafetería Atusa
La senzilla
Letras y Vinos
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
tranqui
Café Dacapo
Kaf Café
La Carta Benimaclet
La Ola Fresca
Lungo Coffee & Brunch
Minto
New Ziryab
Tulsa Café
Bar-dan
Brass Coffee
Café de las Luces
- Outdoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
Cafetería Zafiro
El Obrador
Foc
Maymar
Mimo Café Studio
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Coffee chains in Benimaclet
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Cafés Valiente
Chain
El Café de Camilo
Getting to Benimaclet
Benimaclet station is served by metro lines 3 and 9 and by tram lines 4 and 6.2 Bus line 10 also runs through the district.1 Line 9 continues to its terminus at Alboraia-Peris Aragó.2
Cafés open past midnight
Anubis, on Carrer del Poeta Altet, opens only from 17:00 and serves until 01:30, Monday to Saturday. La senzilla, on Carrer de la Murta, is open every day from 08:00 to 01:00.
Letras y Vinos, on Carrer del Músic Belando, is a café and wine bar with a terrace; it closes on Wednesdays, takes a break between lunch and evening, and stays open until 00:30 on Fridays and Saturdays. Café de las Luces, on Carrer de la Guàrdia Civil, also has tables outside.
Daytime coffee in Benimaclet
Riot, on Carrer del Doctor Vicent Zaragozà, opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 19:00, with a short Saturday morning from 09:00 to 13:00. tranqui, on Carrer d’Albocàsser, is open daily 08:30–16:30, and Cafetería Atusa, on Carrer de la Torreta de Miramar, serves until 20:00 from Monday to Saturday.
El Obrador is further along Carrer del Doctor Vicent Zaragozà, at no. 25, Brass Coffee is on Carrer d’Alboraia, and Lungo Coffee & Brunch on Carrer del Doctor Garcia Brustenga. Cafés Valiente has branches on Carrer d’Emilio Baró and Carrer del Doctor Vicent Zaragozà, and El Café de Camilo on Carrer de Masquefa and Carrer del Sant Esperit.
Two barris and an unfinished plan
District 14 has two barris, Benimaclet itself and Camí de Vera.1 A development plan (PAI) for the open ground on the edge would join the district more closely to the huerta and restore historic streets, but it has not yet been approved.1
Horchata in Alboraia, next door
Alboraia, the next town north, is about 6 km from the center of Valencia and is known as the cradle of horchata: some 180 ha of its land grow xufa (tiger nut), and making horchata is its most widespread local industry.3 The Avinguda de la Horchata is the main road into town.3 Horchatería Daniel opened on it in 1979, before the road took that name.4
Two underground metro stations serve Alboraia, Alboraia-Peris Aragó and Alboraia-Palmaret.3 At the mouth of the Carraixet ravine stands the Ermita dels Peixets, built in 1907 to commemorate the local Miracle of the Fish.3
Sources
- Benimaclet, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
- Metrovalencia, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Alboraya, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
- Horchatería Daniel, Comunitat Valenciana (regional tourism board), accessed October 2026
FAQ
Benimaclet cafés: questions
Was Benimaclet in Valencia once a separate village?
Yes. Benimaclet governed itself until 1878, when it became part of Valencia, and it was made a district in 1972. Its name comes from the Arabic banī Makhlad, "sons of Makhlad", from its past as a Muslim farmstead. The old core keeps narrow pedestrian streets around the square of the Church of the Assumption.
Which cafés in Benimaclet, Valencia, stay open after midnight?
La senzilla on Carrer de la Murta is open daily from 08:00 to 01:00, and Anubis on Carrer del Poeta Altet serves from 17:00 to 01:30, Monday to Saturday. Letras y Vinos, a café and wine bar with a terrace on Carrer del Músic Belando, stays open until 00:30 on Fridays and Saturdays and closes on Wednesdays.
How do you get from Valencia’s Benimaclet to the horchaterías of Alboraia?
Take metro line 9 from Benimaclet station to its terminus at Alboraia-Peris Aragó. Alboraia, about 6 km from the center of Valencia, is known as the cradle of horchata, with some 180 ha of xufa fields, and the Avinguda de la Horchata is the main road into town. Horchatería Daniel opened on it in 1979.
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