Bike Guided Tours: City and Surroundings (“Huerta” and Beach)

         1. Albufera Lagoon Bike Tour

The natural Park most usually identified with Valencia is the Albufera Biosphere Reserve, the largest of its wetlands located in a seductive ambient environment.

Formed as a delta by Turia and Xúquer rivers, it forms a band of land with beautiful beach of dunes, a centenarian pine forest and other saline zones (El- Saler). To the other side one can see, extensive fields of rice (original place of birht of the paella), and the beautiful Albufera lake , majestic view at sunset.

ITINERIS leads through off paths green-ways and shows you the great variety of the landscape until we reach the typical village of El Saler , with an optional visit by boat on the Albufera .

The visit can include a tasting of paella.

HIGHLIGHT:

Urban forest

Vega of Valencia

Natural Park

2. Vega Bike Tour (Tour around the “Huerta of Valencia” (Fertile plain)

Alboraya’s Vega, fertile plain or “Huerta” seems to be a great unknown landscape for visitors, in spite of the fact that this fertile belt preserves a unique corridor of agricultural life very close to the city with its typical architecture of farmhouses and huts (Alquerías / Barracas) crossed by the green path known as Via Augusta and other bike trails. ITINERIS shows it to you and at the end how nice to taste an horchata, traditional beverage, in a typical farm that grows organic vegetables .

We follow some of the numerous bike-paths.

After the tour we will eat in a traditional farmhouse the typical Valencian paella with a salad made up of the typical products that you gather from the garden . Finnaly a visit in a farm chariot to the typical barraca
Find out and book here your unforgettable visit of the whole park or a section of the same one.

3. Urban Bike Tour: Turia Riverbed’s Park

In the year 1957 a catastrophic flood destroyed Valencia. In the 60s, the authorities decided to turn the river aside 10 km. towards the south. In the 80’s authorities accepted the popular plan to have a public park instead of Motor Ways in the former  riverbed.
ITINERIS rides along different ecosystems such as the riparian forest with an artificial lake on the Headwaters site and the sports supplies center.

The second section includes an American forest, the modern Music Palace and the spectacular City of Arts and Sciences.
The visit includes a stop to have a refreshment.

Find out and reserve here your unforgettable visit of the whole park or a section of the same one.
Ideal for groups of students, of friends.

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