Inland experience ENG 2 | 3 Points of information tour in the Vall d’Albaida TOURIST INFO AIELO DE MALFERIT MUSEU DE NINO BRAVO Passeig de l’Eixample, s/n 46812 Aielo de Malferit T 96 236 07 20 / 654 394 296 Llutxent Inland aielodemalferit.es Aielo de experience Malferit [email protected] Albaida Ontinyent TOURIST INFO ALBAIDA MUSEU INTERNACIONAL DE TITELLES D’ALBAIDA (MITA) Bocairent Plaça del Pintor Segrelles, 19 (Palau dels Milà i Aragò) 46860 Albaida T 96 239 01 86 MANCOMUNITAT albaidaturisme.com DE MUNICIPIS [email protected] DE LA VALL D’ALBAIDA DEPARTAMENT DE TURISME TOURIST INFO BOCAIRENT c/ Sant Francesc, 8 pl. Baixa Plaça de l’Ajuntament, 2 46870 Ontinyent 46880 Bocairent T 96 238 90 91 T 96 290 50 62 F 96 238 85 45 bocairent.org The La Vall d’Albaida region is formed valldalbaida.com [email protected] by 34 towns and located in the south of mancovall.com [email protected] València province. The Vall is an inland TOURIST INFO LLUTXENT jewel that offers many cultural and natural Av. de València, 66 attractions. Its proximity to the coast and 46838 Llutxent the most important cities in the region T 96 229 43 86 / 96 229 40 01 makes it a perfect place for rural and inland llutxent.es [email protected] tourism. The Vall d’Albaida is surrounded by the TOURIST INFO ONTINYENT Mariola Mountain range, the Grossa Plaça de Sant Roc, 2 (Palau de la Vila) Mountain range, the Agullent’s Mountain 46870 Ontinyent range, the Benicadell’s Mountain range and T 96 291 60 90 the Buscarró Mountain range and bathed turismo.ontinyent.es by the Clariano River and the Albaida River. [email protected] For that reason it is a region that offers everything with a great environmental TOURIST INFO VALL D’ALBAIDA attraction. If you want to have a break from c/ Sant Francesc, 8 pl. Baixa the city and enjoy the landscape of the area, 46870 Ontinyent T 96 291 60 90 the Vall d’Albaida offers you rich cultural [email protected] heritage and exquisite cuisine. 4 | 5 Index 6 Enjoy it with 5 senses Inland 8 Town by town experience 10 Map of the municipalities 12 The towns of the Vall 108 The Vall d’Albaida in 96 hours 120 Trails 135 Natural spaces 136 Festivities 151 Museums 156 Restaurants, wine cellars and recipe restaurant guide winery guide, traditional products and recipes Recipes 176 Accommodation 180 Active turism 184 Map Welcome to the guide of the Vall d’Albaida. This guide is a compilation of all the basic and complementary offer of the region, to make known in an innovative way the alternatives of leisure, tourism and culture offered by the Vall d’Albaida. In this post you will find everything you need to make your visit to our populations as complete as possible. Tourist guide of the vall d’albaida region 6 | 7 The Vall d’Albaida Enjoy it with the five senses The Vall d’Albaida region is very easy to The municipalities of Bellús, Guadasséquies, find. Regarding its communications, the Alfarrasí, Montaverner and El Palomar are northern part can be accessed by the A-7 connected by the N-340 national highway, Mediterranean Motorway that comes from which crosses the Vall d’Albaida region Valencia. This connects, at the height of from north to south. This road runs parallel the municipality of Canals, with the CV-40 to the CV-40 motorway and connects us to Highway which in turn connects the towns the north with the municipality of Xàtiva, of Aielo de Malferit, Ontinyent, Agullent, belonging to the region of La Costera Benissoda and Albaida, where it is renamed and to the south with Alcoy, capital of the the A-7 Highway and continues its course in region of l’Alcoià. the direction of Alicante capital. In addition to the aforementioned Another important road connecting the communications, a wide network of municipalities of the Vall d’Albaida is the regional roads runs through the Vall CV-60 road, which begins its journey at the d’Albaida, connecting all the municipalities link with CV-40 in l’Olleria and heads east that make up this region. giving access via the CV-619 road to the municipalities of Castelló de Rugat, Rugat, Aielo de Rugat and Montitxelvo. If you continue east on the CV-60 highway, you will reach the town of Gandía, in the Safor region. Tourist guide of the vall d’albaida region 8 | 9 The Vall d’Albaida Town by Town The region of Vall d’Albaida, composed of Quatretonda; to capture the essence 34 municipalities and located in the south of yesteryear, customs, music, color, of the province of Valencia, is an inland gunpowder, fireworks, traditional festivities, gem that houses numerous cultural and typical clothing, cultural events in all natural attractions. Its proximity to the municipalities; to contemplate the majestic coast and the provincial capitals makes