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Fallas 2027 in Valencia: Mascleta Times, Nit del Foc and the Cremà, Day by Day
Fallas runs to a fixed timetable, so most of the planning is deciding which nights to turn up for. The daily mascletà, the flower offering, the Nit del Foc and the Cremà each need a different place to stand.
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Every day from 1 to 19 March at 14:00, a gunpowder display goes off in Plaça de l'Ajuntament, and you feel it in your chest. It's free, you stand in the street, and the spots at the barrier are taken from around midday. Fallas 2027 runs from 1 to 19 March, with the five main days from the 15th and the Cremà on the night of the 19th.
The 14:00 mascletà
A mascletà is fired in daylight for the concussion. There's nothing to look at in the sky, which surprises people who turn up expecting a firework show. Metro lines L3, L5 and L9 reach the square, and the streets around it close to traffic on mascletà days, so expect to walk the last stretch. If you're sensitive to loud noise, or you have small children with you, stay away. The sound is physical and there's no quieter fringe to stand on.
The city's own falla stands alone in the middle of the tarmac. For 2027 it's a 20-metre tribute to the singer Nino Bravo, under the lema (motto) 'Vuelvo a mi tierra'.
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Late February and early March
The festival opens with La Crida, the proclamation made from the Torres de Serranos by the Fallera Mayor on the last Sunday of February. It's free to watch and finishes with fireworks off the battlements. The 2027 date isn't out yet. Last year it was Sunday 22 February at 19:30, but don't pin flights to it.
Before the monuments reach the streets, the figures go on show indoors at the Exposició del Ninot, in the Museu de les Ciències. Each commission submits one figure from its adult falla and one from its children's falla, and visitors vote. The two with the most votes are pardoned from the fire and kept for good. The 2027 run isn't announced yet. Last season it ran from 7 February to 15 March, open 10:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and to 21:00 from Friday to Sunday. Entry was €4, or €2 for children aged 4 to 12 and over-65s. Arrive after the 15th and it's shut.
Two fallas worth the walk
The monuments go up in the streets during the plantà on 15 and 16 March and stand there until they burn. The one to cross town for is Falla Convent de Jerusalem-Matemàtic Marzal, on Carrer del Convent Jerusalem just south-west of the central station. It took first prize in the Secció Especial in 2025 and again in 2026, and for 2027 the same artist is building 'Volem; un viage a la felicitat'. The street is narrow and jams solid in the evening, so go in the morning.
Falla Plaça del Pilar is the easy one, on Carrer de Maldonado a few minutes' walk from the Mercat Central. The 2027 monument is 'Río'. Its children's falla is usually among the best in the city, and the 2026 one won the first Ingenio y Gracia prize. Fold it in straight after the mascletà.
Flowers on 17 and 18 March
On the 17th and 18th, falleros in traditional dress file across Plaça de la Verge outside the Reial Basílica de la Mare de Déu dels Desemparats. They hand up bouquets, which are worked into a mantle of carnations on a towering wooden Virgin. The square is barriered and properly packed.
If you want the flowers without the crush, come afterwards. Last year the finished mantle stayed on view from 19 to 23 March. The basilica is free and open 07:30 to 14:00 and 16:30 to 21:00.
Midnight fireworks and the Nit del Foc
The big castells (firework displays) are fired from the Pont de Montolivet, out over the dry Túria riverbed level with the Palau de les Arts. Last season they went up at 23:59 on 16, 17 and 18 March. The 18th is the Nit del Foc, the longest of the three at close to 20 minutes. The 2027 times aren't published, so check before you go.
Where you stand matters more than anything you could pay for. Passeig de l'Albereda gives you an open sightline from outside the closed safety perimeter, and it's best level with the Palau de les Arts. The riverbed below, between the Pont del Regne and the Pont de Montolivet, is where most people gather, and it fills early. Nothing starts until nearly midnight and getting away afterwards is slow, so leave the next morning free.
