A recent upmarket addition is the design-oriented boutique hotel Palau de la Mar (C/Navarro Reverter 14, 963 162 884, www.hospes.es, €165-€350). More functional four-star comfort and a quiet location just by the Plaza del Ayuntamiento can be found at the Vincci Lys Hotel Valencia (C/ Martínez Cubells 5, 952 868 771, 00800 3400 0034 freephone from UK, €109-€145). In the mid-range is the faux-rustic Ad Hoc Monumental (C/Boix 4, 963 919 140, www.adhochoteles.com, €89-€171), set in a pretty 19th-century building. For the most central position possible, try the two-star Hotel Venecia (Plaza del Ayuntamiento, entrance on C/Llop 5, 963 524 267, www.hotelvenecia.com, from €80) and request a room overlooking the plaza.

Budget travellers should lodge at the colourful Home (C/La Lonja 4, 963 916 229, www.likeathome.net, €16.67 per person in dorm, €36 double), where the lack of curfew, draw in backpackers.

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