Bram Verhoeven
Neighbourhoods, sights and slow days out
Based in Valencia, Spain.
Bram cycled into Valencia on a Rotterdam-to-Andalusia trip in 2016 and never left, and now writes walking routes through Ciutat Vella and the dried-up Turia riverbed park. He covers the City of Arts, day trips to Xàtiva and the quieter corners of Cabanyal that most weekend visitors miss.
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Fallas 2027 in Valencia: Mascleta Times, Nit del Foc and the Cremà, Day by Day
Fallas runs to a fixed timetable, so most of the planning is deciding which nights to turn up for. The daily mascletà, the flower offering, the Nit del Foc and the Cremà each need a different place to stand.
What to see at the Serranos Towers in Valencia and when to climb
Valencia's medieval river gate costs €2 at the door and opens at 10:00, and its terrace shuts in rain, so the climb is worth planning around the weather.
Walking under the water at Valencia's Oceanogràfic
A nine-kilometre car-free riverbed ride ends at Europe's largest aquarium, where one restaurant seats you ten metres underwater.
Learning Paella in Valencia Over an Orange Wood Fire
Market-to-pan classes in Russafa, wood fires out in the orchard and the lagoon village, and the lunches worth tasting before you cook your own.
Paella and Sangría in Valencia After the Russafa Market
A three-and-a-half-hour Valencian paella class in Russafa that starts with the market shop and ends at the flat pan and the sangría jug, with an honest verdict on whether it beats just eating the real thing.
Dawn and Dusk at Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences
The white shells of Calatrava's complex work best in the two hours a day when the water is flat and the crowds haven't arrived, so here is how to time both ends of it.
Valencia's Orange Season, From Market Stall to Michelin Plate
How to follow Valencia's winter citrus harvest from the Mercat Central's fruit stalls out to the huerta's family orchards and onto two Michelin tasting menus.
Valencia Never Stops Crackling: Inside a City Built on Gunpowder
In Valencia, gunpowder isn't a March event but a year-round undertone — this is where the sound, the smoke and the craft behind it all actually live.
The Morning After the Fires: Valencia Resets
The week after Fallas is Valencia's real story: casales fall silent, ash gets swept from the plazas by dawn, and the city quietly goes back to almuerzo, market counters and long lunches.
Valencia Spends All Year Building Toward Fire
Long before the first mascletà rattles the Ajuntament, Valencia's workshops, casals and archives are already at work — here's where to find the festival's other eleven months.
The Warm River at the End of the Road: A Valencia Day Trip to Montanejos
A free 25°C spring, a cave you can walk into, a waterfall ten minutes away and a straight answer on which of Montanejos's canyoning operators actually suits your group — everything you need to plan the day out from Valencia in 2026.
The Walls of El Carmen: Valencia's Street Art Capital
In Valencia's oldest quarter, medieval stone doubles as canvas — here's how to walk it, who painted it, and where to land afterward.
Older Than Paella: Inside Valencia's Horchaterías and the Tiger-Nut Ritual
A calm, practical map to Valencia's horchata houses — where the tiger nut is grown, which venues suit a couple and which take a crowd, and how to drink it like the locals do.
Tiles, Clay and Modernism: Valencia's Quiet Design Heritage
A calm, practical route through Valencia's ceramic soul — national museums, working porcelain, the tile towns on the metro line, and the studios where you can throw your own.
The River That Became a Park: Valencia's Turia, Nine Kilometres of Green
A calm, end-to-end walk through the drained riverbed that Valencia turned into its finest public space — what to actually do along its nine kilometres, and what to skip.
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