Valencia Guide
Transport
From the airport – If you are staying in the city we recommend you take a taxi (approx 20euros) or train from outside the arrivals halls, lines 3 and 5 run straight in to the city but please check.
Parking in the city is available but pricey and hotels will charge per night for the use of their parking facilities.
From Moraira – there are trains direct to Valencia from Gandia, it’s easier if you drive to the train station and leave your car in the car park. Check the RENFE web site for times and prices. http://www.renfe.es/horarios/english/index.html
Shopping
Your high street areas are Calle Jorge Juan by Mercado Colon, Calle Colon, Calle don Juan Austria and the space between them. Jewellery, expensive clothes, shoes, perfumes etc. El Corte Ingles, Spain’s only department store chain, is located on Calle Colon,1.
Eating
Up to €15
La Vintara (19 Plaza de la Reina. Tel 963 924 185)
Sit on high wooden tables inside this ornately tiled tapas bar that’s walking distance to the old town.
Up to €30
El Cordon (15 Gran Via Marques del Turia tel 963 443 404)
Both excellent value lunchtime set menus (starting at €8.99) and a la carte selection feature hints of the owner’s Argentinean homeland, from the Italian style pastas to the imported steaks.
Up to €50
Sagardi (6 Sant Vicente Martir. Tel 902 520 522)
Specialises in authentic Basque cuisine. Eat tapas in the bar or head up stairs for an elegant sit down meal.
Exclusive
La Pitanza (5 Carrer de Quart, Barrio del Carmen. Tel 963 910 927)
Sourcing it’s ingredients from the nearby Mercado Central, this smartly styled restaurant co-ordinates it’s fine-dining menu according to seasonal availability.
Night Life
Valencia has an exciting night life to suit all tastes. With bars restaurants, night clubs wander the Old Quarter for a good mix of vibrant bars and restaurants
Must see´s
Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, to check what’s going on visit www.cac.es With art gallery’s, botanical gardens, IMAX theatre, workshops and the fantastic LÓceanografico which is full day activity on it’s own the area is a must see for anyone visiting the city.
Wander Valencia’s Old Quarter for true Valencian history and character with its thriving restaurants, cafes, bars and nightlife. Visit the Santa Catalina Church and Tower (Plaza de Santa Catalina) and La Seu/Catedral (Cathedral of Valencia in Plaza de la Reina)
Fiesta Las Falles, is held every year from 15 - 19 March in the city of Valencia. It’s a huge international event when the entire city erupts for four days. Huge wooden cardboard and papier-mâché figures (known as fallas), are erected all over the city. At midnight on 18th March called Nit del Foc (Night of Fire) the firework display culminates in the burning of the Fallas.
Must Try
Agua de Valencia – very alcoholic cava, vodka and orange cocktail.
Tapas in a traditional Spanish bar.
Paella Valenciana is the traditional paella of Valencia, eaten by all Valencianos for lunch, never dinner and has chicken and pork or rabbit as well as the normal ingredients
International Events
Motogp final race held every year in October at the Circuit Valencia approx 20km from the city.
Formula 1 Grand Prix street race on the new track around the city. The race is set to be held in Valencia for at least seven years every August.
Americas Cup 2009 to be held in Valencia again.
For more info see for following useful sites
http://www.comunitatvalenciana.com/
http://www.circuitvalencia.com
http://www.valenciavalencia.com/
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