Central Market (Mercado Central) Valencia

This past weekend was the long awaited Valencia expedition. Andrew, my best bud on this trip, and I prepped our bags, finished our homework early, and left on a 4 hour bus ride east towards the coast. We knew this was going to be a good weekend, but had no idea what was in store for us.

The reasonable 50 euro roundtrip bus fare, plus the …

The last time I came to Spain I was lucky enough to watch my favorite team in the world, Real Madrid, play a La Liga game against the southern team of Seville. While a team filled with superstars, such as Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo, and Beckham, was not able to win, I was still able to learn a great amount about the enormous difference between a …

Missing the 11:00am tour due a long breakfast at our wonderful hostel meant we headed down to town and the old city around midday. Whilst waiting for the 1:00pm walking tour to start Shannon and I walked around one of the many markets here in Barcelona. Ensuring my day pack had a lock on it, and keeping it close, we walked through the crowded …

We arrived in Valencia mid-afternoon so after checking into the hotel and having a swim in the roof top pool (with excellent views of the city) – we headed into the historic area for a look around.

As with all European cities there is a must see cathedral and bell tower. So to tick the exercise box for the day (and earn a …

After a longish night last night we had to get up around 9:30 to go to Valencia, which I was very excited about. We left Castellon at 11:00 so we could be in Valencia for midday. After setting off in the car I didn't take long to fall back asleep as I haven't caught up on sleep yet after the big day in Barcelona. An an hour later I was woken by …

... that the weather just really was not good. It was cold, rainy, and windy. Not a great combination. We went to the central market of Valencia that was very similar to the Florence market. We got empanadas, fruit juice, and a lot of delicious pastries. ...

... everywhere.  We entered the old part of the city and our taxi driver let us off there.  Since we were close to the Central Market we thought we would take a look as we saw many people leaving with their carts full of goodies.  One of the ...

... with us???), we drove straight to our favorite lunch spot in Valencia, a paella counter in a booth on the edge of the central market. It was closed. In fact, all the outdoor booths were closed and empty, hopefully for renovation and not for any other ...

... by stores.  We got a gift for Sunny, a bottle on Tequila and a Valencia shot glass.  We got to go to the Central Market too.  We had gone numerous times during the week, but it was always closed.  It is basically a giant food market, ...

... throughout the day the sun slowly appears and was scortching by 1 pm.  In the morning we visited the very extensive central market where we drooled over fresh friut, vegies, bakery good and pig legs hanging from the butchers hooks (mainly ...

... not knowing what it is that you're eating, especially with meats. You'll know hat I'm talking about if you go to the Valencia Central Market.  10.) Have some fun, just go with it and eat an orange. That's all I can say. Try reading some travel ...

... time, as a backpacker, I have been staying deep in the heart of the city in the winding streets close to the central market. The two days I have spent here have mainly involved wandering the streets, exploring the different shops and smells and ...

... towels. It's conveniently downtown and only a block from the cheapest source of fresh food in the city, the central market or "mercado central". Two big drawbacks to this city are that net access is both expensive and VERY slow, and, since lunch ...

... cafe's  and is full of tourists. The center of old town boast one of our regular shopping places - the central market which is the largest market in Europe and very famous for its variety of fresh food, cheeses, wine, meats, veggies and so forth. It ...

... in the gardens (answers please all you biologists!!). On one morning Shaun also got to wander around the central market housing huge vegetable, meat and fish stands - it was one of the freshest and cleanest markets where the whole city comes to shop - ...