the and monumental medieval buildings of Vall d’Albaida a perfect place for rural and Llutxent, Albaida, Ontinyent and Bocairent; inland tourism. to feel the textile in Albaida, Agullent, Ontinyent and Bocairent; the esparto The Vall d’Albaida is surrounded by the grass in Atzeneta d’Albaida; the glass in Mariola Mountain range, the Grossa Aielo de Malferit and l’Olleria; the pitchers Mountain range, the Agullent mountain in Castelló de Rugat, and the “Arrop i range, the Benicadell mountain range and Tallaetes” and chocolate in Benigànim; the Buscarró Mountain range and bathed to relax in a privileged environment with by the Clariano River and the Albaida River. protected places of great beauty in Bellús, For this reason it is a complete region that, Benissuera, Guadasséquies, Otos, Pinet, in addition to being a great environmental Rugat, Salem, Sempere and Terrateig; incentive if you want to disconnect from to enjoy the charming corners of Aielo the city and enjoy the flora and fauna of the de Rugat, Benissoda, Bufali, Carrícola, area, also offers you a rich cultural heritage Montaverner, Montitxelvo, El Palomar and and exquisite gastronomy. Ràfol de Salem. And of course, to savor the pleasure of the exquisite and succulent We invite you to enter the Vall d’Albaida cuisine of each of the 34 municipalities. and enjoy with your five senses the best wines in Fontanars dels Alforins, La Pobla del Duc, Quatretonda, Agullent and Ontinyent. To perceive the virgin and natural aroma of our oil in Alfarrasí, Bèlgida, Beniatjar, Benicolet and Tourist guide of the vall d’albaida region 10 | 11 Vall d’Albaida region Guide of municipalities MANCOMUNIDAD DE MUNICIPIOS DE LA VALL D’ALBAIDA PINET Population: 87.349 hab. Demonym: valldalbaidino/valldalbaidina Tourism departament: BENIGÀNIM QUATRETONDA Avda. Sant Francesc, 8 pl. Baixa BELLÚS LLUTXENT 46870 Ontinyent GUADASSÉQUIES Tourism Phone No.: 96 238 90 91 Web: SEMPERE BENICOLET www.mancovall.com L’OLLERIA BENISSUERA LA POBLA www.valldalbaida.com ALFARRASÍ E-mail: DEL DUC MONTAVERNER [email protected] MONTIXELVO TERRATEIG AIELO BUFALI BÈLGIDA EL RÀFOL RUGAT DE RUGAT DE SALEM EL PALOMAR OTOS CASTELLÓ DE RUGAT ONTINYENT ALBAIDA CARRÍCOLA SALEM BENIATJAR BENISSODA ATZENETA D’ALBAIDA AGULLENT FONTANARS DELS ALFORINS BOCAIRENT 12 | 13 The villages of the Vall 14 | 15 List of municipalities 11 Agullent 12 Aielo Malferit 13 Aielo de Rugat 14 Albaida 15 Alfarrasí 16 Atzeneta d’Albaida 17 Bèlgida 18 Bellús 19 Beniatjar 20 Benicolet 21 Benigànim 22 Benissoda 23 Benissuera 24 Bocairent 25 Bufali 26 Carrícola 27 Castelló de Rugat 28 Fontanars dels Alforins 29 Guadasséquies 30 Llutxent 31 Montaverner 32 Montitxelvo 33 L’Olleria 34 Ontinyent 35 Otos 36 El Palomar 37 Pinet 38 La Pobla del Duc 39 Quatretonda 40 El Ràfol de Salem 41 Rugat 42 Salem 43 Sempere 44 Terrateig Tourist guide of the vall d’Albaida region 16 | 17 AGULLENT Church of St. Bartolomé (XV-XVIII century) Park of the “Jordana” fountain The church of St. Bartolomé is flirtatious, Pass through Agullent and not visit this because it has a facade that seduces spot is like not having really gone to the without large ornamentations. Inside, locality. Children’s play area, strolling area Population: 2.410 hab. however, sobriety is relegated by a major and bar-restaurant. By the fountain of five Municipal area: 16’24 km2 altar with a Churrigueresque-style décor. pipes, which gives its name to the park, In this main altar of gilt and columns arise fresh the water that is born in the Altitude: 360 m. stands out the municipal shield in which Penyetes, and that crosses through the Demonym: agullentí, agullentina AGULLENT highlights a needle that symbolizes the ditch all the historic center. From this place Town Hall Phone no.: 96 290 70 80 craftsmanship of esparto that was made depart various marked trails that bring us Webs: www.agullent.es from ancient times in this town. In addition, closer to various places of the Agullent’s www.turismeagullent.com the altarpiece of the Altar of Souls is Mountain such as ‘Cava de Pedrera’. E-mail: [email protected] attributed to the school of Joanes. Hermitage of St. Vicente Ferrer Convent of St. Jacinto (XVI-XVIII century) Scenario, every first Friday of September, The cloistered nuns have today kept the of possibly the oldest night pilgrimage at MONUMENTS Molino Harinero s. XV architectural secrets of this clerical building the regional level, which for more than four Mayor Square and Town Hall After touring the entire historical center, that in the time of the Civil War became an hundred years recalls the miracle of ‘San This square is both the administrative nu- the water of the ‘Jordana’ fountain asylum of refuge two republicans.