Monday 6 August 2012

VALENCIA: The Spirit Of Valencia

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain, besides Barcelona and Madrid. I’ve been to both and decided to go on a relaxing holiday in Oliva, which is not far from Valencia.


When I landed in Valencia, I had about half a day to walk along the streets and admire the old monuments and the beautiful corners of the city, such as Valencia Cathedral, the Torres de Serranos, The North station (Estació del Nord), El Micalet, Plaza del Mercado and the narrow street in the Old Quarter.







La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias which includes four buildings, L'Hemisferic (a Laserium), Planetarium, the IMAX, a 3D-cinema, the Science Museum and the L' Oceanographic, which is Europe’s largest aquarium and the Opera, Palau de les Arts, is a huge place of pure art and worth visiting.





This place is beautiful and I was really impressed by the size of the buildings. It appears like the city spent all of their money on these 4 buildings. Next I headed to Oliva which is a really quiet place and is close to the beach. A lot of people rent a summer house which is just a few minutes' walk away from the beach. We always went to Denia for dinner as it is well known for its seafood restaurants.


Of course we could not miss out on tapas which we had once at taska eulalia and it was very delicious, except that shortly before the tapas had been served, a huge bug fell on my plate and almost killed my appetite. The castle in Denia is also worth a visit as is climbing up the Montgo mountain. Afterwards, I decided to go for some fun on a jetski. The waves were huge and so it was double the fun!

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