FAQs

It's a card that offers free public transportation and free or discounted admission to many of Valencia's cultural and leisure activities. The cards are individual. One card per person is required. 

There are three types of card, 24, 48 or 72 hours, which offer: 

1) City and metropolitan bus, metro and tram, zones AB. It includes the Valencia-Airport-Valencia route (metro L3, L5). Transportation in the metropolitan area within the network of commuter trains and intercity buses (MetroBus), both in zone AB. 

2) Free admission to municipal museums and monuments. 

3) Discounts of up to 50% at 130 participating tourist and leisure services, shops and restaurants. 

4) Free tapa and drink

It's a tourist card that offers free or discounted admission to many of Valencia's cultural and leisure activities. The cards are individual. One card is required per person. 

The 7-day Valencia Tourist Card without transportation includes: 

• Free admission to municipal museums and monuments. 
• Free admission to IVAM and the Cathedral and its museum (includes audio guide). 
• 10% discount on tickets to Bioparc and the City of Arts and Sciences. 
• Discounts of up to 50% at 130 participating tourist and leisure services, shops and restaurants. 

The 24-, 48-, or 72-hour Valencia Tourist Card allows free access to urban (EMT) and metropolitan buses (Metrobus), metro (zones AB, including the airport), tram and commuter trains (Renfe) in zone AB. It also includes Free tapa and drink, admission to the city's municipal museums and monuments such as the Silk Exchange, the Serranos and Quart Towers, the Fallero Museum, the Almoina, as well as deep discounts at the city's main tourist attractions, like the City of Arts and Sciences, Oceanogràfic, Bioparc, Tour Bus, Palacio del Marqués de dos Aguas, 20% discount at the Cathedral and on tourist services, guided tours, restaurants, spas and shops. 

The 7-day Valencia Tourist Card without transportation is a discount card that does NOT include transportation. It includes FREE admission to the Cathedral of the Holy Grail and its museum, the IVAM and the municipal museums and monuments in the city such as the Silk Exchange, the Serranos and Quart Towers, the Fallero Museum and the Almoina, as well as significant discounts at the city's main tourist attractions such as City of Arts and Sciences, Oceanogràfic, Bioparc, Tour Bus, Palacio del Marqués de dos Aguas, and on tourist services, guided tours, restaurants, spas and shops. 

Yes, the Valencia Tourist Card is extendable and may be topped up in any Tourist Information Office.

The 7 day Valencia Tourist Card without transport cannot be extended. You can obtain a new one in any Tourist Information Office.

The card is valid for consecutive hours. For example, if a 72-hour card is activated on Monday at 3 pm, it will be valid until Thursday at 3 pm. 

The Valencia Tourist Card can be used for 24h, 48h or 72h, depending on the option chosen. The València Tourist Card is valid for 7 days from the moment it is activated at a point of use.

NO. The on-line shop offers some products at an exclusive price. The 10% discount on the VLC tourist card is only applicable to purchases made on-line. 

Yes. The Valencia Tourist Card includes the journey from the airport to the city and vice versa. The journey must be made within the validity period of the card.

Children between the ages of 0 and 5 don't need it since they have free or reduced rates at tourist sites. 

In addition, children up to and including the age of 5 travel free on EMT city buses. Up to and including 10 in the case of the metro and tram. On commuter trains, they do not pay until the age of 6 (up to two children per adult ticket).  

For children between 6 and 12, a 15% discount will be applied to the official rate with the purchase of an adult card, both on the website and at tourist offices. 

Yes. The 24-, 48-, 72-hour Valencia Tourist Card includes the metro journey from the airport to the city and vice versa, but only during the hours the card is valid. The 7-day Valencia Tourist Card does not include transportation. 

Yes, students holding a valid young persons or student card will receive a 15% discount (you must show your card). This discount is only available in Tourist Offices.

The Valencia Tourist Card is a physical card, to which during the purchasing process you must decide how you wish to receive it. Delivery to an address, delivery to your hotel or free collection from our TOURIST OFFICES. 
Home Delivery
The delivery period for addresses within Spain is 3-5 working days from the date of purchase. For deliveries to other EU countries, the delivery period is 10-15 working days. Delivery periods to the rest of the world will depend on the country, with a maximum period of 20 days.
Delivery to your Hotel
Purchases will be delivered to the customer’s Hotel on the date indicated by the customer, between 10 am and 11 am.

