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Planning a trip to Valencia, Spain? Living in Valencia and want to know more? We're here to help!
Welcome to What Valencia -- your in depth Valencia city guide to Spain's most up-and-coming city. We pride ourselves on offering original, accurate content with Valencia info you won't find anywhere else. Check out these 6 easy-to-navigate sections to find out what's up in Valencia, Spain...
The home of steaming paella, the enigmatic Holy Grail - supposedly the real thing - and the legendary El Cid, Valencia has a one-of-a-kind historical and cultural heritage that leaves other cities envious! Introduce yourself to Spain's third largest city and dig into all sorts of background info - delicious food, non-stop sunny weather, a decorated history, etc. - in this section.
The first step to exploring a new city is to dive right in and get acquainted with its various "barrios" (neighborhoods). From the centuries-old alleys and medieval fortifications of El Carmen to the City of Arts and Sciences' brilliantly white medley of futuristic buildings, each Valencia barrio is unique and offers endless things to see and experience.
Why is it that Valencia has been hailed as Spain's so-called "renaissance city?" Get the scoop on the diverse cultural facets that make Valencia a genuine stand-out city: outstanding museums, fascinating architecture, theaters, music venues and a cultural agenda featuring some of Spain's most famous - or at least most fiery! - festivals
Valencia is just one of those cities in which you'll never have to worry about filling up your day. Between museum-hopping and photo-snapping monument visits, spend your downtime soaking up Valencia's street-life atmosphere. With restaurants, shops, a delightfully chaotic dusk-until-dawn nightlife scene and one of Spain's winningest football teams, you're problem won't be finding things to do, it will be finding the time to do them all!
Take advantage of Valencia's ideal location and fantastic transportation by stepping out of the urban bustle and exploring the city's incredible surroundings. Between wine-tasting in Requena, exploring incredibly preserved Roman remains in Sagunto, and communing with nature and sampling Spain's best paella in and around La Albufera, getting out of the city is a one-of-a-kind adventure!
How can I find cheap flights to Valencia? Do I need a Schengen visa? What is a Schengen visa, anyway? Does Valencia have an underground metro system? Should I stay in a hotel or rent an apartment? Now that you're well-versed on what to visit, experience and eat, this helpful section is meant to help you out with all those final nitty-gritty details of your trip to Valencia.
If you are traveling to Valencia via Barcelona, do not forget to spend some time in the Catalan capital. Although both are situated on the Mediterranean Coast, each city has a very different cultural appeal. For instance, where Valencia has its Institute of Modern Art, Barcelona has the Picasso Museum. And Barcelona has many other interesting museums. A hotel in Barcelona can be booked through the internet.
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