Getting there

Planes

Nine kilometres from the city centre | Valencia Airport receives regular easyJet and Ryanair flights from Gatwick and Stansted. Metrovalencia trains 3 and 5 run between the airport and the centre of the old town every 20 minutes or so.

Boats

Car and passenger ferries run regularly between Valencia’s port and Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca and Mahon (www.trasmediterranea.es).

Trains

The architecturally splendid Estacion del Norte is slap in Valencia’s city centre, beside the Town Hall, and runs near-hourly services to Barcelona, Madrid, and a host of other Spanish cities.

Automobiles

Car rental’s not really necessary in and around Valencia as public transport is excellent | city-centre parking can induce angina | and the surrounding area is comprehensively covered by the metro. If you do want your own wheels | however | Victoria Cars (www.victoriacars.com) keeps a reliable fleet at the airport.