Valencia Horchata Private Tour, Workshop, and Tasting Experience

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Carrer Rei en Jaume, 2, 46120 Alboraia, Valencia, Spain

You'll be picked up at your accommodation and after 15-20 minutes you will arrive to Alboraia town to visit the Valencia garden called L’Horta Nord. This landscape is drawed by an incredible irrigation system inherited from the Arabs, centenary traditional farm houses, and little gardens plenty of crops. On this tour you will discover this folkloric countryside and their native plantations, like the tigernut.

Tigernut is a small tuber. In Europe it only grows in the north of Valencia city (Alboraia town), and it holds the Valencia Qualified Designation of Origin.

The horchata is a natural, healthy, refreshing and nutritious drink made with the tigernut, exclusive product of L’Horta Nord. The Valencian people loves it, and it is one of the most widely consumed drink, especially in the summer time.

First you will stroll the tigernut fields, and the expert guide will explain you how it is sowed and cultivated. Then, you will visit an authentic tigernut drying building, situated in a singular Horchatería surrounded by the crops, that maintains its original structure and the different machinery for the Horchata cultivation, over several generations.

It’s time for action! You will carry out a Horchata Workshop, where you will learn to make homemade Horchata yourself.

To finish, you will savor a freshly handmade horchata with fartón (Valencian typical sweet), enjoying the beauty of surroundings. After that, we will take you back to your accommodation.


Duration: 2 hours