Valencia, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

The Japanese wildebeest stampede.
Oct 2, 2006 (15 photos)

... 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 north ...

A short trip to the coast.
Jun 7, 2009 (30 photos)

... 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 weekend!

Valencia, Spain
Mar 10, 2008 (18 photos)

... 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
Oct 30, 2007 (46 photos)

... 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
Aug 16, 2008 (40 photos)

... 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 sunglasses!

Valencia
Sep 11, 2005 (6 photos)

... Granada and Seville later on our way to catch the ferry to Morrooco so will write about those places then. Valencia is Spain´s third largest city, and is very beautiful and prosperous looking. We were stunned by the amount of marble everywhere. In the city ...

Valencia
Jun 15, 2008 (74 photos)

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
Jul 2, 2008 (17 photos)

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 ...

Sunny Spanish Times
May 8, 2005

... ´t 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 ...

Tomatinolosophia
Sep 1, 2006 (14 photos)

... tomatos at each other. (I´m having a Dan Quayle moment...is it tomatos or tomatoes?) We´ve been partying every night in Valencia and it´s awesome. We hooked up with some Couchsurfers who were in town and partyed with them a couple of nights. Also, our ...

The big bang has nothing to do with the universe
Mar 10, 2006 (10 photos)

... 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 Valencia. ...

My Birthday in Valencia
May 29, 2006 (20 photos)

Lost in Valencia
Oct 17, 2005 (9 photos)

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 had ...

The Rain in Spain Persists
Oct 18, 2005 (9 photos)

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. ...

Costa del Mediterraneo
May 14, 2007

La bella y soleada costa del Mediterraneo.

Las Fallas
Mar 21, 2006 (13 photos)

... 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 that ...

Lonely Planet review
Nov 13, 2009

... lots of colourful characters, this is a must see for any WWOOFer with an interest in small town Spain. Best Time to Visit Fall and Spring to avoid the bitter cold of winter when temperatures can plummet to around 0 degrees Celsius Essential Experiences ...

Adios Barcelona, Hola Valencia
Feb 23, 2008 (16 photos)

... 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 la ...

valencia
Aug 21, 2006

just a map point for now...

Stunning
Jun 19, 2006

... 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...
Jul 9, 2009 (5 photos)

... 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. They ...

Return to Roma
Jun 25, 2007 (7 photos)

... 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 routine ...

Valencia
Jun 8, 2006

... 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 to be ...

Back to Spain
Aug 29, 2006

... 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 ...

My week in Spain: Part 1
Oct 28, 2008 (6 photos)

... and Monday.  All the places we went to were just packed too.  There are definitely a lot of culture differences between Spain and France.  In Laon, the bars close at 1.  In Paris there is probably more of a party atmosphere, but that ...

La Tomatina!
Aug 29, 2007

La Tomatina, here we come! http://preview.tinyurl.com/ysjw9l

New Favorite City
Oct 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... - You can store a lot of pictures on a 1 Gig memory card. - I'm pretty sure I lost Venise, Slovenya, Nice, Paris, Barsalona and Valencia. I have one more chance, I will check the lost and found tomorrow morning to see it some nice person turned it in, I ...

First stop: Valencia....
Mar 2, 2004

... is called the Festival of the Paper Mache, or something similar, a celebration of a time in history when the city was burned. Very strange. But, Valencia was a delight and I would recommend it to anyone traveling that way, just be easy on the old AdV.

Cena de clase de la universidad (in Spanish)
Jun 19, 2009

Bueno, para este viernes habia organizada una cenita de clase, pero es dificil juntar a la gente si no se avisa con meses de antelacion. Al final nos juntamos Monica y yo con la prima de Txesko, Mari, y cenamos de maravilla en el Salsavana II en Blasco ...

back to valencia
Sep 2, 2007

before we fly out