🇪🇸 Valencia
Spain · City · Europe
🌤 Mediterranean 📅 Best time: Year-round 🌡 18 ⏱ 3-4 days 💰 Mid-range ~€85/day
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Climate
🌤 Mediterranean
Best time
📅 Year-round
Temperature
🌡 18
Ideal stay
⏱ 3-4 days
Budget
💰 Mid-range · ~€85/day
Continent
🌍 Europe
📍 About Valencia
Birthplace of paella, the City of Arts and Sciences, and the beaches of La Malvarrosa. Valencia is sunshine, design, and gastronomy.
🗺️ What to do & see in Valencia
- ✅Visit the City of Arts and Sciences
- ✅Walk through the landscaped Turia riverbed
- ✅Explore the historic center and the Silk Exchange
- ✅Sunbathe at Malvarrosa Beach
- ✅Enjoy an authentic Valencian paella
- ✅Discover the modernist Central Market
🏛️ Must-see attractions in Valencia
- ⭐City of Arts and Sciences
- ⭐Silk Exchange
- ⭐Valencia Cathedral and the Miguelete
- ⭐Central Market
- ⭐Turia Gardens
- ⭐Malvarrosa Beach
🍽️ Local cuisine in Valencia
- 🍴Valencian paella, a rice dish with chicken, rabbit, and vegetables
- 🍴Fideuà, a dish similar to paella made with noodles
- 🍴Horchata made from tiger nuts served with fartons
- 🍴Esgarraet, a salad of roasted peppers and salted cod
- 🍴Agua de Valencia, a cocktail of cava, orange juice, and liqueurs
💡 Travel tips for Valencia
- 💡Spring and autumn offer ideal weather
- 💡The March Fallas festival fills the city with celebration and fire
- 💡Authentic paella is eaten at lunchtime, not in the evening
- 💡Biking is comfortable for exploring the Turia Gardens
- 💡The historic center is easily visited on foot
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