Licensed
Guide nº 728
Official tourist guide of the Comunitat Valenciana since 2014 - member of CEFAPIT, FEG, and the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations.
Official tourist guide nº 728 · Comunitat Valenciana · since 2014
The only licensed guide in Valencia named Jaume
I'm Jaume Brines - native Valencian, archaeologist, and Spanish teacher. For over a decade I've been showing travellers the Valencia I grew up in: the history under the streets, the food that never makes the guidebooks, and the villages an hour away that most visitors never hear about.
Archaeologist
10+ years in the field
Excavations in Ireland, Austria, and Italy; co-directed digs at Tavernes de la Valldigna and medieval sites across the region.
Languages
7 languages
Tours guided in Spanish, Valencian, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and German - plus Spanish lessons for foreigners.
Format
Private groups only
One personal quote per group, never per person. Your pace, your interests, your questions.
From the trench to the tour
Before I was a guide I was an archaeologist. I spent more than ten years excavating across Europe - early-medieval settlements in Ireland, Alpine sites in Austria, Roman layers in Italy - and co-directed campaigns closer to home in La Valldigna. When I walk you through Sagunto or the old town of Valencia, I'm not reciting a script; I'm reading the ground the way I was trained to.
I grew up with Las Fallas, with rice fields on the horizon, and with a language of our own. That's the Valencia I want you to meet: the Silk Exchange at the hour the light comes through the columns, horchata where the tiger nuts actually grow, paella cooked over orange wood the way it's done inland.
Every tour I run is private and built around you. Bring your questions, your kids, your grandmother - we'll set a pace that works and go looking for the details everyone else walks past.
What travellers say
“Great tour. There were only 4 of us, but Jaume, our guide, was super and made the tour very enjoyable and kept us fully engaged throughout. He spoke very well in English and used his folder of supplementary info well, to give us extra background on each of the places we saw with him. This was a smashing way to begin our visit to the city and we took up several of his recommendations for other places to visit later by ourselves.”
“Ayer Martes realizamos el tours por la Valencia histórica con Jaume como guía. Estupenda es la palabra que define las dos horas y pico en las que nos acompañó Jaume, ofreciéndonos toda clase de explicaciones y facilidades en nuestra visita. Destacar que lleva preparado muy bien su trabajo y se hace acompañar de un álbum de fotos de los monumentos y lugares que visitamos en distintas épocas, lo cual te ayuda mucho a formarte una idea adecuada de como se ha ido transformando la ciudad. Un 10 para nuestra visita con Libertours y Jaume.”
“Jaume la nostra guida Valenciana con ottimo Italiano! Ve la consigliamo sia per la capacità di raccontare la storia di Valencia sia per la tranquillità con cui ti accompagna a scoprire la sua terra. Valencia e' splendida e personalmente consiglio la visita dopo averla girata un pochino così da fissare il ricordo del viaggio con i racconti di Jaume (Giacomo in Italiano). Ciao Valencia e ciao Jaume alla prossima!”
Prefer to just ask?
Call, WhatsApp, or write - in any of the seven languages - and Jaume will build a day around what you want to see.
+34 655 35 46 01info.valenciantours@gmail.com