Valencia, a great place

Valencia, one of the greatest cities of Europe

Valencia is one of the greatest cities of Europe because their magnificent old streets and the fantastic of its history. Valencia is the third most important Spanish city, because of its fantastic tourist attractions and for being very influential in the Spanish economy.

It is the capital of the Old Kingdom of Valencia province and is located very near to the most important cities of Spain, is approximately four hours to the south of Barcelona and three hours to the east of Madrid.

Valencia attractions

Valencia is well known for its annual festivity called “Fallas” celebrated in praise of Saint Joseph in March, for being the birthplace of the popular Spanish dish “Paella” and for the enormous quantity of historical and amazing attractions such as City of Arts and Science, is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex; The Barri del Carme, a historical neighborhood full of picturesque streets, cafes and trendy shops; The Seu, a cathedral with incredible architecture of three different periods; the Llotja, is a UNESCO world heritage site, it was an ancient local silk ;Torres de Quart, medieval towers that form part of the Old city of Valencia and Lladró Porcelain Museum and Factory, a museum where you can see the process or porcelain making and also a large collection of Lladro porcelain, The Bioparc, a new zoo located in the first part of the Turia’s Garden. 

City of Arts and Science

Since the construction of the famous “City of Arts and Science”, the tourism in this city has increased in a 20% attraction and actually it is considered as one of the twelve treasures of Spain but not only this monument increased the tourism but shopping in Valencia has become other of the favorites activities for foreigners because the amazing quantity stores from modern high-street fashion to vintage antique. 

The Mediterranean diet

Another attraction of Valencia is the fabulous cuisine, the Mediterranean diet, normally the ingredients used there are rice, olive oil, vegetables, fish and seafood from the Mediterranean coast. The most famous and traditional dish of Valencia is the Paella made with rice, chicken, rabbit, duck, snails, beans and vegetables, although there are variations made exclusively with seafood or vegetables. A variant of the paella is the fideuá where the rice is replaced with noodles. 

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