[2024 Valencia Restaurant] Travel Guide for Horchateria Santa Catalina (Updated Sep)

Valencia’s timeless horchata

𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮'𝘀 gastronomy is one of Spain's 🇪🇸 finest, we all know about their worldwide famous 𝙋𝙖𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖 🥘 , all over 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 everyone praises oranges 🍊 from 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 as well, and one of the summer favorite midday refreshments, 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮! 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 is a milky type of drink made of "𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘴" - 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙨 - its natural flavor is quite nutty and in 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 they add a good amount of sugar to sweeten it up. It is usally served cold and often ordered with 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀, a sugary pastry to dip into the 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮. One of the places that has been doing this combination of 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 and 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 for over two centuries in 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 is 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮, right in the city center, next to the impressive tower of the Santa Catalina's church, whose name it takes. They have a range of drinks to order from 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 1'50€ 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 2'50€ 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 3€ or the highlight 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮 (3,30€) and 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 (1€ / unit) The venue is quite beautiful per se, with ceramic tiles and drawings depicting typical scenes of life in 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 hundreds of years ago. Walk up to the second floor for a view of the church tower from a new perspective. A good place for a break when visiting 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 and picture yourself back in the 1900s enjoying a refreshment with Valencian people at the time. 🏠𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 📍𝘗𝘭𝘢ç𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢, 6 🕒𝟴:𝟭𝟱 - 𝟮𝟭:𝟯𝟬 💰𝘼𝙫𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝟒'𝟓€ 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝟏 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙖 + 𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙣 #bucketlistreboot #tripblazers #spain #spaintravel #valencia #valenciatravel