Introducing the list of Skate Spots in Valencia! This series will present the more and less known spots, big and small, for beginners and advanced riders. There will also be some surprises.
Start Skate is not just a school with skate classes in Valencia, we are first and foremost a skateboarding community, and what could be better than a trip to the beautiful Valencian skate spots with your team?
In the first post we present 20 spots. With the next batch, we will update the Start Skate Spots Map available at the link:
List of Skate Spots in Valencia
1. MuVIM
Description:
Next to the MuVIM museum you have one of the most famous skate spots of Valencia. It is located between the historical artistically pieces. The ledges are perfect for all kind of grind tricks, there are small stairs where you can learn 50-50, there are stairs from where you can jump from low to high, you can practice manual and powerslides because of the smooth surface and it’s a perfect ground to do flat tricks.
Obstacles:
Stairs (small ones and big ones), ledges, banks, slippy and smooth ground
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PCvZ9HZAkMQeWNq8A?g_st=ic
2. Tinglado 2
Description:
One of the most popular skate spots of Valencia, it is a large open area under a roof with perfect smooth ground to skate on with a beautiful sight on the harbour and the sea. There are also ledges/ banks where you can grind or jump on. There are always a lot of people chilling/ skating/ longboarding, etc. Easy to make new friends!
Obstacles:
Large surface flat ground under a roof, ledges
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cF72HnKt4zZhZbA89?g_st=ic
3. Aparcamiento Tinglado 4 y 5
Description:
Close to the popular spot Tinglado 2, smooth ground, perfect for beginners, usually no cars parked here, a lot of surf skaters and longboarders.
Obstacles:
Smooth flat ground, 3 ledges
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XRmbriNuYqvbdiYQ8?g_st=ic
4. Centromusica
Description:
Located in the city centre of Valencia, next to the famous spot MuVIM, it is close to a busy street.
Obstacles:
Two stairs
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fiih8nmDHxKwNd7o7?g_st=ic
5. La Almoina Museum
Description:
Next to and in front of l’ Almoina Museum there are a lot of stairs, ledges and smooth ground to skate on, in the summer there can be a lot of people, the ledges are high.
Obstacles:
1 x 3 stairs, 1 x 5 stairs, ledges x 5
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jDTrhr99iV6wfqjKA?g_st=ic
6. Les Arts Valencia
Description:
The obstacle is more for advanced skaters. It’s a beautiful place to make videos, you can use your creativity: for example, you can use the pyramid as a ledge. To get there: if you come from ‘The River’ park and look towards Ciutat Les Arts you have a wall, you have to go down to the left of the wall. It is near the skatepark ‘Gulliver’.
Obstacles:
Pyramid at a height of half a metre
Location:
https://goo.gl/maps/DvSUwumJT6qHvWN3A
7. Alameda
Description:
Under the bridge at the metro station ‘Alameda’, it’s a great place to make videos, especially for professional skaters, use your creativity: you can do wallrides, drops, etc.
Obstacles:
Art blocks
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/khwdtpjTj4XGmKiA8?g_st=ic
8. Monumento a Valentia
Description:
It is a good place to make a skate clip, unsuitable for beginners, it is close to a busy road.
Obstacles:
A sharp drop
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QXGBGwNXK5Xttp87A?g_st=ic
9. Los Planos Verdes
Description:
It’s worth going, you can ride it like a pumptrack, but you can also do tricks on it. For all levels of skaters, very good surface, really fun!
Obstacles:
A squared route you can skate with kickers (looks like a pumptrack)
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iJ2ZBQW2rWJQAbPbA?g_st=ic
10. Porta des Serrans
Description:
In front of the historical monument Porta des Serrans, at the beginning of the old town of Valencia, it can get very crowded in the afternoon, good for intermediate and advanced skaters.
Obstacles:
2 x 2 ledges y 2 x 3 separate concrete blocks, very good surface
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iPJ384GgZ9LGNwy47?g_st=ic
11. Palau de la Música
Description:
In the middle of the River, a lot of people pass by, the ground makes little noise, there is a lot of space and a lot of obstacles where you can use your creativity, nice place, definitely worth it!
