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The Region of Valencia has long boasted great gastronomy that reaches beyond the rice dishes and cocas it is perhaps best known for. Here you will find an extensive culinary tradition, fantastic products and the highest-level professionals, making the region a popular destination among foodies around the world.
The professionals working in the sector are a disparate group. Some safeguard time-old recipes while others are working on the cutting-edge of the avant-garde. From small family-run eateries to award-winning restaurants, the Region of Valencia is renowned for its foodie culture.
The brand “L’Exquisit Mediterrani” groups together professionals that though may work in different areas, have one thing in common: an expertise in handling local produce. Their creations are utterly irresistible. The Region of Valencia is also committed to training new talent who know how to get the balance between tradition and innovation just right.
During your time in the area, we recommend combining wine travel with gastronomic tourism in a journey that will take you on a discovery of timeless recipes and Designation of Origin products. You can also head off in search of innovation at restaurants awarded Michelin Stars and Soles Repsol.
Join us on a discovery of the Region of Valencia’s gastronomy. There are so many dishes and specialities that it would be impossible to list them all. In this post, we therefore thought that we’d put together a selection of some of the dishes and ingredients that best define the region.
Featured experiences
In collaboration with the L'Escaleta restaurant, we propose a unique gastronomic getaway, so that you can be surprised by the proposal created by Chef KIKO MOYA.
Includes for two people:
- 1 night of accommodation in a Junior Suite with healthy and energetic breakfast.
- 1 Sabor l'Escaleta menu dinner for 2 people consisting of 12 passes:
- 2 Snacks
- 2 appetizers
- 6 plates
- 2 Desserts
- Bread, soft drink or beer, house wine and coffee
An ideal place close to the capital where you can enjoy a day of hiking and Nordic walking in the Mediterranean forest at the foot of the mountains of Les Rodanes. At the end you will leave your backpack and your walking sticks and you will enter an authentic Mediterranean cooking workshop with Joan Climent and Paco Albert. Have you tried a tasting of extra virgin olive oils?
You will learn how to find the aromas and discover the properties of each oil, and then, in the cooking workshop, you will learn how to make arroz de la ribera, the authentic rice that was made on the banks of the Turia. This is a day of hiking or Nordic walking where you will take home an apprenticeship in Mediterranean gastronomy.
Live a gastronomic experience; breakfast and dinner. Dishes made of the best products from our region. Drink and coffee are not included. One night of equipped accommodation for minimum 2 people. Free Wi-Fi throughout the establishment. Great playground. Natural environment: one step away from the Ojos Negros Greenway and the Salto de la Novia area. Price from.
Paella workshop is an experience in which to learn how to cook the typical Valencian paella.
In the heart of the Albufera Lake in Valencia, the best plan is undoubtedly to participate in a two-team competition to make the best of paellas.
At the end, the tasting of the dishes is irresistible. It is also possible a visit guide to the natural parc.
Experience traditional Spanish food, but better: with a vegan twist.
Our friendly local guide will take you through the heart of Alicante while explaining the tapas culture in Spain and showing the city's most vibrant area.
We carefully selected small restaurants that create dishes with local and seasonal ingredients, because we know it matters to you as much as it matters to us. Supporting local businesses and veganism couldn't be more delicious :)
If you want to know everything about orange trees and the Valencian orange, we recommend this experience. Just 35 kilometers from the capital, you can spend a magnificent Saturday touring gardens, orange groves and their history. You will be able to visit an authentic orange warehouse and learn about the current situation of the Valencian citrus industry. Every Saturday of the year (collection between October and June).
Are you traveling as a family, in a group or as a couple? Maybe with your company colleagues? Turimaestrat is your rural house. Find your independence in the 10 fully equipped rural studios and share the most incredible experiences in the 120 m2 Common Room. Cook, prepare barbecues, dance, play ping pong ... You can also take the opportunity and get to know our surroundings with a visit to the oil storage and the ancient olive trees of our region. You will get to know first-hand that much appreciated liquid gold that we have in Mediterranean gastronomy:AOVE
Accessible Tourism, will show you the cultural and historical richness characteristic of the maritime towns. * we can organise bicycle, handbike and electric scooter rent. On the Tapas Tour we guide you through the traditional local Mediterranean seafood cuisine, accompanied by Vermouth, long time associated with the area. (Non alcoholic drinks will be provided).We include our Accessible Tourism map of the maritime towns. The detailed map points out the main tourist and cultural attractions and takes into consideration; physical and cognitive accessibility, and the Braille system. Inclusive Tourism, family, singles. Tourism, open to all, independent Healthy and responsible.
We will start the day at 10:30 a.m. at the Viver Cooperative, from where we will take a leisurely stroll to one of our olive groves. There you will learn about the olive trees of the native variety Serrana del Palancia and how we cultivate them to obtain exceptional oils.
We will then move on to the oil mill, where the oil production process takes place. You will explore our modern facilities, from the unloading and storage hoppers to the mill, centrifuges and tank room, while we explain how we obtain our extra virgin olive oils.
The experience will culminate with a hedonistic tasting of our EVOOs accompanied by a succulent lunch, where you can sample our cooperative products, such as our exquisite wines, nuts and olive pâtés.
‘A walk with Lágrima’ is a journey to the heart of the Viver Cooperative, as olive oil is the origin of our cooperative project of dignified agriculture, which you will also be supporting with your visit. An experience for everyone, where you will be able to connect with the most authentic essence of the rural environment and discover the secrets of this gastronomic treasure. And if that wasn't enough, we'll give you a 10% discount for purchases in our agro-shop at the end of the experience. We'll be waiting for you!
Live a different stay with your partner, where in addition to spending quality time together, you will enjoy an individualized massage with aromatherapy, created especially for you to disconnect body and mind.
Includes for two people:
- One night's accommodation in a junior suite with a hot tub.
- Healthy and energetic breakfast.
- Dinner without drinks in the hotel restaurant.
- 2 Personalized individual 50' Aroma Massages with aromatherapy.
* This experience requires prior confirmation from us of the availability of the massages. Ask us!
Direct to the soul, like a breath of fresh air, the massages, therapies and treatments that we offer at MasQi will help us feel better and connect with ourselves.
In the “massage house”, next to the pool, we offer sessions that fuse ancient techniques such as traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda with innovative techniques such as kinesiology. Let yourself be guided through our mentoring sessions or tarot sessions. We also work on energy therapies, body and facial treatments, as well as massages of different intensities and effects.
Our purpose is to improve your state of health, both physical, emotional and mental.
Depending on the time of the treatment, you can accompany it with one of our biogourmet meals: breakfast, lunch or dinner.
What better way to start your day than by activating your body with a yoga session in our wonderful dome and all followed by enjoying our delicious macrobiotic breakfast.
An ideal breakfast should be easy to digest to get our body going little by little, it should also be varied and provide us with enough energy and vitality to face all the morning activities, the most productive period of the day. You will find all this in the mornings in our macrobiotic breakfast. Find out!
A dinner that will become an unforgettable experience. A totally blind dinner full of sensations, emotions and a lot of fun...
Do you dare to live the experience?
Come and surprise your partner or friends... A magical night in the heart of the Sierra de Mariola.