Where to go for Las Fallas

Stand here for the daily mascleta at 14:00 from 1 to 19 March, arriving well before 14:00 with ear protection for children. Last year the municipal falla stood in this square and burned at 23:00 on 19 March.

Come here on 17 and 18 March from 15:30 for the end of the Ofrenda, when the flower offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados forms her mantle in this square. Last year the offering ran on those two afternoons, so expect the square to fill early.

Watch the Nit del Foc, the Night of Fire, from the Turia riverbed area here. Last year it was at 23:59 on 18 March, so arrive well before midnight for a viewing spot.

See the pardoned ninots, the figures saved from the flames by public vote, kept in this museum at Plaça de Monteolivete. Go outside the main parade hours, and check opening hours before going on 19 March, a regional holiday.

Watch Gandia's Nit del Foc here. Last year it was at 23:30 on 17 March, earlier than Valencia's, so do not assume the Valencia date.

Stand here for the end of the flower offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados on 18 March. Check the Junta Local Fallera programme for the 2027 times.

See pardoned ninots and the fallas craft in this museum, which runs guided visits at set times. Check the museum's hours before going, as it closes on Sundays and holidays.

Visit this old town palace between festival events, and pair it with the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria nearby. Gandia is small enough to walk between the centre, the port and the beach front.

Stand here for the mascletaes and walk the monument streets of the old island quarter around it between events. Check the Junta Local Fallera programme for 2027 times.

Come here for the Ofrenda on 18 March to the Virgen del Lluch, Alzira's patron, in the older schedule. Check the Junta Local Fallera programme when published, as exact 2027 times were not verified.

Walk out to this monastery area outside festival hours, between the mascletaes and parades. It is the quiet counterpoint to the monument streets in town.

Stand outside the town hall for the prize awards, which the older schedule puts here on 17 March. Book a town centre restaurant ahead for 18 and 19 March, and expect many non food shops closed on 19 March, a regional holiday.

Climb to this castle between festival events for the views over the coast and the Jucar mouth, and see the sanctuary of the Virgen del Castillo beside it, the patron of the flower offering. The castle museum keeps local history and archaeology, so check hours before going.

Eat tapas style plates in the town centre between the afternoon parade and the evening events, and book ahead for 18 and 19 March.

Order bocadillos, longaniza, sobrasada, chivito or pulpo at this lunch and almuerzo bar. It is a local lunch stop rather than a festival stall, so go at midday before the afternoon events.

Walk this 2 kilometre golden sand beach with its promenade between festival events, when beach front walking is easier than driving through the closed centre. The Nit del Foc is on the night of 18 March and the Crema on 19 March in the 2026 pattern.

Stand here for the mascleta at 14:00 on 16 March in last year's programme, followed by prize giving and courtesy visits from 17:00. Do not drive through the old town during these events, as the municipal notice lists extensive closures.

Stand here in Port de Sagunt for the mascleta at 14:00 on 17 March in last year's programme. Sagunt runs two centres, Sagunt and Port de Sagunt, with 30 commissions between them.

Watch the Nit del Foc here in Port de Sagunt. Last year it was at 23:59 on 17 March at Calle Doctor Fleming, Triangulo Umbral, so arrive well before midnight.

Visit the Roman theatre in the old town between events, and pair it with the castle hill above it. The old town restaurants on Carrer del Castell sit right by the theatre.

Stand where Xàtiva burnt its first monument in 1865, which the town presents as making it the first city after Valencia to celebrate Fallas. The town has 19 commissions, each with a main monument and a children's monument.

Walk up to this double fortress on the ridge above town in the morning, carrying water, as the walk is uphill and exposed. Pair it with lunch at Plaça del Mercat afterwards.

Visit the Collegiate Basilica at Plaça de Calixt III, where the flower tribute to the Mare de Deu de la Seu takes place on 18 March. The old town streets around Plaça del Mercat close for the 17 March parade and the 18 March tribute.

See the upside down portrait of Philip V in this museum, a reminder of the town's burning in the War of Succession. It is a good indoor stop between the parade and the evening events.

Stand here for the mascletaes at 14:30 on 16, 17, 18 and 19 March in last year's programme. The square also closes for the Ofrenda and the staged Crema, so walk in rather than driving.

See the medieval tower at the foot of which prizes were read at 17:00 and presented at 18:00 on 16 March last year. It is the town's symbol and sits beside the church of the Asuncion.

Join the start of the Ofrenda walk here on 17 March. Last year more than 7,000 falleros walked from this fountain to the Parroquia de la Asuncion from 17:30.

Stand at the end of the Ofrenda route here, where last year's flower offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados arrived from Fuente de las Ranas. On 19 March last year there was also mass at 12:00 at the Parroquia de San Jose nearby.

Order paella valenciana for lunch, not dinner, in the local pattern, from a menu of 64 rice dishes, dry, meloso and caldoso. Book ahead for lunch on 18 and 19 March, as rice restaurants fill on festival weekends.

Order paella valenciana here, at a restaurant presented in connection with the International Paella Valenciana Contest. Book ahead for lunch on 18 and 19 March, and confirm hours for Fallas week.

Order takeaway paella valenciana, fideua or caldereta here for lunch, in the local pattern of rice at midday. It is a takeaway counter, so order ahead on festival days.

Walk this Sueca beach and look out over the rice fields around L'Albufera between festival events, when the town centre streets close for parades and the Crema. Sueca works as a quieter base if Valencia city hotels are full, so book a coastal stay ahead for 19 March.