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.
TipOrder the agua de Valencia or the gin and tonic. The Calle Caballeros terrace is the prime perch on weekend nights.
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.
TipPlaza terrace from sundown. The vermut and a pickled-anchovy plate is the local order.