How To Spend Time In Valencia Without Spending Cash

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Introduction to Valencia

Visiting Valencia is a joy and it needn’t be expensive. If you use our service to find you a great hotel you will first have a great base to start from. Then have a look through this list to find a load of other great things to do. You can, and probably must, visit the big ticket attractions and they are mentioned below but this is an excellent start.

1) Walk through the Turia gardens. The riverbed runs through and around the old part of the city and it is always near to hand. The Riverbed has a load of great attractions and it is a key first place to go to get used to the layout of the city and it also demonstrates how beautiful a city park can be if you apply a little imagination.

2) You must visit the Fallas museum. The Fallas Museum located near the City of Arts and Sciences (Number 4) is intimate unlike the Fallas fiestas, which happen in March and they give a fantastic look at the history and pageant of Fallas and the development of the fiestas. Very cheap to get in.

3) Visit the market. It is Medieval. It has spent most of the last ten years under scaffolding in various parts and currently a metro station is being built to one side but inside you will find produce of every type from different parts of the World. Changes with each stage of the year. Springtime is just a strawberry festival

4) See the City of Arts and Sciences. I would just suggest taking a camera and getting yourself there, you don’t even need to go in. Your camera will love you for it.

5) Take a stroll around the Carmen area of the City, the old part. Here you will see how an area has character and how character can be retained by a bit of thought. Facades remain in place even when buildings are gutted and rebuilt so they don’t lose their beauty

6) See the Holy Grail in the cathedral. Indiana Jones needn’t have bothered with going to look for the Grail everywhere else as, alledgedly, it is in Valencia Cathedral

7) Get yourself down to the beach and port areas and have yourself a drink overlooking a great city beach or the America’s Cup Port. Also investigate the CabaƱal and Malvarrosa areas while you are there

8) Get down to the Palmar village to the South of the City where Paella restaurants are all that exist. You are surrounded by the Albufera lake which is a rice growing paradise

9) Go on the City Bus Tour as it will surprise you with the variety of things to see in the city. This costs but not too much

10) Get out in the evening and enjoy a jug of Agua de Valencia, a mixture of Vodka, Champagne and orange juice that should not be taken lightly because the hangover the next day can be brutal.

Don’t forget that there are many other things to do and everyone who comes here will find their own favourites. The big attrations such as the CAC, Bioparc, Football, Formula One and the sailing regattas haven’t even been mentioned here but keep an eye out for more information as they are essentials.

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