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Roots Earth in Valencia: audio stories about 45 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 45 places in Valencia, Spain, in Europe. The Valencia stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Valencia, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 45 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: valencia.md

The 45 places in Valencia with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Valencia Cathedral
  2. El Miguelete (Bell Tower)
  3. Plaza de la Virgen
  4. Basilica of the Virgin of the Forsaken
  5. La Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange)
  6. Central Market
  7. Church of the Holy Johns
  8. City of Arts and Sciences
  9. L'Hemisfèric
  10. L'Oceanogràfic
  11. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
  12. Príncipe Felipe Science Museum
  13. Serranos Towers
  14. Quart Towers
  15. Town Hall Square
  16. Valencia City Hall
  17. Estación del Norte
  18. Valencia Bullring
  19. Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia
  20. Turia Gardens
  21. El Carmen Quarter
  22. Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana
  23. Church of St Nicholas
  24. Plaza Redonda
  25. Colón Market
  26. Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas
  27. National Museum of Ceramics
  28. Church of San Juan del Hospital
  29. Almoina Archaeological Centre
  30. Royal Monastery of the Trinity
  31. Jardines del Real (Viveros)
  32. Church of San Agustín
  33. El Cabanyal
  34. Malvarrosa Beach
  35. Ruzafa
  36. Ruzafa Market
  37. Benimaclet
  38. La Albufera
  39. El Palmar
  40. Church of San Valero and San Vicente Mártir
  41. Fallas Museum
  42. Bioparc Valencia
  43. Puente del Mar
  44. Velluters (El Pilar) Quarter
  45. Royal College-Seminary of Corpus Christi

Is there an audio guide for Valencia Cathedral?

Yes. Valencia Cathedral has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 45 Valencia places in the app, at 39.47556, -0.37528. Every one of the other 44 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Valencia

Open Roots Earth and choose Valencia. The city has its own map of places with all 45 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 45 places in Valencia, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 45 places in Valencia, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. Valencia Cathedral

Coordinates
39.47556, -0.37528
In one line
Valencia's cathedral rises where a Roman temple and later a mosque once stood, its new building begun in 1262. Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque portals frame a sanctuary that guards a chalice many revere as the Holy Grail.

2. El Miguelete (Bell Tower)

Coordinates
39.47556, -0.37583
In one line
Valencia Cathedral's eight-sided Gothic bell tower rose between 1381 and 1429, climbing roughly 63 metres. It guards one of Spain's great medieval bell collections, and 207 spiralling steps lead to a terrace above the old city.

3. Plaza de la Virgen

Coordinates
39.47611, -0.37528
In one line
Valencia's historic civic square sits over the old Roman forum, framed by the cathedral, the Basilica of the Forsaken and the seat of regional government. Its central fountain honours the river Turia and the plain's ancient irrigation canals.

4. Basilica of the Virgin of the Forsaken

Coordinates
39.47639, -0.37528
In one line
Valencia's foremost Marian shrine, a Baroque basilica raised between 1652 and 1667 for the cult of Our Lady of the Forsaken. Its oval interior, frescoed dome and revered patron image make it the spiritual heart of the city.

5. La Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange)

Coordinates
39.47444, -0.37833
In one line
Valencia's late Gothic silk exchange, begun in 1482 by master builder Pere Compte and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its trading hall, where spiral columns climb like stone palm trees, celebrates the city's golden age of Mediterranean commerce.

6. Central Market

Coordinates
39.47361, -0.37861
In one line
Valencia's vast Modernist food market, built in iron, glass and coloured tile and inaugurated in 1928. Covering more than 8,000 square metres beneath soaring domes, it remains one of Europe's great fresh-produce markets and a daily heart of city life.

7. Church of the Holy Johns

Coordinates
39.47417, -0.37889
In one line
A Valencian church founded in Gothic form around 1240 over a former mosque, then rebuilt in exuberant Baroque after a fire in 1592. Its sculpted, clock-topped front looks out over the old market square toward the Central Market and Silk Exchange.

8. City of Arts and Sciences

Coordinates
39.45444, -0.35139
In one line
A futuristic complex of white concrete and glass laid out along the drained Turia riverbed, designed mainly by Santiago Calatrava and opened in stages from 1998. Its sculptural buildings for science, art and nature have become Valencia's global emblem.

9. L'Hemisfèric

Coordinates
39.45611, -0.35361
In one line
An eye-shaped building by Santiago Calatrava, opened in 1998 as the first structure of the City of Arts and Sciences. Inside its concrete shell sit a planetarium and large-format cinema, while a surrounding pool completes the illusion of a giant eye.

10. L'Oceanogràfic

Coordinates
39.45222, -0.34833
In one line
Europe's largest oceanarium, opened in 2003 within the City of Arts and Sciences. Designed by Félix Candela, it holds around 45,000 animals across recreated marine worlds, from Arctic seas to tropical reefs, with an underwater restaurant beneath a thin-shell concrete roof.

11. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Coordinates
39.4575, -0.3556
In one line
An opera house and performing arts centre designed by Santiago Calatrava, opened in 2005 in the City of Arts and Sciences. Crowned by a vast metallic shell and rising around 75 metres, it holds four auditoriums for opera, concerts, and theatre.

