Valencia: Morning Food Tour with Central Market Visit
Start your day off right and experience a true Valencian morning strolling through the city. Join this guided food tour, visit the bustling Central Market, and taste a...
Chocolateria Valor is a spanish budget eat in Valencia.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Open daily through the day. The chocolate is thicker than a milkshake; eat slowly with the churros.
Start your day off right and experience a true Valencian morning strolling through the city. Join this guided food tour, visit the bustling Central Market, and taste a...
Discover the most interesting parts of Valencia's city center while tasting local cuisine. Enjoy delicious dishes such as fried anchovies, croquetas, esgarraet, tortil...
Experience a perfect day in the Utiel-Requena region. Just an hour from Valencia, explore vineyards, an authentic cheese factory, and a rural winery. Don't miss the op...
Address: Plaza de la Reina, 20, 46003 Valencia
Kiosko La Pergola on the Malvarrosa beach paseo offers a beachfront paella-and-drink menu for 15 euros at lunch, the bargain rice plate of the beachfront.
Try: Paella menu del dia
Tip: Lunch only and seasonal (closed winter). Reserve the terrace one week ahead in summer.
Navarro on Carrer de l'Arquebisbe Mayoral in Valencia runs one of the city's best-value menu del dia plates at lunchtime, with paella, a main and dessert.
Try: Menu del dia (paella, second, dessert, wine)
Tip: Mon to Fri lunch only. Arrive before 14:00 to find a seat at the small dining room.
Central Bar inside the Mercado Central is Ricard Camarena's market-counter bocadillo bar; a calamari sandwich plus a cana for under 10 euros.
Try: Bocadillo de calamares
Tip: Open Mon to Sat with the market 07:30-14:30. Stand at the counter.
Horchateria Daniel inside Mercado de Colon pours a glass of horchata de chufa with a farton for around 5 euros, the canonical Valencian mid-morning snack.
Try: Horchata and fartons
Tip: Open daily through the day. Cash and card; the takeaway window has a quieter queue.
Bar Ricardo on Carrer del Doctor Zamenhof in Valencia's Extramurs serves esgarraet, sepia and a cana for around 10 euros at the counter, the local.
Try: Tapas and esgarraet
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The lunchtime counter fills by 13:30.
Tasca Angel on Carrer de la Purissima has grilled charcoal sardinas a la plancha since 1946; half a dozen plus a cana runs to around 8 euros.
Try: Grilled sardines
Tip: Lunchtime only. Arrive before 13:30 for a stool at the counter.