[2024 Valencia Restaurant] Travel Guide for Horchateria Santa Catalina (Updated Sep)
๏ฅAddress:
Plaza Santa Catalina, 6 46001 Valencia
๏ Opening times:
Open 08:15-21:30For reference only
Valenciaโs timeless horchata
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ gastronomy is one of Spain's ๐ช๐ธ finest, we all know about their worldwide famous ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ , all over ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป everyone praises oranges ๐ from ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ as well, and one of the summer favorite midday refreshments, ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ!
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ is a milky type of drink made of "๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ง๐ข๐ด" - ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐จ - its natural flavor is quite nutty and in ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ they add a good amount of sugar to sweeten it up. It is usally served cold and often ordered with ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐, a sugary pastry to dip into the ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ.
One of the places that has been doing this combination of ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ and ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ for over two centuries in ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ is ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ, 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 ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ 1'50โฌ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 2'50โฌ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 3โฌ or the highlight ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ (3,30โฌ) and ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ (1โฌ / unit)
The venue is quite beautiful per se, with ceramic tiles and drawings depicting typical scenes of life in ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ 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 ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ and picture yourself back in the 1900s enjoying a refreshment with Valencian people at the time.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ
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