Valencia, Spain 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)

... did leave old town. There is plenty to do in the center of the city. We realized almost as we were on the way there that Valencia was preparing for it's biggest annual party "Las Fallas" this is like Carnival to Rio or Paddy's day to Ireland. All of the ...

Valencia and the beluga
Oct 30, 2007 (46 photos)

... 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 happen if we ignore ...

Valencia, the wrong city to be without sunglasses
Aug 16, 2008 (40 photos)

... . You just have to be careful not to drink too much and get the count wrong.   Another major highlight in Valencia is its futuristic looking 'Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias' which basically is a very mode and spaceship looking performing arts ...

Valencia
Sep 11, 2005 (6 photos)

... Madrid, 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 ...

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

... 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 it, but ...

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)

... for this when I get home and if it doesn't exist, import a Spanish chef and start my own restaurant! Something cool about Valencia is that it isn't really as tourist city and so you don't get too many touristy things going on around you. Everything is ...

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 ...

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

... which was really nice. We have spent most of our time wandering around, going to the beach and of course watching the football!! Valencia apparently has a bit of the Holy Grail in it, so we went to visit the cathedral where it is supposed to be housed. ...

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)

Return to Rome (June 9th-14th) - Prior to Return to NJ   Sorry about the lapse in time everyone! We have been extremely busy getting back from NJ and getting ourselves back on track. Here is our latest blog about the week before we returned home ...

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)

... but now I realize it is much better than the situation in Spain.    Anyway, so for our first lunch in Spain we got the famous Valencia paella.  This is the specialty dish for the area.  It is a dish with rice, vegetables, and either ...

La Tomatina!
Aug 29, 2007

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

New Favorite City
Oct 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... 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 don't ...

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

... night of fun on the town. We checked our book and tried to find our way to a pub obtaining a drink called "Agua de Valencia", apparently a famous drink in the area that is supposedly delicious. On the way, we ran across a wedding letting out, it was very ...

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

an end to the spanish road-trip
Aug 30, 2008 (37 photos)

... find the road to a castle towering over the town, before getting frustrated and following the signs out to the main motorway to Valencia instead. It was only a short couple of hours to get there and we had to clean out and farewell our little Juanny at ...