Beautiful Valencia For Your Discovery
Being two thousand years old has its advantage as Valencia is proving its worth. The numerous historical architectural structures stand to amaze any visitor Valencia holds a lot of excitement in terms of history, culture and beauty. No visitor can be bored with Valencia with its plentiful offerings. There is the amazing Aquarium and Arts and Science center housed in Turia Gardens quite near the beach.
This Aquarium is the city’s major attraction site that proves to be Europe’s greatest Marine cum Aquarium Park. Its stunning Gaudi building is sufficient to fill the visitor with awe, besides the available planetarium and science museum with vast botanical gardens. There is also the grand opera house that boasts of its presence in this city.
The Aquarium
This site wins the most popular vote every time with visitors for its magnificent and well planned sections of the sea exhibits. The sections are Mediterranean, Oceanographic, Arca de Mar and Dolphinarium.
The Mediterranean section is home to 7,500 sea resident species held in various smaller sized aquariums. The Oceanographic section is an underground of marshland and wetland with man-made mangrove swamps. The Arca de Mar site is the endangered species zone with a specially designed arctic space where walruses, penguins and mammalian whales are closely monitored. The Dolphinarium has more than 2,000 viewing seats to be Europe’s largest with as much as 23 million liters of water.
City Attractions
History fans will be delighted with Valencia which showcases many stunning historic buildings such as the city’s cathedral in the old quarter housing the city’s oldest SEU museum, which in turn houses the city’s Holy Chalice. Nearby is the quaint El MICELET tower of 207 steps for an amazing view of the city at its top. Another tower in the city is the famous landmark Santa Catalina tower in the old quarter. La Longa gives a stunning impression of how silk merchants would have plied their trades in this historical building.
The Mercado Central or Central Market is really Europe’s biggest for the largest array of produce, both local as well as national, includes fresh fish, seafood, local cured hams, clothes and all assortments. Visitors will surely enjoy a great bargain here.
Beaches
No visitor can go home without visiting the beautiful sandy beaches in Valencia hosted at Las Malvarrosa and Las Arenas vicinities, frequently plied by the local buses from town.
Accommodation
There is bound to be suitable accommodation for the visitor to Valencia with its varied offerings from budget priced to upper market stays.
There are superb luxury resorts that offer stunning seafront views as well as basic amenities that are impressive. There are popular choices of stay which are close to the city’s attractions and gastronomy centers. The local cuisine is delicious and amazing Mediterranean cuisine.