landmark
City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
Futuristic cultural complex designed by Santiago Calatrava with an aquarium, planetarium, and opera house.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Paiporta
Valencia, Spain · Europe
About Paiporta
Paiporta works well as a base: 10 minutes from Torrent, 12km from Albufera Natural Park.
Paiporta is in Valencia, Spain, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Torrent, about 4 km away.
Paiporta is a town and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Valencia and the Valencian Community. It is part of the comarca of Horta Sud.
Paiporta was billed as the ground zero of the October 2024 floods affecting the province of Valencia. In the town, 45 inhabitants died. In the case of Paiporta andRead more
other municipalities of the Valencia metropolitan area, damage was caused by the overflow of the Rambla del Poyo.
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Within an hour or so of Paiporta: City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia (6 km), Bioparc Valencia (6 km), Valencia Cathedral (6 km), Oceanogràfic Valencia (7 km).
Where is Paiporta?
Paiporta is in Valencia, Spain, about 4 km from Torrent.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 23,519
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Valencia
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 39.4281, -0.4177
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 Paiporta
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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
cathedral
Valencia Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral claiming to hold the Holy Grail, crowned by the climbable Miguelete bell tower.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Oceanogràfic Valencia
Europe's largest aquarium complex within the City of Arts and Sciences, housing over 45,000 marine creatures.
7 km · about 10 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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.
19 km · about 20 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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