Collection from Tourist Offices
You can collect your order free of charge from any of our Tourist Offices during opening hours.

Collection from DIGITAL KIOSK:
You can pick up your cards at the digital kiosks at the airport, which operate 24 hours a day, and at the kiosks in Plaza del Ayuntamiento during office hours and at Joaquín Sorolla station. You only have to enter the reference that appears on the voucher and the email indicated during the purchase process. You can also do this by bringing it closer to the QR reader.

OPENING TIMES: 24 hours a day at the airport kiosks. Please note that Joaquín Sorolla station closes from 00:00 to 06:00 and that you can only collect your cards during office hours at the kiosk in Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Pick-up not available for 7-day Valencia Tourist Card and groups of more than 20 cards.

A Valencia Tourist Card cannot be returned if the card has been delivered to any of the points of sale or collection (Tourist Offices, headquarters or main office of the Visit València Foundation, vending machines, smart points, agents/tour operators, hotels, hostels, campsites).

If you buy the Valencia Tourist Card + tickets to tourist venues and shows (or any other type of package offered): no full or partial refunds will be offered, since the buyer will have benefited from the discounts on the tickets at the time of payment, regardless of whether the card has been delivered or not.

You can find all the information about our return policy by clicking on the following link: Information about returns

In order to take advantage of Valencia Tourist Card discounts you must purchase all the products together. The discount will be applied automatically when you add all the products to your shopping basket.

The 24h, 48h and 72h Valencia Tourist Cards can be recycled.

When your stay in the city comes to an end you can hand them in to staff at any of our Tourist Offices. 

The València Tourist Card can be used for 24h, 48h, or 72h, depending on the chosen option. It activates with its first use at any point of use (museum, public transport...). You can recharge your card at the Tourist Offices with a 10% discount and extend your stay in València with all the benefits of the València Tourist Card.
The 7-day València Tourist Card is valid for 7 days. To enjoy the discounts, you only need to scan the card at the participating establishment. Discounts are applied per person and card.

You'll find all the information in the VLC Tourist Card discounts guide.

Cards that have not been activated will expire at the end of the current year.

You can let us know when you've got a new date for your visit or request that the cost of your cards is refunded (see refunds policy).

You must claim any refunds before 31 December of the current year.

The Valencia Tourist Card is a card that allows free access to urban and metropolitan buses, metro (including to the airport), tram and commuter trains in zone AB. It also includes a free tapa, access to the city's museums and monuments, as well as significant discounts on tourist services, restaurants and stores. 

The 7-day Valencia Tourist Card without transportation is a discount card that does NOT include transportation. It includes a free tapa, admission to the city's museums and monuments and significant discounts on tourist services, restaurants and stores. This card also provides free admission to the Cathedral. 

We don't have provide telephone assistance but you can contact us via the online chat available at www.visitvalencia.com or sending an email to valenciatouristcard@visitvalencia.com

Detailed information is available at www.valenciatouristcard.com

Bring your Valencia Tourist Card close to the card reader every time you get on public transport.

You can use it as many times as you want during its validity (24, 48 or 72 hours).

If the ticket inspector requests it, you must show him your card and if you have not passed it through the cancelling machine, the penalty may be up to 50 €.

Show your Valencia Tourist Card at the ticket office, approach the reader and wait for it to recognise it.

The screen will light up: green - you can pass / red - your card has expired.

You can only use the Valencia Tourist Card once at the same attraction.

If your card fails at any attraction, try using it at another one to make sure it works correctly. If it still fails, come to one of our tourist offices with your ticket so that we can give you a solution.

Transportation included in the Valencia Tourist Card: 

• All city buses (EMT) 

• Metropolitan buses (Metrobus) zone AB 

• Metro and tram in zone AB and stops at the Valencia airport in zone C. 

• Commuter trains (Renfe) in zone AB. 

The city has 60 bus lines, 9 metro and tram lines and 6 commuter train lines to take you anywhere you want, whether it's from the airport to your hotel, to the beach, to l'Albufera or to any other point of interest. 

Validate the card on the bus or train 

To validate your Valencia Tourist Card on the different means of transportation, you will have to place it over the card reader every time you get on the bus/train. You can use it as often as you want during its period of validity (24, 48 or 72 hours).