Cremà night, 19 March
Everything burns on the last night, and the order lets you see more than one. In 2026 the children's fallas went at 20:00. The rest of the city's fallas followed at 22:00, and the city hall monument at 23:00. The first-prize Secció Especial falla was held back to 22:30. The 2027 timetable isn't out. If it repeats, watch a street falla at 22:00, get to the Convent de Jerusalem one for 22:30, then be in the city hall square by 23:00.
Eating around the timetable
Mercat Central, a few minutes from the city hall square, is the best way to fill the hours before a mascletà. Buy fruit and cheese to carry, or eat standing at the counters in the section set aside for it. It's open 07:30 to 15:00 from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sunday, so it's a morning plan only.
For breakfast first, go to Horchatería de Santa Catalina on Plaça de Santa Caterina. In March, order the thick hot chocolate with churros. Horchata, the chilled tiger-nut drink, comes with fartons or with buñuelos, the pumpkin fritters you'll see all over the streets during Fallas. It's open every day from 08:15 to 21:30, and service is brisk.
For somewhere open late, head to Mercat de Colón on Carrer de Jorge Juan, close to metro lines L3 and L5. It's open from 07:30 until 02:00, and until 03:00 on Friday and Saturday, which fits a festival where the fireworks haven't started by midnight. Two horchaterías and a row of bars and restaurants share the hall.
For wood-fired paella, Casa Carmela on the Malvarrosa seafront cooks its rices over orange wood. The tasting menu is €58, and single rices run €21 to €26 a ración, with a minimum of two people and one paella per table. It serves 13:00 to 16:00 from Monday to Saturday. That clashes with the mascletà, so give it a day when you're skipping the square, and book weeks ahead.
Fallas outside March
Two museums carry the festival the rest of the year. Museu Faller de València on Plaça de Montolivet, on metro L10, keeps the ninots indultats, the figures voted out of the fire every year since 1934. Entry is €2, free for under-16s and free on Sundays and holidays, and an hour is enough. It's open 10:00 to 19:00 Tuesday to Saturday, and 10:00 to 14:00 on Sundays and holidays, closed Monday. Hours have been cut shorter than that, so check the day you want to go. Groups of more than 10 must book ahead, and only 25 people are let in at a time.
The other is Museu de l'Artista Faller, in Benicalap on Avinguda de Sant Josep Artesà. It sits inside the estate where the monuments are made, with workshop shutters open along the street and half-finished giant heads in white polystyrene propped against the walls. Entry is €4, or €2.50 for under-12s, and there's a film about the build. It's open 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday, Saturday mornings until 14:00, and shuts for the whole of August.
Before you go
The Museu Faller closes on Mondays and the Mercat Central on Sundays, and a table at Casa Carmela only counts once the restaurant confirms it in writing. See the Valencia guide and the Valencia hotel search.
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When is Fallas 2027 in Valencia?
It runs from 1 to 19 March 2027. The five main days are 15 to 19 March, and every falla burns on the night of the 19th.
What time is the mascletà, and does it cost anything?
It goes off at 14:00 in Plaça de l'Ajuntament every day from 1 to 19 March. It's free and you stand in the street, but the barrier positions are gone from around midday.
Where should I watch the Nit del Foc?
The displays are fired from the Pont de Montolivet over the dry riverbed. Passeig de l'Albereda, level with the Palau de les Arts, gives you an open view from outside the safety perimeter. The riverbed itself fills early.
What time do the fallas burn on 19 March?
The 2027 times aren't out. In 2026 the children's fallas burned at 20:00, the rest of the city's fallas at 22:00, the first-prize Secció Especial falla at 22:30 and the city hall monument at 23:00.
Can I see anything of Fallas outside March?
Yes. The Museu Faller on Plaça de Montolivet shows the figures pardoned from the fire for €2, and the artists' museum in Benicalap, inside the workshop estate, is €4. The Benicalap one closes for all of August.
