How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Valencia, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Valencia, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Valencia are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Valencia. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

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Table of Contents

Valencia’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Day In Valencia

Introduction

Valencia transformed

Living the good life

City and country

A Brief History

Muslim Valencia

The Middle Ages

Expulsion of the Moors

Industrialisation

The Civil War

The post-war period

Modern Valencia

Historical landmarks

Where To Go

City centre

Plaza del Ayuntamiento

Plaza de la Reina and Plaza Redonda

The cathedral

Outside the cathedral

Plaza de la Virgen

Barrio del Carmen

The market and La Lonja

Church of the Sts John

Mercado Central

La Lonja

Museo de Cerámica

The university and El Patriarca

Along the River Turia

The upper Turia

Museo de Bellas Artes

Los Viveros and beyond

The final stretch

The City of Arts and Sciences

Palau de les Arts

L’Hemisfèric

Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe

L’Umbracle

L’Oceanogràfic

The seafront

The port

The Paseo de Neptuno and Paseo Marítimo

The Cabanyal

Around the city

The huerta

La Albufera

Ceramics towns

El Puig Monastery

Excursions

Sagunt

Peñíscola

Gandía

Xàtiva (Játiva)

Denia and Jávea (Xàbia)

What To Do

Shopping

Where to look

Department stores and shopping centres

Markets and street markets

Fashion

Ceramics and other crafts

Fine food and wine

Paella pans

Furniture and antiques

Entertainment

Music

Theatre and cinema

Nightlife

Fiestas

Las Fallas

Easter week (Semana Santa)

Corpus Christi

July fair (Feria de Julio)

Sports

Spectator sports

Participant sports

Valencia for children

Calendar of events

Eating Out

Mealtimes

Paella

Other local specialities

Tapas

Wine and other drinks

Reading the Menu

To help you order

Menu reader

Restaurants

City centre

Restaurants

Tapas bars

Along the river

The seafront

Restaurants

Tapas bars

Outskirts

Bunol

Cullera

Denia

Gandia

Peniscola

Sagunt

Xativa

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation

Airports

B

Beaches

Bicycle hire

Budgeting for your trip

C

Camping

Car hire

Climate

Clothing

Crime and safety

D

Driving

E

Electricity

Embassies and consulates

Emergencies

G

Getting there

Guides and tours

H

Health and medical care

L

Language

Lost property

M

Maps

Media

Money

O

Opening times

P

Photography

Police

Post offices

Public holidays

R

Religion

T

Telephones

Time zones

Tipping

Toilets

Tourist information

Transport

V

Visas and entry requirements

W

Websites and internet access

Y

Youth hostels

Recommended Hotels

City centre

Seafront

Outskirts

Denia

Gandia

Xativa

Peniscola

Dictionary

English–Spanish

Spanish–English