BACK SPACE – Fashion and accessories, located in the very heart of the capital of the Turia, in the emblematic Ripalda Passage, opened its doors a 29 May 2014 with the idea of ​​becoming a modern and contemporary business where customers could enjoy the comforts of finding in the same space the greatest variety of fashion and accessories for regional clothing from the most recognized firms in the regional clothing sector. The trajectory of all the firms that participate in this project have proven their worth over the years and have wanted to take another step towards the client by joining in a single establishment to be able to meet the unique and particular needs of each of their clients. Commitment to quality and vision of how to achieve customer objectives, have resulted in the firms that make up ESPAI RIPALDA chosen by many Valencian women to accompany them in their most important moments.

Our greatest value, our clients. The key is the commitment to our clients to offer them quality products and services adapted to their needs..

• We are sure that transparency, innovation and our total dedication are the fundamental values ​​to continue being at the forefront of the market, and the basis for a relationship of trust with our clients.

Social responsability. Respect for our regional festivals and for society are values ​​present in our day to day, as well as collaborating with the Fallas commissions in their solidarity projects with different charitable institutions.

Our desire to expand the offer to the client is not limited only to the products and services that each season contribute the collaborating firms, we are constantly in contact with third parties to complete our offer.
The firms present in our establishment, make ESPAI RIPALDA an exclusive space in fashion and accessories for the party that stands out for the variety of offer and the quality of its products and services, making their clients possess a halo of distinction and elegance.

At the end of the 19th century, the valencian high bourgeoisie, wishes to transfer to our city the customs and architectural style of Italian cities. Moved by this current, the Countess of Ripalda, Mrs.. Maria Josefa Paulín de la Peña, commissioned in 1889 to the architect Joaquín Arnau Miramón the construction of the Ripalda Passage; who built an architectural complex of clear neoclassical style surprising the Valencians by the imposing arches of its entrances, that welcomed passersby into its interior decorated with harmonious lintels and corbels, all under its skylights that filled the passage with light.

The Ripalda Passage, It was the first covered commercial passage that was built in the Valencian capital, housing for years the Gran Hotel Ripalda that remained open until the early forties, after closing, it was restructured, becoming commercial premises and homes. It was precisely in this Hotel where he settled in 1897, according to some historians, the first elevator in town.

Today its fifty meters in length continue to attract the attention of its walkers due to the beauty of its interior.. The gallery covered by iron and glass, it houses a perpendicular corridor in the middle of the passage that joins the two rigging at the height of the first floor, also attracts attention, at the height of the mezzanine, the lintel windows on one side and the mid-to-point ones on the other. Also highlight a small and curious mosaic with the name of the passage and the drawing of the Palace of the Countess of Ripalda that gives it its name on the access door of Calle de San Vicente.