Typically, tourists connect Valencia (Valencia) with two common associations: the famous soccer team with the same name and the golden coast of the Mediterranean. Both options are correct, but no one will be mistaken if to this list will add love to delicious food, siesta and street festivities. Valencia - a wide clean beaches, orange groves and authentic quiet villages of Spanish fishermen. The province is divided into two regions: the popular resort "white coast" of Costa Blanca and the modest "beach of orange blossom" Costa del Azahar.
And although today Valencia is a dynamic and modern Spanish city, its centuries-old history and local traditions attract travelers trying to understand why the Moors called it "paradise on earth."
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How to get to Valencia
There are no direct flights to Valencia from Russia, but Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia and Swiss, respectively, regularly fly with a transfer in Paris, Dusseldorf, Rome and Zurich. Round-trip ticket will cost around € 500-600.
From Valencia International Airport to the city center you can reach:
- by metro in 10-20 minutes and € 1.90 (take the line 5 Aeropuerto / Torrent Avinguda-Neptú or line 3 Aeropuerto / Palmaret-Rafelbunyol)
- by bus for € 1.20 (route No. 150 Valencia - Manises - Aeropuerto, departs every 20 minutes from the airport)
- by taxi for € 20
- by car (follow the V-11 highway, which connects to A-3 and V-30)
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Transport
In any part of the city, at almost any time of the day, you can take a bus (from 04:00 am to 02:00 am) or by metro. For independent travelers there is a bike rental (from 2 EUR per hour, for students - special discounts), there are also car rental offices.
The climate of Valencia
Clear +24 ° C in the afternoon +10 ° C at night ° С water |
Clear +27 ° C in the afternoon +15 ° C at night ° С water |
Partly cloudy, light rain +17 ° C in the afternoon +15 ° C at night ° С water |
| 10 days weather forecast for Valencia | ||
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | sen | Oct | but I | Dec | |
| in the afternoon | +15 | +16 | +18 | +20 | +23 | +26 | +29 | +29 | +27 | +23 | +19 | +16 |
| at night | +6 | +6 | +8 | +10 | +13 | +17 | +20 | +20 | +18 | +13 | +10 | +7 |
| water | +14 | +13 | +15 | +15 | +17 | +19 | +24 | +26 | +25 | +21 | +19 | +15 |
Valencia is the house of the sun. Sunny weather is almost all year round here, even when the thermometer's columns go down to winter temperatures (by local standards, of course) + 7 ... 10 ° C. Rain - the visitor is rare and does not stay for a long time (usually falls in September-October and March-April), but the air is always really Mediterranean: warm, soft and damp.
Siesta in Valencia
Siesta in Valencia - sacred ritual. Its operation extends from 2 to 5 hours to most establishments: from small commercial companies to shops and museums. So, shopping and exhibition halls are best served until one in the afternoon or after 5 pm.
Kitchen and restaurants
Food in Valencia is a serious, responsible business. Local people are trembling to each of their lunch and dinner. Not surprising, given that Valencia is the birthplace of paella. By the way, this dish is served in all possible variations, and on March 19 - St. Joseph's day, they cook in a huge pan-paella - on an open fire in the street.
"Water of Valencia" (Agua de Valencia) - so the inhabitants of this glorious city called a drink, which is a mixture of orange juice and wine.
Although traditional cuisine enjoys great popularity in Valencia among tourists and the local population, in recent years, along with globalization, dishes for every taste and budget have emerged from the masters of Asia and the Middle East, Europe and Latin America.
Beaches of Valencia
Valencia is a land blessed with excellent beaches with white sand in and around the city (Arenas and Malvarrosa). However, if you are in search of the ideal sea landscape, which is found only on glossy covers, then get out of town - do not go wrong.
Beaches Costa Blanca - one of the most "populated" by tourists on the entire Spanish coast - however, the number of "Blue Flags" also surpasses the most daring imagination. The beaches here can boast of the purest and, as a powder, fine white sand, a smooth descent into the water and any "direction" - from noisy youth to a pacified infant. Among other things, on the "white shore" is well developed eco-, sightseeing and sports tourism.
City beaches will appeal to lovers of sunbathing topless; The best places for nudists are organized outside of Valencia in Pinedo and La Devesa.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Valencia
It is more difficult to find another Spanish city, where it's not scary to get lost, it's nice. It is best to begin acquaintance with the city in its historical center on the St. Mary's Square and then follow the map and look at the Serranos watchtowers, the City Assembly Square, the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the silk exchange La Lonja, the Cathedral of Valencia and the huge statue of Gulliver in the park Tours.
- Watch a film in the Crypt of St. Vicente.
- Look at the frescoes of Fernando de Llanos and the canvas Goya in the cathedral of La Seo.
- Climb to the observation deck on the tower Torre del Miguelte.
- To visit the Royal Gardens is a kind of open-air museum.
- To look at the National Museum of Ceramics - to marvel at the curious collection.
- Visit the show in the dolphinarium of the Oceanographic Center.
- Have fun at the fire festival in March.
If there is time, it is worth looking into the gardens of the Jardines de Viveros, Alameda and Jardines de Monforte. If there is a whole day off, then go to Albufera National Park - the best place for outdoor recreation and to taste the local paella and All i Pebre - stewed potatoes with eel.
Another pride of Valencia is the City of Arts and Sciences - an incredible cultural and entertainment complex with an opera house, a planetarium, a scientific museum, a gallery and an oceanographic park inside.
Developments
Residents of Valencia zealously keep their national traditions and with enviable regularity conduct all sorts of festivals and festive processions. The main one is "Fallas" - runs from 1 to 19 March. It is a holiday of "fire and fun" with pyrotechnic and musical parades, eating donuts with chocolate (bunuelos) and veneration of St. Joseph and the Patron Saint of all defenseless.
National Valencia Day - October 9 - at the same time and "local" Valentine's Day, when men give their loved ones a bouquet of marzipan sweets (Mocadorà).
July Fair is a holiday of flowers with its culmination, when within an hour thousands of colorful carnations fly in the sky of Valencia.
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