Valencia
Valencia is the third biggest city of Spain, right after Madrid and Barcelona. It has a very modern city transportation infrastructure, including underground. Valencia is flooded with upmarket bars and restaurants. It also has beautiful beaches and recently built La Ciudad de las Artes y las Cienias (city of art and science).
Most of all, Valencia means nightlife, which is very accurately translated into the name of one of the bars - Vivir sin Dormir (life without sleep). Valencia also hosts many very impressive fiestas – Las Fallas in March or held in July Feria del Julio with bull fights, battle of flowers and fireworks.
What is worth seeing:
- La Ciudad de las Artes y las Cienias
- city walls
- Santo Domingo, San Juan de la Cruz and Santa Vatalina churches
- old town with Barrio del Carmen (maze of small streets)
- mercado central
- cathedral
- Palau de la Generalitat – currently the headquarters of independendent government of Valencia
- La Lonja – building listed on the world's heritage list of UNESCO
- silk market and surrounding markets
Guadalest
Additionally there is Gauadalest - an unusual attraction close to Valencia. It is XVI century city with an arab castle built into the rock. Access to the cstle leads through a tunnel carved in the stone ground. Being in Valencia it is a must to see.
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