√ Valencia (Spain): information on the city, what to visit and what to do in Valencia?

Valencia

Coat of arms of Valencia (Spain)

Population: ~ 738.000

Time difference to London - Time zone GMT/UTC: 1 hour (+/- changes due summertime/daylight saving)

Climate, weather: 13ºC - 19ºC (60ºF - 67ºF) from October to March spring-like with occasional showers in the winter, 24ºC - 26ºC (75ºF - 85ºF) from April to September comfortable and dry in the summer.

An international airport exists.

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Valencia is one of the largest cities in Spain, and among the liveliest. It is located right on the Mediterranean Sea and you will find bright beaches, fantastic possibilities for any kind of sports, a boiling nightlife.

Together with lots of cultural appeal learning Spanish in Valencia has become very popular. Valencia is also famous for its Paella Valenciana, just one of the many examples of its excellent cuisine. During Corpus Cristi is the Fallas de San Jose Festival were the Valencianos build huge bonfires and celebrate throughout the night.

Valencia (Spain) - Things to See:

• City of Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias)
• Cathedral and Miguelete bell tower
• Sagunto roman theater

Valencia (Spain) - Local Fiestas and Festivals:

• Las Fallas (March)

An ideal place

Valencia City is an ideal place to enjoy its climate, its beaches and gastronomy.

It is located on the Mediterranean coast, just in front of the island of Ibiza. Its population is approximately one million inhabitants making it a medium-sized city, neither too big nor too small. Valencia City offers you as much as a big city but, at the same time, it is comfortable to get round and easy to discover

Huge cultural patrimony

Valencia has a huge cultural patrimony, it’s a city with a long and interesting history. Back in the XIV and XV centuries, Valencia City was one of the most important and prosperous Spanish cities.

You may visit many old monuments like the Towers of Serranos and Quart, the Lonja, the Cathedral, the old Market, the Carmen Quarter, but also modern places such as the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences (constructed by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava), IVAM and MUVIM museums, etc.

Spain’s vegetable garden

Valencia is known throughout for its oranges, rice dishes and fresh vegetables.

No wonder it is called “Spain’s vegetable garden”. In the markets of Valencia you will find all these products, like oranges, vegetables, etc. together with the freshest fish and meat.

The city is also jam-packed with bars and restaurants where you can enjoy having Tapas and eating the best Paella (originally from Valencia) in the world.

Fallas de Valencia

Some of the most important festivals that take place in Valencia city are:

Las Fallas, a world known festival in which the whole city becomes a huge powder keg full of music and colour for five long days, which culminate with the burning of more than 800 papier-mâché monuments around the city.

Feria de Julio

During the whole month of July, under a bright sun, we have the “Feria de Julio” with plenty of daily activities such as concerts, open air cinema, bullfights, etc.

Tomatina

Regarding to other festivals, one of the more original is the also world-famous “Tomatina”, a festival held on the third week of August in a village very near Valencia in which, after a night of drinking and dancing, everybody gets involved in a peacefully wild “Tomato War”

More information and interesting Web-Sites regarding Valencia:

► www.valencia.es

MUNICIPALITY of Valencia (in Spanish and Valecian, some parts in English also)

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How and what they are speaking/talking about in Valencia? Radio and TV stations from Valencia in Spanish live & online:

Canal GV

TV station

Valencia

Type and programme style: comprehensive

Quality of streaming: ok, player type: Windows Media Player.

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