Heladería-Horchatería Valenciana

Heladería-Horchatería Valenciana is an artisan ice cream parlour in Edificio Comercial Bohemia, at km 3 of La Manga. It serves homemade ice cream and horchata (tiger nut drink), and visitors distinguish it from the franchises on the same street by flavours rarely found in mass-market chains.

Flavours mentioned in reviews

Pistachio is mentioned most often: customers say it tastes of real pistachios. Lotus features in several reviews, and horchata (tiger nut drink) has its own fans, who enjoy it as a refreshing drink after a day at the beach. They also make slush drinks.

• Pistachio ice cream
• Lotus ice cream
• Horchata (tiger nut drink)
• Slush drinks

A house custom mentioned in several reviews is letting customers sample flavours before choosing, useful when faced with a long display counter.

For an afternoon visit

Open every day from the afternoon until after midnight, making it suitable for an afternoon treat or a stop on an after-dinner stroll. It has a wheelchair-accessible entrance, accepts card and mobile payments, and also serves coffee.

How to find it

It is in the shopping area around Plaza Bohemia, on the first stretch of the Gran Vía. There are other venues called Valenciana in La Manga, so check the address to avoid confusing it with the one at km 10. The directory has more local bars, cafés and ice cream parlours.