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Valencia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Valencia, Spain and Canary Islands
The Japanese wildebeest stampede.
This is a top pick! ... both wrong as we didn't take into account a Japanese wildebeest stampede on a 48 hour swipe around Spain... After visiting some friends of Johana in Valencia on Saturday afternoon, it was time to head for my apartment in Alcossebre, about 90 minutes ...
A short trip to the coast.
This is a top pick! ... more than a year since last time we went. After all it is just a 4.5 hour drive down there from Madrid. Except for a short trip to Valencia we spent the days eating tapas and soaking up the sun. The water temperature was perfect for an early June ...
Valencia, Spain
This is a top pick! ... reservations. The old town is surrounded by a dried-up river bed that has been converted into a large park. We stayed for 3 days in Valencia and never did leave old town. There is plenty to do in the center of the city. We realized almost as we were on ...
Valencia and the beluga
This is a top pick! ... do apart from catch up and that's to visit the Ciudad de Las Artes Y Las Ciencias. I could see it from the ship and Rushard has been to Valencia before so off we go. We've been told to use the shuttle bus and not walk but what could ...
Valencia, the wrong city to be without sunglasses
This is a top pick! ... us was what was possible with technology these days. Great tapas, loads of entertainment, yummy oranges, hundreds of hears of history and apparently beautiful beaches make Valencia a city well worth a visit, just don't forget your ...
Back to the Beach But This Time in Spain
This is a top pick! We were real excited to get on a plane and head to Spain where we would be sitting on the beach soaking up some sun! We had a bit of time in the morning before we had to go to the airport so we headed back to the tower to take a few more pictures ...
Tough Tomatoes
This is a top pick! ... world and I loved the idea of being part of it. The little town of Brunol, which is about 40 min train ride from Valencia, was full of people from all breeds of the world. Some still trying to nurse hangovers from the night before. As we arrive into ...
Valencia
This is a top pick! What a fantatic place for a long weekend - a great city, both the mondern part and the old town are full of things to see and do, and the beach is just 10 minutes away by tram.... who could ask for more. PHOTO_ID_L=2.jpg] ...
Valencia - The Holy Grail.
This is a top pick! We spent 4 days in the South of Spain but this entry is about Valencia in particular because we are going back to Madrid, Granada and Seville later on our way to catch the ferry to Morocco so will write about those places then. Valencia is Spain´s third ...
Beach Bliss and a Burnt Bum!
This is a top pick! ... were just filled with sitting on the beach and going in and out of the water. The water at that beach was unbelievably warm and we absolutely loved it! We got the hot sun, a slight breeze to keep us from overheating and perfectly temperate water so we ...
Sunny Spanish Times
This is a top pick! ... seem like it would be an interesting city and we got some weird looks for our fellow passengers. We arrived and understood why. Valencia is a beautiful city with and interesting past, with the requisite churches and UNESCO World Heritage site to prove ...
Valencia
This is a top pick! After spending a long time in Southern Spain, coming to Valencia feels like going to a different country. We had to take a night train from Granada which left halfway through to European championship final game, when Spain beat Germany ...
The big bang has nothing to do with the universe
This is a top pick! ... south using the jagged path cast by the rail network. First was the seven-hour trip from Paris to Irun, which is next to the border of Spain and France. Then there was the eight-hour leg from Irun to Madrid and to top it off, we took a three-hour train to ...
Lost in Valencia
Second day in Valencia. Took the bus yesterday from Madrid about 4 hours and got to Valencia around dinner time. At least North American dinner time. Arriving into the city, I wasn´t all that impressed, but I was determined to give it a chance because I ...
The Rain in Spain Persists
According to brochures and guidebooks Valencia is supposed to be famous for it´s 295 days a year of sunshine. Well, apparently my 3 days have fallen within those 70 "other" days. It was cloudy all day and everytime I went out, it started to spit rain. ...
Hola espanol!
... promising restaurants. 6pm, dinner time! However on asking for the menu we were told they do not serve food until 8:30. Ah, yes this is Spain. So we've just popped into a shop for some salty snacks and cakes to chill out in the shade until we can get some ...
Living La Vida Loca (Living the crazy life)
Hola! I am in a city called Valencia in Spain. This is turning out to be like Where's Wally, only I tell you where I am... It is very hot here and I spent 3 hours in the pool at our hotel. It is on the 11th floor on the roof top. Yesterday we walked to a ...
Las Fallas
... amazing because it is impossible to get accomodation, we jumped on a bus at 9am on sundday morning, spent 5 hours travelling to valencia, got off the bus at 2pm, spent 11 hours wandering the city and burning things and then jumped straight back on ...
Vale, Valencia!
... walked out our hostel and turned the corner and suddenly we're at the space station for nebulon 5. Another cool thing about Valencia (and Europe in general, we're discovering) is the city bike program. There are hundreds of bikes and bike stations around ...
Adios Barcelona, Hola Valencia
... gustan mucho las cosas dulces. Al final solo nos dirigimos a la estacion de trenes de Barcelona para partir a nuestro siguiente destino, Valencia, un viaje de tres horas con una pelicula totalmente doblada al español, que al final no vi. Llegando a ...
Ho Hum Valencia..
... slept in, walked around some more, went to their big fresh food market and got some fruit and nuts and dried apricots, and then lay in the park for the rest of the day, reading and snoozing. Early night because we were catching the bus to Valencia at ...
Sightseeing
... we did some sightseeing. During sightseeing we drink Horchata with fartons. At 5 pm I had my treatment at Las Arenas and we ended the day, and actually also our holidays in Valencia, with dinner in one of the beach restaurants near Las ...
The Countdown!!!
... to ride a horse!!” The week will offer the pupils a chance to spend 5 days away from home, living with one another and enjoying plenty of educational activities. There is a great sense of anticipation, not to mention one or two nerves in the air. ...
Stunning
... really enjoyed being in a place with a true Spanish feel. On a lighter note, it is worth mentioning the ladyboys in Valencia. Toni and I have noticed about 6 of them, just wondering down the street....hehe. It is so hard to keep a straight face when ...
Duff beer for me...
... in an awesome B&B which had its one Apple I-mac in our room! Did a late night tour of the city, visited the Valencia cathedral with one of the only recognised Holy Grail artifacts, a cup which dates from 1BC apparently used by Jesus at some point. ...
Return to Roma
... able to practice the Primary Series here in the morning- very motivational! The four days we spent here were a very peaceful and rejuvenating time. Eating out every day, drinking wine daily and eating too many desserts was starting to become way too ...
Valencia
... wer eexcited to get to Valencia. We ended up staying there longer than we thought. I was proud o fmyself after finding a plane ticket from Valencia Spain to Milan Italy for only 12 Euro. With taxes it was around 30 USD. I will pay 30 dollars not to have ...
Back to Spain
... up queing on the runway for half an hour and I thought we'd be massively late but somehow the plane went warp speed to Valencia and we landed 5 minutes early. Coming into the city I was rubbber necking the entire time because we were going so fast, it ...