Spain · Valencian Community
Yacht Charter Valencia
A marina built for the America's Cup, the birthplace of paella, and the Costa Blanca an afternoon south.
Valencia rebuilt its waterfront for the 2007 America's Cup and kept it: the marina is modern, deep and unusually well organised, and it sits next to a beach that runs for kilometres. Behind it is a city with a Gothic silk exchange, a market hall of iron and glass, and the rice fields of the Albufera twenty minutes south where paella was invented.
The city and the water
The Marina de València is the old America's Cup basin, purpose-built and easy to enter, ten minutes from the old town by road. The Malvarrosa beach runs north from it and the promenade behind is where the city eats on Sunday.
The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Calatrava's white complex in the drained riverbed, is fifteen minutes inland and is the thing people photograph. The riverbed itself is now a nine-kilometre park running through the middle of the city.
Rice, silk and the south
The Albufera is a freshwater lagoon twenty minutes south surrounded by rice paddies, and paella valenciana was invented on its edge — rabbit, chicken, beans, no seafood, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.
South from there the Costa Blanca begins: Dénia, Xàbia and the Cap de la Nau, with coves under limestone cliffs and water that clears as you go. Ibiza is a night's sail east from Dénia.
Practical notes
- The Marina de València is the old America's Cup basin — modern, deep and easy to enter
- Valencia airport is twenty minutes from the marina
- The Albufera and its rice fields are twenty minutes south; the Costa Blanca begins about two hours down the coast
- Ibiza is a night's sail east from Dénia, which is halfway to the Balearics
Reached from: the Balearics
Where to dine
A table by the water
Casa Carmela
MalvarrosaOn the beach since 1922, cooking paella over orange wood, which is the way it was meant to be done.
Central Market
ValenciaIron and glass, a thousand stalls, and the counters at the back where the city eats mid-morning.
El Palmar
AlbuferaIn the rice paddies twenty minutes south, where paella valenciana was invented and still has rabbit in it.
What to do
Anchorages & excursions
The Albufera
A freshwater lagoon surrounded by rice paddies, twenty minutes south, where paella comes from.
La Lonja de la Seda
A Gothic silk exchange of 1482, UNESCO-listed, with a hall of twisted stone columns like a stone forest.
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
Calatrava's white complex in the drained riverbed, fifteen minutes inland.
The Costa Blanca
Two hours south: Dénia, Xàbia and the Cap de la Nau, with coves under limestone cliffs.
The fleet
Yachts available for Valencia
Vessels that operate here, from flagship motor yachts to smaller crewed boats. Every rate is quoted on enquiry.
Good to know
Questions we are asked about Valencia
- Is the marina good?
- It was built for the 2007 America's Cup and kept afterwards: deep, modern, well organised and ten minutes from the old town.
- Where does paella come from?
- The edge of the Albufera lagoon, twenty minutes south, and the original has rabbit, chicken and beans in it rather than seafood.
- What does a yacht charter in Valencia cost?
- It depends on the yacht, the season, the crew and the positioning, so we quote on enquiry rather than publish a figure that would be wrong for most weeks.
Destinations
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