Thing to do:
Stroll through the old city center of Valencia, visiting the Lonja, now listed as World Heritage, the Central Market, the Cathedral, the Palau de la Generalitat, the Palace of the Marquis of Dos Aguas, the Serranos and the Quart towers. Visit the IVAM, the La Beneficencia Cultural Center and the Museum of Fine Arts to admire their outstanding art collections and exhibitions.
- Visit the City of the Arts and Sciences, designed by Santiago Calatrava, and now considered as one of the major leisure complexes in Europe.
- In the evening, go for a boat ride on the Albufera in Valencia and see all the beauty of a sunset over the lake.
- Order a genuine Valencian paella, a dish of all i pebre (eels in garlic and pepper sauce) in El Palmar, or a freshly made horchata (tiger nut milk) in Alboraya.
Things to do continued:
- Valencia is famed for it's Fiestas of the Fallas in Spring with huge bonfires and the amazing parades during Easter.
- Travel up to the hinterlands of Valencia and visit the Rinc?n de Ademuz, the Valley of Ayora and the Requena-Utiel district. The cuisine, landscape, fiestas, popular architecture and historical sites will surprise you.
- Enjoy nature at its best in the Alto Turia district. You can visit the animal reserve of La Serratilla in the mountains near Benag?ber, climb the Remedio peak in Chelva, or hike through the ravines formed by the river Turia.
- Spend some time at the Estany lake in Cullera and try an arr?s negre (rice in squid ink) at midday.
Visit La Canal de Navarr?s and La Safor and see the cave paintings, now World Heritage sites.
- Go to a magnificent concert in Ll?ria, a town which is famous for its music activities. It has two orchestras and hosts many international symphony orchestras throughout the year.
Xàtiva - the perfect town?:
This extraordinary Valencian town and its beautiful surroundings must rate as one of Spain's nicest areas. Xativa is such a clean & welcoming town that visitors feel at home there immediately.It is the town of a thousand springs. A jewel of the Costa Blanca, a place where the Iberians minted their first coins & from where the Moors introduced paper to the rest of Europe.This sophisticated town is the perfect haunt for youth in search of designer shops or those wanting to delve deep into the history of the Romans, the Carthaginians, the infamous Hannibal & the Christians during the time of Jaume I.This area is just soaked in history.
Xativa castle with its 30 towers and four fortified gateways, must rate as one of the loveliest in the Valencian Community, not only because of its historic value but also because of a lot of thought and work has gone into its surroundings. Tinkling fountains, small orange groves & herb gardens give you a sense of what life must have been like long ago.
Other Activities:
Relaxing, drinking, eating
