FAQs
FAQs
Here you can find quick answers to all of your questions. Linked, you’ll find the articles or the sections of the articles that can give you more detailed information.
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Plaza del Ayuntamiento is Valencia’s Town Hall Square.
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Plaza del Ayuntamiento is one of the city’s main meeting points and a hive of activity, as well as being a site of interest for tourists, due to the beautiful buildings that surround it.
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Plaza del Ayuntamiento is in the southern section of the Ciutat Vella district, specifically in the San Francesc neighbourhood.
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Mostly developed in the 20th century, Plaza del Ayuntamiento presents a mixture of Neoclassical, Modernist, and Eclectic architectural styles.
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Although a spontaneus square had been developing on the site since the 1800s, the Municipal investement that ultimately allowed for the Plaza to develop as it did was allocated in the early 1900s.
The rest of the square and the surrounding buildings were built over the course of the 20th century.
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If you are in Ciutat Vella, the best way to reach Valencia’s Plaza del Ayuntamiento is probably to go on foot, or if you prefer, on a bike.
If you need to use public transport, you can easily reach the square by metro.If you’d like to know more about transport, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
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Plaza del Ayuntamiento is always open.
The opening times of the individual venues vary depending on the day of the week, so you can check them out in the relevant section of this article.
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Access to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento is always free.
Access to the majority of the individual venues are also free, but you can check them out in the relevant section of this article.
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Of course you can. Valencia is an extremely bike friendly city, and on the official map, you’ll see that there are bike paths circling the city’s old quarters. You can also cycle in the city centre and its pedestrian zones, as long as there is enough room for people to walk.
If you’d like to know more about traffic rules and norms in Valencia, you can check out our article about cycling in Valencia.
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The Town Hall Square is a key point in the urban bus network. Buses C1, 6, 8, 11, 35, and 70 all stop in Plaza de Ayuntamiento.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s bus system, you can check out our article about it.
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The metro is one of the best public transport methods to reach the square. Lines 3, 5, and 9 all stop at the closest metro stations, Xàtiva and Colón.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s metro system, you can read our article about it.
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The tram is also a good way to get to the square. Line 10’s stop Alacant is only 5 minutes away from Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s tram network, you can check out our article about it.
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Of course. There are two Valenbisi stations around Plaza del Ayuntamiento, and many others not too far away.If you’d like to know more about Valenbisi, you can check out our article about it.
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Generally, you are not allowed to park a rental electric scooter in the Old Town, where Plaza del Ayuntamiento is.
You will thus need to park nearby, just outside the no-park zone that you will see on your app’s map.
You can learn more about electric scooters and how to get one in Valencia in our dedicated article.
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