Valencia's boats leave from three points on one stretch of coast: La Marina de València beside the Veles e Vents building, the Port of València at Plaça de L'Ona, and the Real Club Náutico further south. Ten ways to get afloat, from €12 to €490, and not one of them asks you for a licence or any experience.
- Catamaran cruises by the seat — Boramar and Mundo Marino
- Shared coastal cruise with a skipper — Wavepol
- Licence-free boat you steer yourself — Arrecife
- Private party boat and a speedboat to the Cullera coves — Fiestas Barco
- Deep-sea fishing charter — Valencia Pesca Paseo
- A sailing day or a regatta — VelaMagna and Illuka Sailing
The number itself is only half the answer. Four of these ten are sold per person and six per boat, so a figure that looks four times bigger can end up cheaper for your group. Each one below: the operator, the price unit, the duration, the group size and where it boards.
How much does a boat trip in Valencia cost?
A seat on a catamaran in Valencia costs from €12 to €35 per person, and the whole boat costs from €100 to €490. Those are two different questions with two different answers, and mixing them up is how a group of ten pays more than it needed to.
€12–19 for a seat on a catamaran
Three catamaran cruises sell places rather than hulls: Boramar at €12 per person for fifty minutes, the Mundo Marino sunset sail at €14 for ninety minutes, and the Mundo Marino swim cruise at €19 for two hours. Two of you pay twice; ten of you pay ten times.
€100–490 for the whole hull
Six options charge for the boat: €100 for the private party boat over two hours, €110 an hour for the licence-free rental, €400 for the Bavaria 46 sailing day, €420 for the speedboat to Cullera, and €490 each for the fishing charter and the VelaMagna sailing day. Your group splits one price.
A boat ride in Valencia: which catamaran seat to book
Four shared cruises differ by length, by what is in the glass and by how many people are aboard. All four include the crew, the life jackets and the insurance, and none of them asks anyone in your party to steer.
Boramar — fifty minutes out of the port
Boramar charges €12 per person for a fifty-minute marina cruise on a catamaran that takes up to 30 guests, leaving the Port of València at Plaça de L'Ona in the Poblados Marítimos. Selected sailings add a tasting of paella and Valencian clochina mussels. It holds 4.5 from 1,768 reviews, the largest review count on this list.
Mundo Marino at golden hour — €14
The sunset sail is €14 per person for ninety minutes, with a glass of cava per guest in the price. It leaves La Marina de València beside the Veles e Vents building between 5pm and 8pm depending on the season, and some evenings have live music on deck. The catamaran carries up to 100 guests.
Mundo Marino with a swim stop — €19
The daytime cruise costs €19 per person for two hours and anchors in open water so you can swim. Same catamaran, same berth, trampoline nets at the bow, a DJ on Saturdays. Food is not part of the €19: the operator sells the catamaran-with-paella as a separate departure from €30 per person.
Wavepol — three hours with a skipper for €35
The Wavepol shared cruise is €35 per person for three hours on the twelve-seat "Miami" catamaran out of Marina de València, skipper and fuel included with nothing extra for fuel. Twelve guests at €35 come to €420 for a full boat. It carries the highest rating of the four per-seat cruises: 4.9 from 1,036 reviews.
Can you steer a boat in Valencia without a licence?
Yes. Arrecife Boats Valencia hands you the keys to a 5-metre boat after a short handling briefing, no licence required. Nobody from the operator comes along for the ride — the helm is entirely yours.
€110 an hour, up to five aboard
The rate is €110 per boat for one hour and runs to €290 for the full day, for up to 5 people. Split five ways, an hour is €22 each. Pick-up is dock Y at Marina Norte, marked with a green flag, or dock K at Marina Port València, about fifteen minutes by car from the city centre and twenty-one from the airport.
The deposit that is not in the price
A refundable €300 deposit applies, by cash or card, and it is not part of the €110. The boat, fuel per tariff, life jackets, the briefing and insurance are included. The usual run is up the coast to Port Saplaya, Valencia's "Little Venice", anchoring in a quiet cove on the way. Arrecife holds 5.0 from 50 reviews.
