Green, spacious and family-first, on the metro line out to the northwest.
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L'Eliana is where families go for a garden and a school run that does not involve traffic. It has a real town centre, plenty of sport, and a big international community. The metro reaches it, which sets it apart from the chalet developments further out.
The catch: A long way from city life. Without a car you will feel stuck.
A dozen questions about how you want to live, and we tell you which of the nineteen areas fits, what it costs, and what you would end up complaining about.
Take the two-minute quizThe same twelve measures on all nineteen pages, so two can be read side by side. Our own ratings, not official statistics.
| Getting around without a car | You will want a car |
|---|---|
| How central it is | A long way from the centre |
| Noise | Properly quiet |
| Going out in the evening | Almost nothing open after dinner |
| Green space | Parks and gardens on every side |
| The sea | No beach |
| With children | Built around families |
| English and the international crowd | A sizeable international crowd |
| Space for your money | Far more space for your money |
| Parking | Parking outside your door |
| What you would be renting | Larger suburban homes |
| The buildings | Later blocks with lifts and balconies |
We do not publish an asking price for L'Eliana, and that is deliberate. The portals have too few listings here to produce a local figure, so they quietly serve the province-wide average instead. Publishing that as a L'Eliana price would be a lie with a number attached, so no number appears here at all until we have one we believe.
A room in a shared flat averages about 400 EUR a month across the whole Valencia area, and that one is a city-wide figure, so it holds here.
A different measurement does exist for L'Eliana. The Spanish government's SERPAVI data, which records signed contracts rather than advertisements, put the median for the town at 684 EUR a month for reference year 2024.
Portals publish asking prices, what you will be quoted this month. The government publishes signed contracts, which include everyone who moved in years ago on a rent that never caught up. Both are true at once. Arriving now, budget against the asking price, and see why the two figures disagree for the longer version.
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The belt northwest of the city where the international schools are, and where a house with a garden is the normal product rather than a flat. Godella and Rocafort are the closest in and the only ones here that work without a car. L'Eliana has a real town centre on the metro. Paterna and Bétera give you the most house for the money and assume a driveway.
Each sentence below is computed from the same data as the quiz rather than written by hand for the pair.
Leafy, affluent commuter towns on the metro, popular with international families.
Choose Godella instead and you get: Much older streets and you can live here without a car. Slightly less space for the money and a few more visitors about.
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Space, golf and international schools at the far end of the metro line.
Choose Bétera instead and you get: A little more of the old town about it and houses with gardens rather than suburban houses. A little harder without a car.
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The international-school belt: houses, gardens, and a car in the driveway.
Choose Paterna instead and you get: A little more of the old town about it and houses with gardens rather than suburban houses. A little harder without a car.
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We publish Valencia's news in English every morning. The stories that named L'Eliana load here, live, so this is never a snapshot of the day the page was written. If nothing appears, read today's edition instead.
We do not publish an asking-price figure for L'Eliana. The property portals have too few listings here and quietly substitute the province-wide average, which is not the same thing, so we would rather say we do not know. The government's SERPAVI data, which records signed contracts rather than advertisements, put the median for the town at 684 EUR a month for reference year 2024.
You will want one. L'Eliana has a rail or bus connection, so it is possible without, but daily life outside the immediate centre becomes a planning exercise.
Yes. L'Eliana is one of the areas families actually pick: parks and gardens on every side, properly quiet, and in the international school belt.
No beach. Entirely inland. If the sea is the reason you are moving, the beach barrios and the coastal towns are the honest answer instead.
Mostly. L'Eliana has a sizeable international community, so you will find English speakers without looking hard, but everyday services still run in Spanish and Valencian.
They are the same kind of place with different answers. Choose Godella instead and you get this: much older streets and you can live here without a car. Slightly less space for the money and a few more visitors about.
No. This is editorial guidance from a local newsletter, not legal, financial or relocation advice. Rent figures are market data and move constantly. Check anything that matters before you sign.
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