Summer Cinema at l'Eliana 2026: Tadeo Jones and the Magic Lamp

A cinema d'estiu is a small-town institution here: a screen put up outdoors, chairs set out for the night, and a film every few evenings through the summer. This session is Tadeo Jones y la lámpara maravillosa, Spanish family animation. Tickets are €2.50–3.50, which makes it about the cheapest evening out anywhere around València in August.

Getting to l'Eliana without a car

l'Eliana is a commuter town in the Camp de Túria, northwest of the city, and it has its own Metrovalencia stop on line 2 (Llíria–Torrent Avinguda, via Paterna). That matters more than it sounds: the screening starts at 22:30 and finishes late, so check the last train back before you set off — a metro that stops running mid-film turns a €3 night into a taxi fare. If the timetable does not work, drive; street parking in a town this size is usually findable, though the streets around the site fill up on screening nights. How the metro, local trains and buses fit together is in the transport guide, and reaching the towns outside València is covered in getting to the villages without a car.

What to expect, and the language question

Two things surprise visitors. The hour: 22:30 is normal, because people eat late and the evening is the only comfortable part of an August day — there will be children in the audience. And the language: town summer cinemas here normally screen in Spanish, and this programme does not state otherwise, so assume a Spanish-dubbed print and check the official page if that decides it for you. Bring a light layer for later, water, and something to sit on. The exact site, tickets and the rest of the season (25 June to 31 August) are confirmed on the official page rather than here, because those details move.

Making an afternoon of it

l'Eliana sits beside the Túria Natural Park, the river-and-pinewood corridor upstream of the sunken garden that crosses València itself — the obvious late-afternoon walk once the heat drops. For the earlier part of the day with kids, see what to do in València with children, and for the rest of the month, what's on in August.