Port and seaside neighbourhoods
Valencia’s huge, industrial port falls well short of picturesque, with its massive cranes and flotillas of battered container ships. Stretching immediately north is the Platja de Malvarrosa, Valencia’s closest city beach, a long, golden strand with stripey 1920’s-style bathing hut .... Click Here for More
Llac Albufera and around
The Llac Albufera, from the Arabic for ‘little sea’, sits about 8 km south of Valencia. It must have been beautiful once – it still can be at dusk – but usually it is hard to block out the massive factories that squat massively around it now. It’s been years since anyone .... Click Here for More
Northwest of Valencia El Maestrat
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West of Valencia Wine Country
West of Valencia are the wine towns of Requena and Utiel, modest little places which are worth a visit if you are interested in the local tipple. Buñol is the setting for La Tomatina, an ecstatic annual battle involving thousands of tons of squashed tomatoes and thousands of juice-drenched .... Click Here for More
South of Valencia the Costa Blanca
The Costa Blanca, along with the Costas Brava and Sol, is devoted to package tourism on a grand scale. But it's not all skyscraper hotels and 'tea like your mum makes' – some resorts remain refreshingly Spanish, not least among them the delightful city of Alacant. Inland is the striking mou .... Click Here for More
Inland from Valencia
If coastline action wears you out, there are some engaging mountain towns in Valencia's interior to retreat to and catch your breath. Lovely Xàtiva provides a welcome respite from the heat and bustle. Every village celebrates its local fiesta, but the best-known is Alcoi's Battle of the Moo .... Click Here for More
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