Valencia nightlife runs late and costs less than Madrid or Barcelona. Bars fill after 23:00, pubs close at 03:30 and the clubs keep going until 07:00 or 07:30. The old town, El Carmen, is for bar-hopping. Ruzafa mixes cocktail bars with small techno rooms. The big commercial clubs sit at the City of Arts and Sciences and on Malvarrosa beach, and Spook, out in Pinedo, carries the name of the Ruta del Bakalao clubs of the eighties. Most club doors cost €10–20, often with a drink included. Worth knowing: on Friday and Saturday the metro runs until about 03:00 and night buses until 03:15, so the ride home from a club is usually a taxi.
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The night is long, and it starts late. Dinner is at 21:30 or later, the bars fill from 23:00 and the clubs after 01:00. Pubs close at 03:30, which is when the club queues build, and most clubs run until 07:00 or 07:30.
The city splits into a bar half and a club half. El Carmen and Ruzafa are for walking between bars. The big clubs are on the edges: MYA and L'Umbracle at the City of Arts and Sciences, Akuarela on Malvarrosa beach and Spook out in Pinedo. Plan a taxi for the second half of the night.
Summer changes the map. L'Umbracle opens its garden in late April, Akuarela opens every night in summer and Spook's events start in its open-air garden in the afternoon. In March, Fallas takes over the whole city for five days.
MYA, Akuarela and Indiana run until 07:00 or later with house, pop and reggaeton, and the doors are used to groups.
Oven Club in Ruzafa, 33/45 in Algirós and Spook in Pinedo, where Ricardo Villalobos played for 14 hours in June 2026.
El Carmen and Ruzafa are dense enough to walk between bars all night without a map.
Loco Club puts on more than 200 concerts a year, Sala Moon takes touring bands and Café del Duende has flamenco four nights a week.
Thursday is a real night out here: Campus Indiana, Thursday sessions at MYA and Akuarela, and plenty of guest lists.
Open-air nights at L'Umbracle and Akuarela, and the beach at sunrise.
Not for you if you want to walk between big clubs. The large rooms are spread across the city, and after 03:15 the way home is a taxi.
Dinner, or tapas and a first drink in Ruzafa.
The bars of El Carmen and Ruzafa fill up. Agua de Valencia at Café Madrid or Café de las Horas.
Club doors are open, but the floors are still half empty.
Pubs close and the clubs fill. On Friday and Saturday the last metro has already gone at about 03:00.
Peak in the big clubs.
Closing. Sunrise on the terrace at Akuarela, then a taxi home.
Akuarela Playa has an open-air terrace on Malvarrosa beach and runs until 07:30. Entry is usually €20–25 with a drink.
Big events start in The Garden in the afternoon and finish in the Main Room at dawn. Book the taxi home before you go: no metro reaches Pinedo.
Café Madrid, open since 1940 near Plaza de la Reina, is known as the birthplace of the city's cava and orange cocktail.
Café del Duende has shows from Thursday to Sunday for €20 with a drink, and Radio City runs flamenco on Tuesday at 23:00.
The 4,000 m² garden at the City of Arts and Sciences opens in late April, and Saturday sessions start at 17:00.
From 15 to 19 March the city is in the street. The mascletà fires at 14:00 in Plaça de l'Ajuntament, fireworks light the old riverbed at night, and the falles burn on the night of the 19th.
The medieval centre and the first stop of most nights. Café de las Horas and Café Madrid for Agua de Valencia, Atenea Sky for a rooftop, Jimmy Glass for jazz and Radio City until 04:00.
Valencia's Soho, south of Estació del Nord. Dinner and cocktails first, then Oven Club for techno, Killing Time for leftfield nights or Play Club for hits.
Just outside the old walls. Indiana for a big central club, Loco Club and Sala Moon for gigs, Café del Duende for flamenco.
The university avenue and the old village north of it. Big Ben on Plaza de Honduras to start, La3 for concerts and club sessions, 33/45 for small techno nights.
MYA from Thursday to Saturday, and L'Umbracle's open-air garden in summer. Smart dress and a taxi home.
Marina Beach Club for a pool and DJs until 03:30, then Akuarela on Malvarrosa beach until 07:30, every night in summer.
South of the port, on the road that carried the Ruta del Bakalao. Spook runs three stages, from an afternoon garden to dawn.
Clubs are 18+ and check photo ID, and some nights have been 21+, so read the ticket. The commercial clubs set a dress code: MYA asks for smart dress with no sportswear, shorts or flip-flops, and Indiana turns away sportswear. Buying online is usually cheaper than the door, and guest lists are common.
Most club nights cost €10–20, often with a drink included. Examples: from €10 at Play Club, €12–20 at Indiana, about €21 at MYA and €20–25 at Akuarela. Early tickets for Ricardo Villalobos at Spook started at €11.40, and some nights at 33/45 are free. Bars are free to enter.
On Friday, Saturday and the eve of public holidays Metrovalencia runs until about 03:00. EMT night buses leave from Plaza del Ayuntamiento until about 02:15 from Monday to Thursday and until 03:15 at the weekend, and a single bus ticket costs €2. Clubs close around 07:00, long after that, so most people take a taxi or walk if they are staying in the centre.
| Club entry | €10–20 |
| Beer in a club | €5–6 |
| Cocktail | €8–12 |
| Cloakroom | €2–3 |
| Night bus ticket | €2 |
| Taxi across town | €10–15 |
| Late-night bocadillo | €5–8 |
| Hostel bed, weekend | €25–45 |
Two drinks in El Carmen, a guest-list or €10 club entry, three beers inside and the night bus home.
A cocktail in Ruzafa, a €20 club ticket with a drink, three more drinks, the cloakroom and a shared taxi.
Sunset at Atenea Sky, dinner, MYA or Akuarela until 07:00, drinks all night and a taxi home.
When the pubs close, everyone heads for the clubs at once. Arrive by 02:30 and you skip the worst of the queue.
MYA and Spook sell cheaper early tickets online, and many club tickets include a drink.
Indiana, MYA and Akuarela all open on Thursday, and it is the main student night.
L'Umbracle only opens from late April, and Akuarela is nightly only in summer.
No metro or tram reaches Spook. Book the taxi back, or agree a lift, before you are inside.
The commercial clubs turn away sportswear. Shorts and flip-flops will not get you into MYA, even in August.
Between about 1982 and 1996, a 30-kilometre circuit of clubs along the CV-500 ran from Friday to Monday. It was the first large-scale clubbing scene in Spain.
Spook Factory opened in 1984 in a former toy factory, and the Spook name still runs club nights in Pinedo.
Agua de Valencia, made with cava and orange juice, is said to have been born at Café Madrid, a bar that has been open since 1940.
The March festival was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage in 2016.
Most clubs close at 07:00 or 07:30. MYA, Indiana and Play Club run until 07:00 and Akuarela until 07:30. Pubs and bars close at 03:30.
El Carmen for bar-hopping in the old town, Ruzafa for cocktails and small clubs, and the City of Arts and Sciences or Malvarrosa beach for the big clubs.
Usually €10–20, and the ticket often includes a drink. Play Club starts at €10, Indiana costs €12–20, MYA about €21 and Akuarela €20–25.
On Friday and Saturday the metro runs until about 03:00 and EMT night buses until 03:15, and a single bus ticket costs €2. After that, take a taxi or walk if you are staying in the centre.
18+ with photo ID. Some nights have been 21+, so check the ticket before you go.
It is the busiest week of the year. From 15 to 19 March the whole city is out, with fireworks at night and the falles burning on the 19th. Book your bed early.
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