12. Príncipe Felipe Science Museum

Coordinates
39.45472, -0.35083
In one line
An interactive science museum designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2000, shaped to resemble the skeleton of a whale. Stretching over 200 metres in the City of Arts and Sciences, it invites hands-on exploration rather than displaying valuable artefacts.

13. Serranos Towers

Coordinates
39.47944, -0.37583
In one line
A fortified Gothic city gate built between 1392 and 1398 by Pere Balaguer, once the grandest entrance through Valencia's medieval walls. Its twin towers welcomed kings, later held noble prisoners, and now open Valencia's Fallas festival each year.

14. Quart Towers

Coordinates
39.47472, -0.38583
In one line
A pair of round Gothic towers guarding the western entrance to medieval Valencia, built from 1441 over several decades. Their stonework still bears the scars of French cannon fire from 1808, preserved as marks of the city's history.

15. Town Hall Square

Coordinates
39.46972, -0.37667
In one line
Valencia's grand civic square, laid out where a Franciscan convent once stood and reshaped in the early 20th century. Framed by the City Hall and the Post Office, it stages flower stalls, a central fountain and the thunderous Fallas mascletà.

16. Valencia City Hall

Coordinates
39.46944, -0.37667
In one line
Valencia's seat of municipal government, housed in an 18th-century former school joined to a grand eclectic facade completed in the early 20th century. It holds the city's history museum, ceremonial halls and the balcony from which civic life is proclaimed.

17. Estación del Norte

Coordinates
39.46556, -0.37722
In one line
Valencia's main railway terminus, designed by Demetrio Ribes and built between 1907 and 1917. A landmark of Valencian Modernisme, it is decorated inside and out with ceramic oranges, orange blossom and mosaics wishing travellers a good journey in many languages.

18. Valencia Bullring

Coordinates
39.46667, -0.37583
In one line
Valencia's 19th-century bullring, designed by Sebastián Monleón Estellés and built between 1851 and 1859. Its brick exterior of stacked arches recalls Roman amphitheatres like the Colosseum, and the arena still hosts bullfights, concerts and events beside the North Station.

19. Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

Coordinates
39.47889, -0.37139
In one line
One of Spain's great art collections, housed in a Baroque former seminary begun in 1683 beside the Turia Gardens. Founded in 1913, it holds around 2,000 works, from Valencian Gothic panels to masterpieces by Velázquez, El Greco, Goya and Sorolla.

20. Turia Gardens

Coordinates
39.47194, -0.36556
In one line
A long green park laid out in the dry bed of the Turia river, diverted after the deadly flood of 1957. Stretching some nine kilometres through the city, it links old bridges, gardens and sports grounds, ending at the City of Arts and Sciences.

21. El Carmen Quarter

Coordinates
39.47861, -0.38028
In one line
Valencia's historic old-town quarter, grown between the 11th-century Islamic walls and the 14th-century Christian ones. Named for an old Carmelite convent, its tangle of medieval lanes now brims with street art, bars and nightlife between the Serranos and Quart towers.

22. Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana

Coordinates
39.47639, -0.37639
In one line
A late Gothic palace begun in 1422 to house the Generalitat, the body that managed the Kingdom of Valencia's taxes. Crowned by twin towers, it is one of Europe's rare medieval buildings still home to the institution that built it.

23. Church of St Nicholas

Coordinates
39.475, -0.37889
In one line
A 13th-century parish church rebuilt in Valencian Gothic, whose single nave was later wrapped in a dazzling Baroque skin. Its vaulted ceiling carries vast frescoes of the lives of two patron saints, earning it a reputation as Valencia's own painted chapel.

24. Plaza Redonda

Coordinates
39.47222, -0.37722
In one line
A small circular square hidden in Valencia's old town, built in 1840 by Salvador Escrig. Ringed by uninterrupted four-story houses with a fountain at its center, it once held market stalls and now shelters shops selling crafts and lace.

25. Colón Market

Coordinates
39.46944, -0.36944
In one line
A landmark of Valencian Modernisme built between 1914 and 1916 by the architect Francisco Mora Berenguer. Its open iron-and-glass hall and ceramic-clad brick facades once served a bourgeois neighborhood and now house cafes, restaurants and shops.

26. Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas

Coordinates
39.47083, -0.37389
In one line
A 15th-century Gothic palace transformed in 1740 into an extravagant Rococo residence for the Marqués de Dos Aguas. Its alabaster doorway, carved in 1745 with two reclining river gods, is among the most theatrical facades in Valencia. It now houses the national ceramics museum.

27. National Museum of Ceramics

Coordinates
39.47083, -0.37389
In one line
Spain's national museum of ceramics and decorative arts, founded in 1947 around the collection of Manuel González Martí. Housed in the Palace of Dos Aguas, it gathers thousands of pieces from Manises, Paterna and Alcora, alongside carriages, costumes and furniture.

