racetrack
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Valencia's amphitheatre-style circuit where nearly every seat has a view of the entire track, traditionally hosting the MotoGP season finale.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Chiva
Valencia, Spain · Europe
About Chiva
Chiva is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Godelleta, 35km from Albufera Natural Park.
Chiva is in Valencia, Spain, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Godelleta, about 6 km away.
Chiva is a municipality in the comarca of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has a population of 16,750 inhabitants (INE 2023). It is a Spanish-speaking town, in which Spanish has the legally recognised linguistic predominance compared to Valencian, co-official regional language of the ValencianRead more
Community. Part of the Hoya de Buñol region, it is located 31 kilometres inland following the A3 Highway from the capital of Valencia in direction towards Madrid.
Chiva has the largest municipal park in Valencia; the mountainous Paraje Natural Municipal Sierra de Chiva, with a surface area of more than 5,500 ha.. This enclave is considered to have ecological, scenic and cultural significance, for which it justified its status as a protected area.
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What is there to see near Chiva?
Within an hour or so of Chiva: Circuit Ricardo Tormo (8 km), Bioparc Valencia (27 km), Valencia Cathedral (29 km), City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia (31 km).
Where is Chiva?
Chiva is in Valencia, Spain, about 6 km from Godelleta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,167
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Valencia
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 39.4667, -0.7167
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
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Worth the detour from Chiva
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Bioparc Valencia
Innovative Spanish zoo using immersive design to eliminate visible barriers between visitors and African wildlife.
27 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Valencia Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral claiming to hold the Holy Grail, crowned by the climbable Miguelete bell tower.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
Futuristic cultural complex designed by Santiago Calatrava with an aquarium, planetarium, and opera house.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Oceanogràfic Valencia
Europe's largest aquarium complex within the City of Arts and Sciences, housing over 45,000 marine creatures.
32 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Valencia Street Circuit
A harbourside street circuit that hosted the European Grand Prix from 2008 to 2012, threading through Valencia's port area.
33 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Albufera Natural Park
A vast freshwater lagoon and rice paddies south of Valencia, the birthplace of paella, famed for golden sunset boat trips.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving in Spain
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.55/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€4.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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