Valencia, Mediterranean port city in eastern Spain
Description
Valencia is a port city on Spain's Mediterranean coast and the country's third largest, positioned between Barcelona and Alicante. The city stretches between several kilometers of sandy beaches and a modern complex of futuristic architecture, while the old town shows narrow streets and stone squares.
History
Romans founded the settlement in the second century before the common era, and it was later ruled by Visigoths and Moors. In the fifteenth century, the city developed into one of the main trading centers in the Mediterranean under Aragonese control.
Culture
The Las Fallas festival lasts several days in March and fills the streets with monumental papier-mâché sculptures, fireworks, and music at all hours. Local restaurants serve paella from flat pans directly over open flames, and visitors can watch cooks prepare the rice with broth and saffron.
Practical
Most sights are reachable on foot or by public transport, and the city center is compact enough for day visits. The tourist card offers unlimited access to buses and metro as well as free entry to municipal museums during the chosen validity period.
Did you know?
The old Turia riverbed was turned into a park several kilometers long and now connects sports facilities, gardens, and cultural spaces through the middle of town. The fifteenth-century Silk Exchange buildings show Gothic colonnades and twisted stone columns that originally served as a meeting place for merchants.
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City of Arts and Sciences
2.8 km
Oceanogràfic
3.1 km
Mestalla Stadium
1.6 km
Llotja de la Seda
555 m
La Albufera Natural Park
19.7 km
Valencia Bioparc
2.8 km
Valencia Cathedral
665 m
Torres dels Serrans
1.1 km
El Micalet
590 m
Turia Garden
1.4 km
Palau del Marqués de Dos Aigües
355 m
Mercat Central
478 m
Gulliver park
1.6 km
Torres de Quart
935 m
Plaza de Toros de Valencia
338 m
Church of San Nicolás
747 m
L'Hemisfèric
2.4 km
Museu de Belles Arts de València
1.2 km
Monestir de Sant Miquel dels Reis
3.3 km
Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken
736 m
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
2.2 km
Malvarrosa Beach, Valencia
4.7 km
L'Àgora
2.9 km
Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
2.6 km
Mercado de Colón
692 m
Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana
779 m
Church of Sant Joan del Mercat
558 m
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