Valencia

Valencia is situated in the “Comunidad” Valenciana,in the South-Est of Iberian Peninsula.

Burjassot is in the province of Valencia and it’s 8 km far from the city.

History

Valencia was founded in the year 138 B.C by the Romans, who established their Forum in the Plaza de la Almoina, under which lies today a museum of Roman ruins. After the Romans, the Visigoths arrived in Valencia but in 714, the Muslims established control of the city, a situation that lasted until 1238 when King Jaime I of Valencia ousted them. The Arabs left a profound legacy with their irrigation systems, recipes and artistic influences that are relevant right up to the present day.

Valencia Tourist Card

The Valencia Tourist Card can be bought in many hotels and newspaper stands.

The card gives you discounts in museums, attractions, shops and free travel by public transport. You can buy a card that is valid for 1, 2 or 3 days. The card is valid once per attraction and entitles you to unlimited travel by metro, bus and tram.

Subway

One of the half more public used to Valencia is the subway, is a convenient and modern mode of transport. Is a net of connections constituted by 4 lines, that cross the city in long and in wide. The net is composed from three lines meter and one of streetcar and the cost of the ticket varies in base to the zones of route. The whole metropolitan net is long 143,884 kilometres and the trains that compose the meter they are 97. An important thing is that the meter connects the city with the aeroport through the line 3 (red line) and the line 5 (green line).

Town Hall

Its construction represents two very different periodsand styles: The Casa de Ensen-anza and the principal facade Declared a National Historical-artistic monument thanks to the wealth of documents found in the archives and Municipal History Museum

Catedral de Valencia

The Cathedral of Valencia is an extraordinary building, situated in Plaza de la Reina. The construcion began in the 13th century and then completed more than 400 years later. The cathedral is also center of a museum, wiith many important religious relic.

Plaza de la Reina

Plaza de la Reina is located in the heart of the old town area of Valencia. This is a pretty square, with flowers in the middle, and a lot of cafes and restaurants.

Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas

Palau del Marqués de Dosaigües is a Rococo nobiliy palace, historically important in the city, is located in one of the most central locations in the city. It’s owned by the Spanish State, where is installed the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts. 

Iglesia de San Martin

Characterized by tangled historical origins, this Chatolic church goes up again to halves the 13th century. During the years, the church has been restructured and renewed, even if a lot of its characteristics are intact.

Mercado Central

This masterpiece of modernist architecture in Valencia was designed in 1914 by Francisco Guardia and Alejandro Soler and was inaugurated in 1928. Inside you can find almost whatever in the more than 1000 selling posts: fresh fish, vegetables, meat, fruit… You must go inside to feel the atmosphere of the market, and being surrounded by the smells and colours of this place

Lonja de la Seda

The Silk Market is the main monument of the city and a masterpiece of civil Gothic architecture. The building has been declared by UNESCO as part of Humanity’s Heritage. Construction on the Lonja began in 1483. Its resemblance to old Medieval castles is based on the rigid appearance of a fortress accentuated by its stone walls. The building contains four main parts, each one for a different use: the main Tower, the Consulado del Mar room, the Patio de los Naranjos (Orange tree courtyard), and the Contracts Room (with many spiral columns).

Torres de Serranos

Torres de Serranos is one of the twelve gates that formed part of the ancient city wall of the city of Valencia.

It was built in Valencian Gothic style at the end of the 14th century.

the Serranos Towers are open to the public. From the top of the building, visitors can enjoy an amazing view of the city of Valencia. They are also used for different official ceremonies of the City of Valencia, the most famous of which is the crida, the opening ceremony of the Fallas.

Museo de las artes y las ciencias

The Museum of the Sciences Prince Felipe offers different interactive exposures on the science and the technology. You can access the ground floor without ticket , where an exposure is usually itinerante, some shops and a restaurant. For the rest of the exposures you will need a ticket of entrance.

Gastronomy

Passion and tradition: these are the words of order that characterize one of the best kitchens in Spain. In Valencia you must try at least one of these products:

• Arroces and paella in Spain, the paella is considered only one of the so many dishes of rice, known as “arroces.”

• Horchata  it is a drink base dessert of walnut-trees tiger, she is done of milk of a called plant “chufas” is made and she is served frozen. it is a typical drink served with the “fartons”, long and thin sandwiches which are traditionally drenched in the horchata

• Pan Quemado de Valencia  it’s an in partnership special dessert with the parties to Valencia. It deals with a simple cake and rotunda, realized with eggs, flour, sugar, oil and lemon.

Craftsmanship of Valencia

The craftsmanship of Valencia boasts a millennial history. The small shops of the center exalt the manufacturing tradition in the city and in the other neighboring places.

For example:

• the ceramics production and porcelains
• Painted fans to hand
• the castanets

Valencia is a city full of life and for this is the ideal destination for tourists.

There are so many zones to go out in Valencia: during the summer people go out more in the zone of the beach, in which so many places and pub are found with terraces.

In winter, the favourite zone to go out evening to Valencia,is the historical center.

Another zone that in the last years it is of tendency  it is Ruzafa, with restaurants, cafe , places and disco or pub.