Valencia Travel Forum

i will be in valencia weekend 20/21september and would like to buy 3 football tickets for the above match - any help from where I can buy them preferably online

also i will be staying at calle ruben vela ( corner with avenida del doctor waksman ) is it safe to walk to the city centre and how long does it take ?

any help appreciated

I was in Valencia in May. I am not sure where you are starting to walk from, but I stayed in the center of the city...old town ...and I walked all over, sometimes late at night and felt totally safe. there was a lot of people out and about.

you can get them once in valencia at any of the regular points of sale http://217.116.5.146/lanzador/lanzaHTM.asp?Pagina=informacion_valencianista.htm&Idioma=2&IdBanner=Aleatorio

if you prefer to get them online you can try on any of these pages
http://www.spainticketbureau.com/tickets/valencia-cf.aspx
http://www.ticketspain.com/
http://www.ticketsfc.com/es/tickets/teams.aspx?id=6&team=VALENCIA+CF

though ive never used them, so i dont know if you can trust them. i dont think the tickets will get sold out, so i'd wait and buy them here. the easiest is to buy them at the stadium.

you're staying a bit far from the center. might be a too long distance to do on foot, either to the football stadium or to the old town. but if you decide to walk, it's safe. the only areas in the center of valencia i'd try to avoid in the evenings are: the back of the train station and the gardens in the old river bed. valencia has a lot of streetlights and the streets are quite wide.

thanks jezzabel ...is the area of the hostel well served by buses to the train station/city centre or is it the case of taking taxis?? paul

if you decide to walk it might take a 30 min walk, maybe a bit longer.
i dont know what bus stops you have there, but im sure there'll be buses near your hotel, there's a bus stop in almost every street in the center. i think there's no metro stop near where you are though. and no tram. another thing is that you have direct connection to the stadium and/or the old town, that im not so sure of. you may need to take more than one bus.
the bus company in valencia is EMT, and you can check bus lines on their site
http://www.emtvalencia.es/portal/Main?ISUM_Lang=2

there there's a map with all the lines (custom information-downloads) and also you can type where you are and where you want to go and it'll tell you the route and the lines you can take (check where it says How to get to, Where is it, etc). you have to be patient though, the site doesnt always work too well.

the emt buses are red. there are buses in other colours too but they usually take you outside the city. there are some buses at night too.
if you prefer to go by taxi that'll be more expensive. but it should be fine too. they cant charge too much, it isnt a too long ride (10-15 euros?)

there is a valencia supporters club in the UK who might be able to get you tickets. you can email them via che-uk@yahoogroups.com