Obstacles:
A lot of flat ground, 3 stairs x 2, 2 stairs x 2, banks
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BWpbcgpQ6Tx8s61w8?g_st=ic
12. Fuente de agua potable
Description:
There is a lot of space between the 4 stairs so it is perfect for beginner skaters to learn how to jump off stairs. There is a 4-stair ledge where you can perfectly learn 50-50, nose slide, tail slide, etc. The handrail is low and therefore good for first handrail slides. The ground is a bit noisy and sometimes there can be children playing because it is close to a playground. The kickers are fun to jump.
Obstacles:
Kicker x 3 (a small, a medium and a large one), 4 x 4 stairs following one another, ledges, 1 x 4 stairs and a handrail
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aJfdxu3gSKeE4m127?g_st=ic
13. La Fontsanta
Description:
In the middle of the park there is a beautiful monument with 3 stairs, during the day older people can sit there in the sun, the ground is OK.
Obstacles:
3 stairs
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4TYDLGLMotxZshHb8?g_st=ic
14. EDEM
Description:
Besides the well known spot ‘Tinglado 2’ you have a big area with smooth ground, stairs and 2 wooden manual pads. It’s a great place to make videos, there are a lot of skaters, longboarders, scooters, etc.
Obstacles:
Flat ground, manual pad x 2 (a little one and a big one), stairs
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1czaX48j9ZwZ3DZA9?g_st=ic
15. Pont del Nou d’Octubre
Description:
A fantastic spot to make videos, there are 2 manual pads (one left and one right), between the 2 manual pads there are 4 sloping ‘walls’ from which you can drop or do wallrides, the spot is under the bridge, this spot is really worth it.
Obstacles:
Sloping walls, manual pads
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LCqdDfyZv9d3acVX9?g_st=ic
16. Cruz Roja
Description:
It is a small manual pad on a historical monument, close to skatepark Skateplaza.
Obstacles:
A low and little manual pad
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QZk3ajAKGmgqrqyL9?g_st=ic
17. Plaça del Comte de Buynol
Description:
This is a small, well-known skate spot in the heart of Valencia’s old town. Here you can give free play to your creativity. It’s perfect for hippie jumps over the benches, little 50-50 grinds on the ramps, etc. Fun spot!
Obstacles:
2 sloping ramps and 2 small concrete benches
Location:
https://goo.gl/maps/4JgR4uh9W3QhZwjo9
18. Pg. de la Petxina
Description:
If you go up from the skate spot under the bridge (Pont del Nou d’Octubre) by the inclined route, you have a small squared box where you can do manuals or jumps over. It’s oldskool, close to the road, you can use your creativity.
Obstacles:
A squared stone, a small and a long manual pad
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/z8HZatj8Yu1Z6Nmz9?g_st=ic
19. La Lonja de la Seda
Description:
In the heart of the city of Valencia, at the backside of the Mercat Central de Valencia. Better to skate in the afternoon (less people), very good surface, stairs where you can roll off, benches to do hippie jump.
Obstacles:
Very good surface, stairs (long stairs and short stairs)
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NKVCD5MpKZM6d8Ho8?g_st=ic
20. Placa del Tossal
Description:
In front of the café Bolseria in the centre of ‘El Carmen’, the underground of the manual pad is not ideal and sometimes there are cars parcked. In summer this spot is full of people, too busy for skating.
Obstacles:
A long rail and a manual pad
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cxpWGmeMD4TqUbw3A?g_st=ic
Soon we will publish another post of the Start Skate Spots series in Valencia. As Start Skate – skate classes in Valencia, we want to share our knowledge of our skate-friendly city with everyone: locals, tourists, expats, etc.
Here is a link to the list of SKATEPARKS in Valencia that we have also created:
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Authors: Helena Himpe, Kacper Pluskota, Start Skate School – skate classes in Valencia