El Botànic · Extramurs
El Botànic, Valencia: the barrio beside the Jardí Botànic
A wedge of nineteenth- and twentieth-century blocks between the old wall line and the dry Túria. Walled gardens take up much of the ground, and the streets behind them stay quiet.
Donarreiskoffer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nearest apartment
- 450 m
- District
- Extramurs
- Residents
- 7,033
- Size
- 37 hectares
El Botànic is barri 3.1 of Extramurs, the district immediately west of Valencia's old town. Carrer de Guillem de Castro runs along its eastern side, laid over the line of the demolished medieval wall, with Ciutat Vella on the far side and El Carme to the north-east. Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic closes it to the west, with la Petxina across the avenue and Arrancapins further south.
To the north is the drained Túria riverbed and the Passeig de la Petxina. The barrio narrows to a point at Carrer de Conca in the south. The Ajuntament counted 7,033 residents across its 37 hectares at the start of 2025. The Jardí Botànic, on Carrer de Quart, gives it its name.
Walled gardens, quiet streets
An unusual share of the ground here is green space behind walls: the university's Jardí Botànic and the citrus garden of les Hespèrides. Carrer del Beat Gaspar Bono runs long and blank beside those walls. Traffic keeps to Guillem de Castro and the Gran Via, and the inner streets stay quiet.
The old town across one street
Ciutat Vella begins on the far side of Guillem de Castro. The Torres de Quart, the fifteenth-century gate towers of the vanished wall, stand on that side and face the barrio. El Carme, Velluters and Sant Francesc are all reached on foot from the eastern edge.
Residential, not a going-out district
This is a lived-in barrio rather than a nightlife one. There is a small municipal library, corner bakeries and Teatre Micalet, which programmes mainly in Valencian inside a century-old choral society. The Mercat de Rojas Clemente, the municipal market, is closed for refurbishment through the summer of 2026.
Our nearest apartments, in La Petxina
We have no apartments in El Botànic itself. These are the closest, about 450 m from the Jardí Botànic in a straight line.
Valencia Terraza Deluxe R
Carrer d'Azcárraga, València
90 m² · 2 beds · Up to 4 guests
€165 night
Valencia Luxury City Loft
Avinguda de Sant Josep de la Muntanya, València
45 m² · 2 beds · Up to 3 guests
€130 night
Getting around
No metro station is central to the barrio, but two sit on its edges. Túria, on lines 1 and 2, is at the north-west corner where Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic meets the riverbed, with an entrance on the El Botànic side. Àngel Guimerà, just past the south-western edge in Arrancapins, is an interchange for lines 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9, on two levels built at different times.
Lines 3 and 5 run from there to the airport without a change. EMT buses keep to Guillem de Castro and the Gran Via rather than the inner streets, among them 60, 62, 64, 73, 92, C1 and C2. The old town is a walk across Guillem de Castro.
What is nearby
Jardí Botànic de la Universitat de València
The university's botanical garden on Carrer de Quart, on the same ground since 1802, with glasshouses, a herbarium and a historic library.
Jardí de les Hespèrides
A walled citrus garden on Carrer del Beat Gaspar Bono, opened in 2000, with over fifty citrus varieties and bronze sculptures by Miklós Pálfy.
Església parroquial de Sant Miquel i Sant Sebastià
An eighteenth-century parish church in an Italian classicist style, facing the botanical garden from Plaça de Sant Sebastià. Listed since 1983.
Teatre Micalet
A theatre at Carrer de Guillem de Castro 73, inside the Societat Coral El Micalet, programming mainly in Valencian. The present auditorium opened in 2001.
Biblioteca Municipal del Botànic - Maria Beneyto
The barrio's municipal library at Carrer del Pare Manjón 1, part of the city network, with adult and children's sections and free wifi.
Torres de Quart
Two fifteenth-century Gothic gate towers of the vanished city wall, built between 1441 and 1460 and climbable inside. They stand on the Ciutat Vella side of Guillem de Castro.
Jardí del Túria
The riverbed park along the barrio's whole northern edge, laid out in the drained Túria channel. The stretch here is Tram IV.
Questions about staying here
Where is El Botànic in Valencia?
El Botànic is barri 3.1 of the Extramurs district, immediately west of Valencia's old town. Carrer de Guillem de Castro divides it from Ciutat Vella, Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic runs down its western side, and the Túria riverbed park closes it off to the north.
Why is the barrio called El Botànic?
El Botànic, a barrio of Valencia, is named after the Jardí Botànic de la Universitat de València, which has occupied the former Tramoyeres orchard on Carrer de Quart since 1802, at that time outside the city walls. The Ajuntament treats the garden as the neighbourhood's defining feature.
Does El Botànic have a metro station?
No Metrovalencia station is central to El Botànic in Valencia, but two sit on its edges. Túria, on lines 1 and 2, is at the north-west corner where Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic meets the riverbed, with an entrance on the barrio side. Àngel Guimerà, an interchange on lines 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9, lies just beyond the south-western edge in Arrancapins.
Is the Mercat de Rojas Clemente open?
Not at the moment. The municipal market in El Botànic, Valencia, which has stood on its plaza since 1963, is shut for energy-efficiency works that were already under way by 3 June 2026. Traders agreed to stay closed through August to speed the work up, and no reopening date has been announced. Check with the Ajuntament de València before planning around it.
What is El Botànic called in Spanish?
El Botánico. The Ajuntament de València uses the Valencian form el Botànic in its official padrón statistics, as barri 3.1 of the Extramurs district, while Spanish-language sources file the same Valencia neighbourhood under El Botánico. Both names refer to one barrio.
How many people live in El Botànic?
The Ajuntament de València recorded 7,033 residents in barri 3.1, el Botànic, at 1 January 2025, across 37.0 hectares. That is a density of about 190 people per hectare. The population fell through the 1990s to roughly 6,150 in 2001 and has risen slowly since.