Chartering the whole boat: a party, the coves, or the fish
Three charters put the whole hull in your group's hands with a skipper aboard. The price does not move with the headcount, so what each person pays depends entirely on how many of you turn up.
Fiestas Barco party boat — €100 for two hours
The private party charter starts at €100 per boat for two hours and carries up to 12, so a full boat is about €8.33 a head. Boarding is at 12:00 at Marina de València, Norte or Sur, the swim and paddleboard stop falls around 13:00 and you dock at 14:00. A jamón-and-cheese welcome board, the first drink and SUP are included; paella is an add-on.
Speedboat to the Cullera coves — €420
The same operator's half-day speedboat is €420 per boat for four hours, also for up to 12, which is €35 each with the boat full. Boarding is at 10:00, you pass Port Saplaya around 11:10, swim in the coves from 12:20 and turn north at 13:30. What the extra money buys here is distance, not just time.
Deep-sea fishing — €490 for the boat
The Valencia Pesca Paseo charter is €490 per boat for a four-hour half day, for up to 9 anglers, on a 10-metre boat; a 19-metre boat covers longer trips out to the Columbretes Islands. You board at 08:00 beside the Real Club Náutico de València, reach the marks by 08:20, fish from 09:00 and are back at 12:00. Gear, bait and licence coverage are aboard.
Important
the fishing charter is the sharpest case of the price unit on this list. Nine anglers divide €490 into about €54.44 each, four people pay around €122.50 each, and two people pay the whole €490 between them. The boat costs what it costs whether you fill it or not, so gather the group before you book rather than after.
Sailing in Valencia: a cruise or a regatta
Two yachts sell a six-hour day off Valencia, both per boat and both for up to 8 guests. They differ in what the price already contains and in what you actually do with the day.
VelaMagna — €490 with the skipper in the rate
The VelaMagna day charter is €490 per boat with a professional skipper included. It boards at 10:00 at Marina Real Juan Carlos I, sails the coast from 11:00, anchors in a cove for a swim around 13:00 and is back in the marina by 16:00. Eight aboard makes it €61.25 each. It holds 5.0 from 60 reviews.
Illuka — €400 for a Bavaria 46, skipper on top
The Illuka Sailing day is €400 per day for the Bavaria 46 herself, and the skipper is an optional add-on rather than part of the rate. The day boards at 10:00, sails at 10:30, runs manoeuvres or a regatta course from 12:00, cruises the coast at 14:00 and docks at 16:00 — in the bay that once hosted the America's Cup.
Which of the two is actually cheaper
€400 against €490 is not a comparison until you settle the skipper question. If you want one, Illuka adds him to the €400 while VelaMagna already counts him inside the €490. If your group can sail a 46-footer on its own, Illuka works out at €50 a head for eight and the question answers itself.
What does a day on the water in Valencia cost in 2026?
The ten options run from €12 to €490 and split four to six between seats and hulls. Read the unit column before the price column: €100 for a whole party boat and €19 for one seat on a catamaran are not numbers that compare.
| Option | Price | Unit | Duration | Group size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catamaran cruise, Boramar | €12 | per person | 50 min | up to 30 |
| Sunset catamaran, Mundo Marino | €14 | per person | 1 h 30 min | up to 100 |
| Swim cruise, Mundo Marino | €19 | per person | 2 h | up to 100 |
| Shared cruise, Wavepol | €35 | per person | 3 h | up to 12 |
| Party boat, Fiestas Barco | €100 | per boat | 2 h | up to 12 |
| Licence-free rental, Arrecife | €110 | per boat | 1 h | up to 5 |
| Sailing day, Illuka (Bavaria 46) | €400 | per boat | 6 h | up to 8 |
| Speedboat to Cullera, Fiestas Barco | €420 | per boat | 4 h | up to 12 |
| Fishing charter, Valencia Pesca Paseo | €490 | per boat | 4 h | up to 9 |
| Sailing day, VelaMagna | €490 | per boat | 6 h | up to 8 |
Booking goes to the operator at the operator's price. The live options sit on the Valencia boat tours page, the boat rental page, the sailing charter page and the fishing charter page.
If a boat is not what you came for, the same coast also has jet skis, wakesurf, diving and kite and wing lessons, and every one of them is bookable without experience too.
