Valencia Orchards, rice and city.

A herbalist opened in 1771 on Calle San Vicente. The Navarro family has run it since 1926 and turned it into a chain of organic shops across Spain.

Founded by Frenchmen selling iron pots brought from Marseille. It no longer sells pots: today it’s haberdashery, ornamental combs, mantillas, fans and nativity figures, beneath an 18th-century carving of San Vicente Ferrer.

Born in 1820 as Sombrerería León next to the Mercado Central. It is still run by the Albero family, who make their own hats, caps and berets. The Xàtiva shop, opposite the bullring, followed in the 1980s. They count as two stops on the route.

Wicker, cane, rush and esparto: baskets, chairs and wooden toys, plus cane seat repairs. This was “basket street”, with twelve basket shops in 1879. El Globo is still here.

Valencian ceramics since 1860: clay water jugs, tiles, holy water fonts and replicas of Gothic pottery. Founded by Vicente Monleón and still in the same family.

It started in 1860 as a housewares shop. The Aguilar family turned it into the square’s souvenir shop: socarrat tiles, coats of arms and dolls in regional dress.

Not a silversmith: it sells made-to-measure curtains, net curtains and bedspreads. The iron angel on the façade has hung there since 1911, and the Art Nouveau counter survives inside.

València’s lottery office number 1, created by Royal Order on 24 May 1876. In 2005 it sold every ticket of the Christmas Lottery’s second prize.

Four generations of bakers, now led by the Martínez Chanzá sisters. Croissants, monas, panquemados and the “Alfonsito”, a chocolate-filled brioche named after their father.

This workshop made the Cathedral’s Corpus Christi processional monstrance: four metres tall and 600 kilos of silver, finished in 1954 after fourteen years of work.

Four generations of watchmakers. The firm was founded in Torrent in 1890, came to València in 1936 and has been in these premises since 1998. They sell, repair and restore watches and clocks.

Four generations of fine jewellery and watchmaking on Calle de la Paz, specialising in diamonds and engagement rings.

The tobacconist on the corner of Pelayo and Xàtiva, with a cigar humidor and smokers’ accessories.

A tapas bar since 1917, famous for its clóchinas, Valencia’s local mussels. It keeps its original wooden railings and the custom of tossing the shells into the buckets along the bar.

An open workshop: from the shop you can watch the silversmiths at work. The third generation handcrafting traditional Valencian hair jewellery and fine pieces.

Three generations selling bicycles. The shop keeps its Nolla mosaic floor and a figure of Saint Joseph that the grandfather refused to take down during the Civil War.

Audio and video since 1923: hi-fi, home cinema and DJ equipment. The Valencia Chamber of Commerce recognised it as a centenary business in 2024.

It opened in April 1923 selling fabrics and soon set up its own corset workshop. Today the fourth generation runs it.

The pharmacy on Calle Ribera, between the Town Hall square and the bullring. Open every day, including Sundays and public holidays.

Next to the Mercado Central, run by the Canet family since 1982. It boasts of baking València’s biggest loaves: 10, 20 and even 30 kilos.

It started out selling Manila shawls, veils and mantillas. Today it dresses Fallas participants to measure: fabrics, mantillas and accessories for traditional Valencian dress.

It began as a shirtmaker in 1940. Today it is a family-run menswear shop, with wedding suits and made-to-measure shirts.

Hearty stews and spoon dishes, a different one every day. The route panel says 1944; the current restaurant opened in 1994 in premises that were once a cabaret and then a fabric warehouse. It keeps the hydraulic tile floor and the old counter, now the bar.

A patisserie founded in 1945 by Froilán Martín and Joaquina Maicas, in these premises since 1960. Try the “martinicos”, tiger nut croissants, or the marzipan eel.

A family optician on the corner of Plaza de San Agustín, in the same premises as ever.

It started as a greengrocer’s. It switched to sweets after noticing Levante fans buying mints on their way to the Vallejo stadium. Sweets, chocolates and pick-and-mix.

Fabric by the metre next to the Town Hall: fashion, bridal, home and regional dress. It opened its first shop here in 1953 and now also sells in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville.

Fine designer jewellery inspired by València and the Mediterranean. Vicente Gracia holds Spain’s National Crafts Award, and the neo-Mozarabic façade alone is worth the stop.

The youngest on the route, in one of its oldest premises: the former Farmacia Cañizares, with its original shelving and a ceramic ceiling painted in 1880. Valencian wines, oils and sweets.