8 Valencia Craft Workshops Worth Planning Around

1.Valencian paella workshop and visit to the Algiros market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 338 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $82Our pick

At Valencia Club Cocina, an English-speaking chef guides you through Valencian paella, Spanish potato tortilla and coca en llanda, with wine and sangria served alongside. Morning sessions from Monday to Saturday include a visit to Mercado Algirós to pick up ingredients. You’ll cook as a group, then sit down to eat and take home a paella recipe and group-photo diploma.

“Excellent class. Great staff. I have already used the recipe. The chef's were so passionate about the food they were preparing. Highly recommended.”

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2.Evening Guided Paella Workshop, Tapas, and Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 326 reviews · 3 hours · from $77

Spend three hours cooking Valencian paella with chicken and rabbit, or seafood paella with its special salmorreta sauté. English-speaking local cooks guide the hands-on class, while you try tapas, make sangria and share the finished meal with the group. The spread includes Valencian wine, seasonal fruit, coca de llanda cake and coffee.

“Jose was an excellent guide for our paella cooking course and made the experience very interactive and entertaining creating a real family atmosphere for the group. The food and drink was amazing.”

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3.Paella Workshop and Algiros Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 291 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $73

At Valencia Club Cocina, an English-speaking chef leads a 2.5-hour paella class with a visit to Algiros Market on Monday to Saturday mornings, when the market is open. You’ll prepare paella, Spanish omelet and coca de llanda, with local wine, sangria and a recipe to take home. Vegetarian paella is available by request.

“Cooking the paella was great , the chef gave us lots of tricks and bits to make it in proper Valencia way . Also it was fun to cook and drink and talk about food with people that shares the same passion . Really recommend it !”

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4.Real Paella Cooking Class – Market Visit & Sangría Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 291 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $77

Meet near San Valero Church for a 3.5-hour English-language class with a Ruzafa Market visit, hands-on paella making, and a sangria workshop. Chefs such as Anna, José, Guillermo, and Cristina guide you through Valencian meat-and-vegetable or seafood paella, then serve it with tapas, salad, dessert, coffee, and mistela.

“The experience for us was a 10/10!! The chefs were all incredible! They were sweet, funny and very passionate about their work, which made it extra fun to learn how to cook our first paella :) Our chef was José, who is such an amazing person!!! Very caring. During the entire workshop we were taken care of very well with delicious tapas and sangria. This activity is a must do here in Valencia!”

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5.Fluorescent painting workshop and wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 30 reviews · from $51Best value

At The Art Wine House in Valencia, you’ll spend two hours painting a fluorescent canvas under neon lights. An instructor guides you from a blank surface to a finished picture, and paint, brushes, canvas, and an apron are included. Wine and water are unlimited, and you take your artwork home.

“très bien très amusant, avec l'ambiance, le vin c'était parfait 😁”

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6.Excellent Private Photography Walking Tour & Workshop in Valencia

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $178

Join Max for a private, three-hour photography walk in Valencia, starting at Jardins de Monforte and threading through local alleys, street corners and viewpoints. He adapts the session to your experience and goals, teaches an observation exercise, and finishes with a drink at a local café. You’ll walk about 2.5 km.

“Max’s photography tour was great! He reached out ahead of time to learn more about what I was hoping to learn and what my experience level was, and the locations he selected were beautiful! Overall this tour was great, and I feel like I learned a ton about improving my travel photos. Max has also been accessible after the course for any follow up questions or questions about cameras, etc. It was a fun and different way to explore Valencia. I would recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about photography!”

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7.1 week intensive Spanish course + conversation workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 5 days (approx.) · from $307

Spend five weekdays at Taronja Spanish School in Valencia, with a level test, course materials and a one-hour daily conversation workshop. You’ll meet at the school in Ciutat Vella, where classes are organized by level and optional activities can bring you into contact with local culture and fellow students. Check the included teaching hours before booking.

“I am an Italian girl who studied for the third time at Taronja School for two weeks and this time I was very satisfied. First of all the teachers I had were Paula, Miguel, Micaela, Néstor, Nerea, Pablo, Salva and Laura and I thank them for their kindness that they transmitted to the students in class, very organized and at the same time engaging during the lesson, but especially I thank Miguel because from my personal experience she is a teacher that I had since the first year and is always smiling, she manages to unlock the most shy people and also very good. In addition, inside the school there…”

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8.Cheese Factory Workshop with Wine Tasting in Requena, Valencia

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $114

Leave Valencia at 8:30 am for Los Pedrones, where three brothers make goat cheese in temperature-controlled caves. Make your own cheese, taste eight varieties with unlimited drinks, then visit Vera de Estenas with winery overseer Edu for three wines and local cold cuts.

“If you like STRONG cheeses and/or goat cheeses you'll love the cheese tasting, if not it may be a bit of a struggle (they do have multiple pallet cleansers to help!). I love a strong parmesan or blue cheese, but one of the cheeses was on par wiRead more”

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