Transport and the shape of the city in Valencia

SUMA, and how the zones work

SUMA is the integrated card of the Autoritat de Transport Metropolità de València, and one card covers Metrovalencia metro and tram, EMT city buses, MetroBus and Renfe Cercanías within the zones you have paid for. The main titles are SUMA 10 for ten journeys, SUMA Mensual and SUMA Mensual Jove, and the card itself costs €1 on cardboard or €2 on plastic, on top of whatever fare is loaded onto it. Zones run A, B, C and D with combinations, and you buy for the combination you cross rather than for the operator, with zone A covering the city itself, which is all most residents ever need. Each journey includes one transfer between lines or modes within 90 minutes of first validation, extended to 110 minutes on two- and three-zone titles.

• Children under 14 travel free, but only on a Móbilis30 card applied for through the ATMV, which costs €4.
• People registered in municipalities affected by the DANA of 29 October 2024 travel free until 31 December 2026.

What it costs, and why to check at the machine

The standard price of a SUMA 10 for zone A is €8.00, which is €0.80 a journey, against €2.00 for an EMT single bought on board, and a SUMA Mensual for zone A is €35.00. Those are the standard fares rather than what you will actually be charged: the discount of at least 40 per cent on multi-journey and monthly titles, in place since 1 July 2025, was extended in June 2026 to run to 31 December 2026. Monthly passes exist at every zone combination, with a cheaper version for young cardholders, and they pay for themselves if you travel daily. Take the actual price from a machine or a ticket office on the day you buy, because what happens after December is not yet settled.

• SUMA 10, zone A: €8.00 standard, €0.80 a journey, and lower while the discount runs.
• EMT single bought on board: €2.00, which the discount does not touch. The Bonobús is €8.50 standard and €5.10 with it.
• EMT Jove, for under-30s, is €12.50 a month for unlimited travel.

The airport

The airport link is the metro, not a bus. Aeroport station is served by line 3 towards Rafelbunyol and line 5 towards Marítim, running every 15 to 20 minutes and reaching Xàtiva station in roughly 20 to 25 minutes, which puts you beside the Estació del Nord and a short walk from the Plaça de l'Ajuntament. The airport sits in zone C, so the fare is the three-zone single of €4.80, plus the cost of the reusable card on your first trip. Check the price on the machine before you queue, because this is the one journey where the zone catches people out.

Valenbisi

The municipal bike scheme is priced unlike anything else in the city: an annual subscription is €29.21, with the first 30 minutes of every trip free and unlimited trips over twelve consecutive months. A pass for over-55s is €24 a year and a combined annual subscription for MiBisi users is €26, while the only short-term option is a seven-day pass at €13.30. For journeys inside the ring it is often the cheapest way to move at all, and frequently the fastest.

Cars, and the metropolitan towns

A car helps less than it looks. The city's Zona de Bajas Emisiones ordinance was rejected by the municipal plenary on 22 December 2025, so no zone is in force and the 278 cameras switched on that month count traffic without issuing fines, which is a political stalemate rather than a settled position. Regional rail is also still incomplete after the DANA of 29 October 2024: Cercanías lines C-1, C-2, C-5 and C-6 are running and C-3 was restored as far as Buñol in December 2025, but the stretch on to Utiel was still closed in August 2026, covered by replacement buses and with no firm reopening date. If cheaper rent in the metropolitan towns is tempting, check what service actually runs to that station before you sign.