28. Church of San Juan del Hospital

Coordinates
39.47361, -0.37417
In one line
Valencia's oldest surviving church, founded by the Knights Hospitaller after King James the First took the city in 1238. Built in a Romanesque-to-Gothic transitional style, it holds the tomb of a Byzantine empress and was stripped back to its medieval stone in the 20th century.

29. Almoina Archaeological Centre

Coordinates
39.47611, -0.37472
In one line
An underground museum beside the Cathedral where the layered heart of Valencia is laid bare. Roman forum, Visigothic baptistery and Islamic remains sit under a glass roof sheeted in water, tracing two thousand years of the city in a single excavated space.

30. Royal Monastery of the Trinity

Coordinates
39.48056, -0.37
In one line
A Gothic Poor Clares convent founded in the 1440s by Queen María of Castile across the old Turia from the city walls. Home to the abbess Isabel de Villena, author of the Vita Christi and the first known woman writer in the Valencian language.

31. Jardines del Real (Viveros)

Coordinates
39.48028, -0.36694
In one line
Valencia's grand historic park, laid out on the grounds of the vanished Royal Palace that monarchs held from James the First until Captain General José Caro dismantled it in 1810. Now a green expanse of rose gardens, fountains and tree-lined avenues across the old river from the city.

32. Church of San Agustín

Coordinates
39.46583, -0.38056
In one line
The Gothic church of a former Augustinian convent established outside the city walls in 1307. Gutted in the Spanish Civil War and rebuilt after the war, it survives as a single soaring nave with a tall bell tower erected in 1912 and later modified during the restoration.

33. El Cabanyal

Coordinates
39.46778, -0.32861
In one line
Valencia's old fishermen's quarter by the sea, a grid of low houses bright with tiled facades. Once an independent village, it survived a long demolition plan and now stands as one of Europe's most celebrated neighbourhoods, still proud of its maritime roots.

34. Malvarrosa Beach

Coordinates
39.47222, -0.32444
In one line
Valencia's broad city beach, a long stretch of golden sand and palm-lined promenade behind the old fishermen's quarters. Named after a fragrant geranium once farmed here, it drew the painter Sorolla to its light and remains the city's favourite place by the sea.

35. Ruzafa

Coordinates
39.46028, -0.37389
In one line
A Valencia district with a thousand-year history, founded as a Moorish garden estate and once a town in its own right before joining the city in 1877. Long a working-class quarter, it is now Valencia's most fashionable neighbourhood, dense with bars, markets and galleries.

36. Ruzafa Market

Coordinates
39.46167, -0.37528
In one line
A covered municipal food market on Plaça del Baró de Cortés, serving the Russafa neighbourhood since the 1950s. Its striped facade and more than 160 stalls of fish, meat and produce make it Valencia's second-largest market hall.

37. Benimaclet

Coordinates
39.48611, -0.35417
In one line
A formerly independent farming village of Moorish origin, absorbed by Valencia in 1878 and now a lively student and activist district. Its old core of low houses and square keeps a village feel beside high-rise blocks and the university campuses.

38. La Albufera

Coordinates
39.33944, -0.35028
In one line
A vast freshwater lagoon and wetland just south of Valencia, ringed by rice paddies and a pine-covered dune forest. Once a royal hunting ground, it is now a protected natural park famous for its birdlife, fishing barques and flaming sunsets.

39. El Palmar

Coordinates
39.33444, -0.32639
In one line
A small fishing village on an island in the Albufera lagoon, ringed by rice fields and laced with canals. Once home to thatched fishermen's huts, it is now known for its eel dishes, paella restaurants and the novel that made it famous.

40. Church of San Valero and San Vicente Mártir

Coordinates
39.46028, -0.37194
In one line
The baroque parish church of Ruzafa, built between 1676 and 1700 on the site of a medieval temple. Crowned by a blue-and-white tiled dome and an octagonal bell tower from 1740, it is so grand that locals call it the Cathedral of Ruzafa.

41. Fallas Museum

Coordinates
39.45917, -0.36306
In one line
A museum dedicated to Valencia's Fallas festival, where the single figure pardoned from the flames each year is preserved. Its collection of saved ninots traces the history of an explosive tradition recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.

42. Bioparc Valencia

Coordinates
39.47917, -0.41167
In one line
An immersion zoo at the western end of the Turia Gardens, opened in 2008.

43. Puente del Mar

Coordinates
39.46861, -0.36
In one line
A Renaissance stone bridge of ten arches, raised in the 1590s to carry travellers from Valencia toward its port and the sea. Its arches now span the green Turia Garden rather than water, with grand staircases leading pedestrians down into the park.

44. Velluters (El Pilar) Quarter

Coordinates
39.47139, -0.38389
In one line
A working quarter of Valencia's old town named for its silk-velvet weavers, the velluters, whose looms once employed nearly half the city. After long decline it survives as a layered neighbourhood of guild memory, regeneration and street life.

45. Royal College-Seminary of Corpus Christi

Coordinates
39.47556, -0.37139
In one line
A Renaissance college-seminary founded by Archbishop Juan de Ribera and built between 1586 and 1610. Around a marble cloister sit a frescoed church and a museum holding works by El Greco, famous for its Friday Miserere with a descending altar painting.

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