# Sunday in Bocairent: the Covetes dels Moros, the bullring and olleta

The medieval old town and the Covetes dels Moros in the morning, Bocairent olleta at El Cancell and the bullring carved into the rock before you head home.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/itineraries/moorish-caves-and-bullring · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 08:45 · Salida: 1 h 15 by car (A-7 and CV-40 via Ontinyent, about 95 km)
- 10:00 · Bocairent Old Town (Old town and hermitages · 1 h)
  - 8 min on foot
- 11:00 · Covetes dels Moros (Covetes dels Moros with a guide · 1 h · €4, with booking)
  - 8 min on foot
- 12:30 · Church of the Assumption and Bell Tower (Church and bell tower · 30 min · €3)
  - 4 min on foot
- 13:45 · El Cancell (El Cancell · olleta and pericana · €€€ · booking) · El Cancell, €€€
  - 6 min on foot
- 16:00 · Bullring Cut into the Rock (Bullring in the rock · 30 min · €3)
  - 8 min on foot
- 16:45 · Cava de Sant Blai (Cava de Sant Blai · 20 min · €2.50)
- 17:30 · Vuelta (You reach Valencia around 18:45)

Bocairent is an hour and a quarter from Valencia, an hour from Alicante and less than an hour and a half from Albacete. It is a stone-village Sunday with a touch of adventure: window-caves a thousand years old that you crawl through, a bullring carved into the rock and a medieval old town of stairways above the Clariano ravine.

## The day, hour by hour

8:45 · Set off. From Valencia, A-7 and CV-40 via Ontinyent. The old town is pedestrianised: park on Calle Batalla de Lepanto or Calle Joaquín Sorolla.

10:00 · Old town. Streets of Arabic layout, stairways and the hermitages of Sant Joan, Desemparats and Mare de Déu d'Agost. Call in at the Tourist Info, on Plaza del Ayuntamiento, if you did not buy your tickets online.

11:00 · Covetes dels Moros. A one-hour guided visit, €4, 15 people at most, on the hour. Between 70 and 80% is done on all fours. Closed, laced footwear, no rucksacks or bags. Arrive ten minutes early.

12:30 · Church of the Asunción. At the top of the old town, with the bell tower: €3, free for under-12s.

13:45 · El Cancell. On Calle Sant Roc. Bocairent pericana to start and Bocairent olleta or a rice dish; paella to order. Open on Sundays at midday, from 13:45 to 15:30. Book on 960 200 506.

16:00 · Bullring. From 1844, the oldest in the Valencian Community, dug into the living rock. €3.

16:45 · Cava de Sant Blai. A snow well with its dome intact. €2.50.

17:30 · Head home. In Valencia around 18:45.

## With children

The Covetes are an adventure from age 3, always with an adult. The bullring and the cava are short. With a pushchair, the old town is impossible: use a carrier.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
A-7 and CV-40 from Valencia, about 95 km. From Alicante, A-7 via Alcoi or Villena. Park outside the old town.

## Consejos

### Buy the Covetes tickets beforehand
At entradas.bocairent.org or at the Tourist Info: 15 places per slot.

### Clothes that can get dirty
And closed shoes.

### Ask the day's timetable
Visits change by season.

## Cuándo no ir

Going on a Monday or Tuesday: El Cancell and La Parada are closed.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does it take from Valencia to Bocairent?
Around an hour and a quarter, about 95 km.

### Do I need to book the Covetes dels Moros?
It is advisable: there are 15 places per visit and no one is let in once it has started.

### Where can I eat on Sunday?
El Cancell, at midday and with a booking, or La Parada, in the old station.

### Can small children go in the Covetes?
From age 3 and with an adult.