[2025 Valencia Restaurant] Travel Guide for Horchateria Santa Catalina (Updated May)

Valencia is the birthplace of Paella, the national dish of Spain. As avid fans of Paella, we went to Valencia to taste the most authentic Paella in Spain. In addition to Paella, we also had a Spanish-style afternoon tea. It was a real gourmet day trip. Our first meal started with Paella🤍For lunch we came to the Paella fast food restaurant which is frequented by locals. Did you know that Paella didn’t originally have seafood as an ingredient? Traditional Paella actually uses chicken, rabbit and beans as ingredients. Since Paella is usually served to 2 people, we were afraid that we might not like the traditional taste. Fast food restaurants are the best choice! This Arrocería Ricepaella has a high rating of 4.8 stars on Google. There are many large plates of Paella in the store. You can choose the flavor you want to try! We chose two flavors: traditional and cuttlefish. The traditional ones were surprisingly good, a bit like our chicken risotto. Unfortunately, Spanish people have a stronger taste, and we felt that both flavors were a bit salty. However, it is cheap and you can try different flavors. I still recommend everyone to try it🤍 For our next meal, we went to a traditional coffee shop, Horchateria De Santa Catalina. This restaurant has a long history and its most famous dishes are Horchata and Churro. Horchata is the most famous and traditional drink in Valencia, and it looks a bit like soy milk. It's made with tiger nuts (a type of almond) and is very sweet. Locals eat it with Churros. However, I don’t like almond products, so I’m not a big fan of Horchata. On the contrary, I really like Churro sprinkled with sugar. When you come to Valencia, it is impossible not to try the traditional drink. Plus, the air conditioning in the store is very comfortable. Therefore, I still recommend this coffee shop 🤍 For our last meal, we made a reservation at Tasca Hogan “La Coveta” for dinner in Valencia. It's very crowded, so make a reservation. Otherwise, you will have to wait for a while before you can go in. We looked at the menu and after some hesitation, decided to order a portion of mussels and a prawn Paella for two! I didn't expect to eat 3 types of paella in one day🤣The mussels here are delicious. Not only are the ingredients themselves very fresh and sweet, but their sauce is also amazing👍🏼However, the Paella here surprised us even more. It was better than the Paella at noon (and the price was much more expensive🤣). Its prawns were very fresh and sweet, and the rice absorbed all the juice. We really couldn't stop eating it 🤍The foreign couple next to us also said that the Paella here is excellent. So everyone who comes to Valencia must try this restaurant, especially their Paella! Rice paella 📍Address: Carrer del Músic Peydró, 4, dcha. 2, Ciutat Vella, 46001 Valencia, Spain 🕰️Opening hours: 12:00-16:00 💰 Average consumption per person: €7 Horchateria De Santa Catalina 📍Address: Pl. de Santa Caterina, 6, Ciutat Vella, 46001 València, Valencia, Spain 🕰️Business hours: 08:15-21:30 💰Average consumption: €5 Tasca Hogan "La Coveta" 📍Address: Carrer de Vallanca, 3, Ciutat Vella, 46001 Valencia, Spain 🕰️Business hours: 12:00-24:00 💰 Average consumption per person: €30 #SeptemberDestinations2024 #Spain #Valencia #SpanishFood

🇪🇸Vivacious Valencia🇪🇸 Having the famous and must-eat “Horchata y Farton”. A Horchata (orxata in Valencian) is a refreshing, milky drink made from chufas, water, and sugar. Chufas are tiger nuts and these nuts are grown in Alboraya, which is just outside of the city. A glass of fresh horchata is mostly accompanied by a farton, which is a sweet pastry. ❤️We went to the BEST place to have it, at The Horchateria de Santa Catalina, found in the Ciutat Vella in the middle of all the main attractions, and is definitely the most famous in town. Their horchata here is undeniably good along with the fartons, love a sweet crisp pastry dipped into the Hotchata—that’s the way to eat it😋 The traditional, folksy tiled décor indoor and outdoor is just stunning.Spacious place with very pretty and friendly ladies to serve you😊 Tip: Go sometime between 4-6pm and you will get seats, it gets pretty crowded in the morning so suggest to go tea time #freehotelstay #urbanexplorer #historicallandmarks #awesomepic #foodie #foodies #Coffee #spain #trip

𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮'𝘀 gastronomy is one of Spain's 🇪🇸 finest, we all know about their worldwide famous 𝙋𝙖𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖 🥘 , all over 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 everyone praises oranges 🍊 from 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 as well, and one of the summer favorite midday refreshments, 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮! 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 is a milky type of drink made of "𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘴" - 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙨 - its natural flavor is quite nutty and in 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 they add a good amount of sugar to sweeten it up. It is usally served cold and often ordered with 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀, a sugary pastry to dip into the 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮. One of the places that has been doing this combination of 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 and 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 for over two centuries in 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 is 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮, right in the city center, next to the impressive tower of the Santa Catalina's church, whose name it takes. They have a range of drinks to order from 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 1'50€ 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 2'50€ 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 3€ or the highlight 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 (3,30€) and 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 (1€ / unit) The venue is quite beautiful per se, with ceramic tiles and drawings depicting typical scenes of life in 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 hundreds of years ago. Walk up to the second floor for a view of the church tower from a new perspective. A good place for a break when visiting 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 and picture yourself back in the 1900s enjoying a refreshment with Valencian people at the time. 🏠𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 📍𝘗𝘭𝘢ç𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢, 6 🕒𝟴:𝟭𝟱 - 𝟮𝟭:𝟯𝟬 💰𝘼𝙫𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝟒'𝟓€ 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝟏 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙖 + 𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙣 #bucketlistreboot #tripblazers #spain #spaintravel #valencia #valenciatravel