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Things to do in Valencia
Valencia is able to offer to their visitors lots of architecture and cultural history as well as fun and relax. The city houses several places, for all likes, you can enjoy its beaches, historical and cultural places, amazing galleries and museums an also several areas in which you can take a rest. If you are planning to visit Valencia, do it in spring or fall because in these months the weather allows to enjoy the city even more, it is possible to take a good sun-bath, hiking, and do all kinds of outdoors activities.
Here we recommend a list of interesting things you can do when you'll go to Valencia:
Visit The Cathedral in Valencia Spain
It is definitively one of the main attractions; it is located on the centre of the city and is close to museums and other tourists places. This position allows you to enjoy a panoramic view of the city in all directions and even the sea; of course, you must climb the 155-foot high bell tower of the cathedral called "El Miguelete".
Visit The City of Arts and Sciences
This impressive collection of buildings is one of the main attractions of the city, it is just impossible to go to Valencia and not visit this place that has become so popular inside as well as outside Spain.
When you visit The City of Arts and Sciences, you might need more than a couple of hours to take a look at the place; It is necessary to spend all the day in your visit, because in here technology, architecture, cosmology, arts, music, math, education and all the science in general have a place. As a visitor you will feel as comfortable as home and form an active part of every activity, you'll find, for sure, exactly what are they looking for.
Visit their Public gardens
Pleasant lawns, peaceful walking paths and water fountains conform the landscape of public gardens which are used as sport fields as well as playgrounds for kids. Among the principal gardens is The Del Real gardens which have a zoo and natural science museum and the botanical garden that was the first one implanted in Valencia, it contains a wide variety of trees and plants.
Visit their Beaches
Their calm and warm waters and the golden sand make the Valencian beaches maybe the most relaxing attraction of the city. The beaches in Valencia have a great quality and are surrounded by a wide variety of restaurants and cafes.
Among the best beaches, we recommend to visit Malvarrosa Beach, where water sports are practiced, Pineda Beach, and near to La Albufera Natural, Park Saler Beach and Devesa Beach.
Enjoy the Valencia nightlife
Valencia nightlife is not very well-known among tourists, but there is plenty of party in here starting from Friday night to the Sunday morning. Lots of bars and clubs are surrounding the city center but the big major discotheques are located outside the city.
The "Barrio del Carmen" is the perfect place to go in order to have some fun, it has clubs and restaurants in which you can spend the entire weekend. Here is definitely the best of the Valencia nightlife.
Other attractions
- Visit the Serrano Towers, it is considered the largest gothic city gateway in Europe and it has become a symbol of Valencia, this monument and the Quart towers are the unique gates that remain from the big wall that was surrounding the capital wich was destroyed in the XIX century.
- Visit the "Plaza del Mercado" that is conform by the Silk Market, a gothic civil architecture monument, the Santos Juanes Church and the Central Market.
- Participate in "La Tomatina", every year in this party about 40 thousand people throw themselves away about 130 tons of tomatoes. It is celebrated in Buñol and all the ones that wish to be part of it have to wear white cloths, after sixty minutes of "tomato war" the colors of their clothes became totally red.
- Watch a bullfight, the “Plaza de Toros” is located near to the Train Station, this event is considered a famous sport in Valencia and Spain.
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