Cafe de las Horas is a bar in Valencia.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Cakes and tapas
Tip: Open daily through the day; the room is most evocative at dusk. Reservations not taken.
Address: Calle Conde de Almodóvar, 1, 46003 Valencia
Cafe Madrid on Carrer de l'Abadia de Sant Marti in Valencia is the 1959 birthplace of agua de Valencia, the cava-and-orange cocktail invented here.
Signature drink: Agua de Valencia
Food: Snacks
Tip: Closed and reopened in 2018 after a tasteful renovation. The agua de Valencia carafe is the order.
Café Sant Jaume on Carrer dels Cavallers in Valencia's Carmen is a restored 19th-century pharmacy turned cocktail bar, with the original wood-and-marble.
Signature drink: Classic gin and tonic
Food: Snacks
Tip: Order the agua de Valencia or the gin and tonic. The Calle Caballeros terrace is the prime perch on weekend nights.
Destilados on Carrer del Pare Tosca in Valencia's Carmen is a spirit-focused bar with 250 mezcals, 200 whiskies and a cocktail menu built on Mexican-Spanish.
Signature drink: Mezcal flight
Food: Snacks
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The mezcal tasting flight runs three glasses.
Bar Negrito on Placa del Negret in Valencia's Carmen is a classic vermut and wine bar with a small plaza terrace, a tap of house vermut and a Valencian-wine.
Signature drink: Vermut on tap
Food: Tapas
Tip: Plaza terrace from sundown. The vermut and a pickled-anchovy plate is the local order.
