You have one afternoon, a city full of monuments and no idea which ones matter. Start with the nine Sección Especial fallas. Sección Especial is the top prize category of Valencia’s Fallas, with 9 monuments standing in the streets for 4 days each March. They are the largest in the festival, and all nine sit within about 107 minutes of walking, from Campanar in the west to Exposición, just across the Turia Gardens. The easiest by metro is Plaza del Pilar, 222 metres from Àngel Guimerà station, and the four around Russafa fit into a 17-minute walk end to end.
Which Fallas monuments should I see in Valencia? See the nine Sección Especial fallas, the festival’s top category. Walking between all of them takes about 107 minutes, finishing 354 metres from Alameda metro. Viewing them from the street is free; going inside each enclosure costs €3 to €5, or €17 for the 2026 adult pass covering all nine.
Do you need tickets to see the fallas
You do not need a ticket to see any falla. The monuments stand in public streets and junctions from 16 to 19 March, and you can walk right up to the fence for free at any hour. What you pay for is stepping inside the fenced enclosure of a Sección Especial falla, where each commission charges €3 to €5 per person.
That inside view is the only paid part of the street festival. The mascletà at 14:00, the Flower Offering and the burning on the 19th cost nothing, which is why first-timers often search for “Fallas tickets” and find there is little to buy.
Fallas 2027 tickets and the 2026 pass price
Visit València sold one digital pass for the inside of all nine Sección Especial fallas in 2026: €17 for adults and €12 for children aged 4 to 12. It worked on 16, 17, 18 and 19 March, in any order you liked, with a QR code sent by email. The 2026 pass went on sale on 3 February, so the 2027 one is expected around early February.
The maths is short. At €5 a falla, the pass beats paying at the gate from your fourth visit; at €4, from the fifth; at €3, from the sixth. Seeing all nine would cost €27 to €45 at the gate, so the full route saves an adult €10 to €28. Planning the rest of the trip’s spending is easier with the Valencia daily budget breakdown.
The walking route, falla by falla
The route below runs west to east, 8,059 metres along the streets. Times are walking only, at an ordinary pace, and add up as you go; every falla has a Metrovalencia stop within 700 metres, so you can break the route anywhere.
| Falla | Minutes of walking from the start | Neighbourhood | Nearest metro or tram stop |
|---|---|---|---|
| L’Antiga de Campanar | start | Campanar | Campanar metro (L1, L2), 329 m |
| Na Jordana | 31 min | el Carme | Reus tram stop (L4), 629 m |
| Plaza del Pilar | 47 min | el Pilar | Àngel Guimerà metro (L1, L2, L3, L5, L9), 222 m |
| Convento Jerusalén-Matemático Marzal | 58 min | la Roqueta | Xàtiva metro (L3, L5, L9), 216 m |
| Cuba-Literato Azorín | 71 min | Russafa | Bailén metro (L7), 521 m |
| Sueca-Literato Azorín | 73 min | Russafa | Bailén metro (L7), 569 m |
| Reino de Valencia-Duque de Calabria | 84 min | Russafa | Russafa tram stop (L10), 268 m |
| Almirante Cadarso-Conde Altea | 89 min | Gran Via | Russafa tram stop (L10), 215 m |
| Exposición-Micer Mascó | 107 min | Exposició | Alameda metro (L3, L5, L7, L9), 354 m |
The first leg is the costly one: 2,289 metres from L’Antiga de Campanar to Na Jordana. If your legs or your schedule disagree, start at Na Jordana instead and walk eight fallas in 5,770 metres, then reach Campanar another time on metro lines 1 or 2.
From the old town the route drops past Valencia North Station to the Convento Jerusalén falla, 216 metres from Xàtiva metro. Cuba and Sueca, both on Literato Azorín, are just 139 metres apart, a short walk from the Ruzafa market if you want lunch halfway. The last stretch crosses the Turia Gardens to Exposición-Micer Mascó.
How the prize categories work at Fallas
The Junta Central Fallera, which runs the festival, places every falla in a category and judges each category on its own. Sección Especial is the top tier; the next one down is Primera A, which had 17 fallas on the 2026 Visit València map. Children’s fallas, the smaller infantil monuments, compete separately.
The verdict comes early in the week. In 2026 the Junta Central Fallera handed out the infantil prizes on 16 March at 16:30 and the general ones on 17 March at 9:00, so from that morning the winners are known. Walking on the 16th means seeing them before the verdict; on the 17th or 18th you know which one won.
The prize also sets the order of the fire. On the night of 19 March 2026, every big falla burned at 22:00, the prize-winning Sección Especial falla at 22:30 and the one in Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 23:00. If you want to watch a Sección Especial monument burn, the cremà guide covers where to stand.
One Primera A falla is almost on the route: Mestre Gozalbo-Comte d’Altea is a two-minute walk from Almirante Cadarso. It is not part of the Sección Especial pass.
Best day and time to walk the route
Tuesday 16 March is the easiest day for the route: the monuments are freshly finished and the Flower Offering has not yet started. In 2027 that is the first full day, as the Fallas 2027 dates guide explains, and it falls on a working weekday.
On 17 and 18 March, the Flower Offering fills Calle de la Paz and Calle San Vicente from 15:30 to 01:00, so see Na Jordana and Pilar in the morning on those days. Around midday, the mascletà bag checks on Calle Xàtiva run from 12:30 to 15:00, and the walk from Pilar to Convento Jerusalén crosses that street. If you fly in on the day, metro lines 3 and 5 from the airport stop at Xàtiva, right beside the fourth falla, for €4.80 because Aeroport is in zone B+; the metro card itself is a separate €1.10. Inside the city a zone A fare covers every stop in the table.
An eight-falla day on Tuesday 16 March, skipping Campanar, can run like this:
- Na Jordana and Plaza del Pilar in the morning, before the 12:30 bag checks.
- The mascletà at 14:00, or lunch in Russafa while the checks are on.
- Convento Jerusalén after 15:00, then Cuba, Sueca, Reino de Valencia and Almirante Cadarso.
- Exposición-Micer Mascó last, then Alameda metro back to your hotel.
Sección Especial route questions
Do you need tickets to see the Fallas monuments?
No. Every Fallas monument in Valencia can be seen free from the street while it stands, from 16 to 19 March. Tickets are only for stepping inside the fenced enclosure of a Sección Especial falla, which costs €3 to €5 at each one, or one pass for all nine, priced at €17 for adults in 2026.
When do Fallas 2027 Sección Especial passes go on sale?
Around early February 2027, if the previous pattern holds. The 2026 pass went on sale on 3 February in the Visit València online shop and stayed on sale until 18 March. It arrives by email as a QR code that you show on your phone, or printed, at the entrance of each falla.
Can you walk all the Sección Especial fallas in one day?
Yes. The nine Sección Especial fallas are 8,059 metres apart along the streets, about 107 minutes of walking without stops. Leaving out L’Antiga de Campanar, which sits far to the west, cuts the walk to 77 minutes from Na Jordana to Exposición-Micer Mascó.
What does Sección Especial mean at Fallas?
Sección Especial is the top competitive category of Valencia’s Fallas, where the festival’s largest monuments compete for the first prize. The Junta Central Fallera judges each category separately. In 2026 there were 9 Sección Especial fallas, and the general prizes were handed out on 17 March at 9:00.
The street view costs nothing; the €17 question only matters if you will step inside four fallas or more.