Valencia: San Nicolás Frescoes, Silk Museum Exploration, and Santos Juanes Church Discovery

Explore the stunning frescoes of San Nicolás, delve into the history of silk at the Silk Museum, and uncover the beauty of Santos Juanes Church in Valencia.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parroquia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir - One of the oldest parishes in Valencia, founded more than 700 years ago, the Church of San Nicolas is an old Gothic temple reformed centuries later to give it the appearance it has today. While there, admire the beautiful baroque decoration that impresses everyone who visits it. Discover in its…
What's Included
  • Audio guide included
Additional Information

Be captivated by the stunning frescoes of San Nicolás, often referred to as Valencia’s version of the Sistine Chapel. Enjoy a trip from east to west by visiting the Silk Museum and explore the significant impact that silk had on Valencia’s history over five centuries. Experience one of Valencia’s original parishes, Santos Juanes, conveniently located next to the central market.

Location
Parroquia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir
Calle de los Caballeros 35, Acceso a la visita turística por Calle Caballeros nº 35
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Teresa
Oct 12, 2024
A city full of life and history to discover - Valencia - a city full of movement, dynamism and appeal to the usufruct of the streets and its historic wealth. To visit and enjoy the visits. Religious monuments with expensive entries. The ticket reduction should extend to teachers who are not from Valencia. Being an intense and flat city, I noticed few features, in general, for people with disabilities and mobility difficulties.
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Pablo
Oct 6, 2024
Unique church to visit regardless of the painting - A small place with lots of history and meaning. Audio is a must since you don’t want to miss anything. Try to avoid crowds. You will enjoy every minute. The paints and artwork in the ceiling is outstanding
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Streetblogger
Aug 19, 2024
The Sistine Chapel of Valencia: a masterpiece not to be missed! - I was literally speechless by the Church of St. Nicholas. The frescoes that adorn the walls are of extraordinary beauty and made me think of the Sistine Chapel. The Italian Audio Guide was very useful to fully understand the history and meaning of each artwork. I learned so much! The combined ticket to the Silk Museum was a bit disappointing. The latter seemed to me a bit dull and with few interesting finds.
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Famigliasoldati
Jun 30, 2024
Not to be missed - How not to visit this beautiful church ??? My oldest daughter was thrilled to see the art of this structure and the frescoes , which with the help of the guide provided made the visit even more interesting If you go to Valencia you must visit it
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Stephpia
Jun 26, 2024
An architectural beauty - You can only be dazzled by the gilding, the frescoes, the paintings ..favorite for this place to visit in Valencia.
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Paul_s
Oct 13, 2024
San Nicolas was fantastic but.... - San Nicolas was simply amazing. Unfortunately, by the time we got there the silk museum was closed & Santos Juanes was under a severe restoration project.
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Manciofranco
Jul 8, 2024
Loggia Market to miss - Fabulous work represents the silk and oil market, the Gothic art stands out, do not miss the citrus garden inside.
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Feuerlandkirsche
Sep 23, 2024
extraordinary - and excessively expensive - One of Valencia’s highlights is the small church of San Nicolaus, known as the “Sistine Chapel of Valencia” due to its exuberantly sumptuous colour scheme. The church itself is very hidden and cannot be seen from the outside. Yeah, it's magnificent, but here you know how to make money. Where only a small obolus of €2 is requested for the old Gothic silk exchange with its state rooms and Unesco World Heritage status, here you simply declare the church a museum and call an outrageous €11 per person. The consideration of ceiling painting (made around 1700) is difficult to include in details and rather overwhelming, especially since one does not have access to the pictorially told episodes from the lives of unknown, local saints. Incidentally, the 11 euros don't even include an audio guide.
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Tilly112112
Jul 4, 2024
Which of the 3? - Silk Museum: very nice, made on Sunday morning for free with audio guide in Italian. San Nicolas: pretty, but only for free. It may have painted ceilings, but in every Italian city there is a nicer church for free.
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Lynnita30
Jun 25, 2024
Totally disorganized, delayed email confirmation, nothing on starting point or starttime, but good value - We wanted to find an easy way to check out the main famous must-dos in Valencia, and this seemed like a good way to do it. Unfortunately, we never received a confirmation email until basically 10 minutes before the first stop opened. No one explained where to go, or how the tour would work, no map was never given to us showing the stops ( until we finally asked what were we supposed to do.) Initially we thought perhaps a guide would walk us, as it is listed on TripAdvisor as a walking tour. But it is self directed, which actually is ok for us, but poorly explained when you reserve. The 1st stop- the Church of Saint Nicholas is breathtaking - and the audio guide in English excellent! The 2nd stop- the Church of Los Juans was a joke as it was being renovated - a huge task which takes years and lots of $. Scaffolding and workers chipping away with hammers all over it, very little able to be seen even though the audio guide tells you to look places but none of it can be seen!! Quite frustrating- just basically a tour of imagination. 3rd stop- Museum of Silk- very well organized, few visitors and quite interesting. Nevertheless, the value is worth the ticket, saves individual entry fees in each, so in the end, it all turned out OK. All they need to do is improve the description and make sure the visitor understands the plan of the tour!
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