Travelling to Valencia in November, can't decide on the rest of itinerary

Posted by christine on 04/30/22 04:23 PM

My husband and I are travelling to Valencia for a MotoGP race November 5th and 6th. We have a couple weeks and I'm trying to decide on the rest of the itinerary. Here is my tentative plan

-Arrive in Barcelona Oct 30t- stay 4 night
-Leave for Valencia-stay 4 nights
-Leave for Granada-stay 3 nights
-Leave for Malaga-stay 1 night
Fly out Malaga to home

There is never enough time to visit everywhere we want to go! I would appreciate any suggestions for more or less time in places or substitutions.
Thanks for any help!

Posted by Carlos

Barcelona + Sweden

04/30/22 04:53 PM

4180 posts

Your itinerary looks fine to me! No big issues. Maybe the only thing is that you may want to take 1 night from Valencia and add to Barcelona.

Both Barcelona and Valencia have a lot of great daytrips possibilities from each city.

Posted by christine OP

04/30/22 04:58 PM

3 posts

Thanks for the input! We were planning on driving from Valencia to Granada. Is this a pretty drive? Any suggestions on where to stop along the way?

Posted by Carlos

Barcelona + Sweden

04/30/22 05:07 PM

4180 posts

We were planning on driving from Valencia to Granada. Is this a pretty drive?

Pretty? maybe not, but Dramatic. You'll mainly be driving through the regions of Murcia and Almería, which can be quite desertic. There are a number of points of interest along the route. I'd say these are my top ones:

Palmeral of Elche - UNESCO Heritage Site, 1000 year old Moorish Palm plantation (largest palm grove in Europe)

Cartagena - good seafood and Roman ruins

Tabernas Desert Nature Reserve - Only natural desert in Europe

Cabo de Gata National Park - stunning and dramatic primeval coastline and beaches

I'd definitely break it up with an overnight (maybe steal 1 from Granada), if you plan on driving.

Posted by christine OP

04/30/22 05:10 PM

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Thank you so much for all of the tips!! I appreciate the help!

Posted by acraven

Washington DC

04/30/22 05:12 PM

28083 posts

I agree about transferring one night from Valencia to Barcelona. Just 4 nights in Barcelona at the beginning of the trip--so you may have essentially no non-jetlagged hours on Day 1--is really not enough. A lot of the most popular attractions there effectively require pre-purchases of time-specific entry tickets, lest you end up in very long ticket lines. Locked-in arrival times at multiple sights make it difficult to set up a really efficient sightseeing plan.