Vice and Virtue Valencia Walking Tour

Your tour begins in Plaza de la Reina

You’ll meet your English-speaking guide in Plaza de la Reina, with the Cathedral and El Miguelete bell tower in sight. It’s a lively square that gives you an instant feel for Valencia’s old town.

Valencia Cathedral and El Miguelete

Head into Valencia Cathedral to see chapels, relics, and artwork that span several centuries. As you walk through, your guide points out how the changing styles and details reflect shifts in the city’s power, beliefs, and ambitions.

Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados

Next, stroll over to the Basilica de la Virgen de los Desamparados, dedicated to Valencia’s patron saint. Here you learn how devotion, protection, and public rituals shape local identity, from processions in the square to quiet moments inside the basilica.

Tribunal de las Aguas in Plaza de la Virgen

In Plaza de la Virgen, your guide will introduce the Tribunal de las Aguas, Europe’s oldest working water court. You’ll hear how this weekly gathering still settles canal disputes in public, blending law, tradition, and community in a way that is both simple and powerful.

Walk along Calle Navellos past the Palace of the Borgias

Then follow your guide along Calle Navellos to see the Palace of the Borgias from the outside. This stretch of street shows how noble families, politics, and the Spanish Inquisition left their mark.