Things to See in Valencia
Valencia is situated on the Mediterranean coast of Spain south of Catalonia. The city attracts numerous tourists from all around the world for its pleasant climate and the serene beaches. Yet another specialty for which this part of Spain is better known is ‘Fallas’.
The ‘Fallas’ celebration is popular in the Spanish town of Valencia and takes place at the commencement of spring. Here piles of old objects are burned off with all other activities on the streets of the city. You will get to see striking fireworks, parades in colorful costume, the flowers offering event to the Virgin of the abandoned ones and much more. Hundreds of monuments erected with cardboard are placed in the streets and painted in such a form that they exhibit real works of art to the viewers.
The most visited places in the city of Valencia are la plaza de la Reina, the Cathedral of Miguelete, the Generalitat palace and the towers of Serranos and Quart. You can visit the city’s central market, the city council, the oceanographic museum at L’umbracle, museum of sciences and L’Hemisferic and get to know the city. While you stroll about, you can find a lovely restaurant encircled by aquariums where you can dine in a serene environment.
Further the beach of Malvarrosa offers you immense mouth watering recipes to choose from at very affordable prices. Enjoy the beach of Saler as well as Dehesa and see the panoramic beauty of this narrow slice of land occupied by striking dunes and pines and split by the Albufera Sea. The Albufera natural park is a frequently visited place by tourists and offers boating facility and a place to gaze at the spectacular sunset by the lake.
In your visit to Valencia, do not miss the real Valencian paella, the well-known dish of the place. Today the Valencian paella is made up of so many diverse forms that any dish which has rice as one of the ingredients is called paella. The authentic Valencian paella contains vegetables and meat of either chicken or rabbit with the rice in its main course. But many places of Spain serve seafood or blood sausages and even exotic ingredients like olives and potatoes with the rice as real Valencian paella. Valencian paella with seafood is called ‘Paella de marisco’ or seafood paella. You can even order mixed paella, a combination of seafood and meat. The restaurants at Malvarrosa beach serve delectable paellas at bargain prices.