Espai Món Orxata – Horchata Culture Experience

5.0
(4 reviews)
Valencia, Spain

1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English and 2 more

This experience combines history, arch-botany, and gastronomy in the heart of the Huerta de Alboraia. You will visit an ecological field of chufa and the Espai Món Orxata, a unique cultural space that narrates 80 million years of history of chufa. Dinosaurs, hominids, Sioux, Pharaohs, the Roman Empire, Mars, Da Vinci or Quixote... what do they all have in common with the chufa? In addition to traveling in the time machine, you will access a horchata craftsman, something very unusual in Valencia. The experience includes horchata tasting and local pastries, a horchata making workshop and a gift kit (chufa sachet, fartons and chufa chocolate).

What's Included

Tasting of chufa, natural horchata of chufas (without sugar and with sugar), horchata of almonds, and local pastries (doughnuts and fartons), and cream of chufa. Free water is always available.
Transportation to the Espai Món Orxata (Carrer Teixidors 7, Alboraia, 46120) is not included.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Easy access from Valencia: - Bike or skateboard : bike path from the center to the gate of Món Orxata. - Walking : 25 minutes walk from the Alboraia metro. - Car, motorcycle, or bus : free parking on the street. - Public transport: Bus Alboraya-Patacona, stop Camí al Mar.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes (approximately)
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    STEP 1: THE ORCHARD. Visit to eco chufa field to know the traditional cultivation and the historic Alboraia orchard (Valencia green belt, origin of the Water Court and support of the Central Market). STEP 2: THE 80 MILLION YEAR JOURNEY. Entrance to the Espai Món Orxata. A surprising journey that connects the chufa with dinosaurs, pharaohs and Da Vinci, among many others. Archaebotany, science and tradition that will forever change your perception of chufa and horchata. STEP 3: THE WORKER. Visit the workman of the mythical carts that have been supplying Valencia for centuries. STEP 4: TASTE. Tasting of horchatas and local pastries. STEP 5 : WORKSHOP. How to make horchata and other vegetable drinks at home and tasting the almond horchata, chufas and dates that we will make. HORCHATEROUS GIFT. Each visitor will receive a bag of chufas, fartons and chufa chocolate.

    1 hour 45 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Tags

Private and Luxury
Walking Tours
Street Food Tours
Food & Drink
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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