Valencia (City)

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Valencia is a beautiful old city in the Valencia province of Spain that is well worth a visit.

There used to be a river running through the centre of the city but the river was redirected a while back and so now there's a beautiful park where the river used to be. This is a very nice place to while away any free time you have in the city on a sunny day.

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1 Get in

1.1 By plane
1.2 By train
1.3 By bus

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Get in

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By plane

Using the international airport of Manises (http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&MO=0&SMO=-1&SiteName=VLC&c=Page&cid=1048790574453), which is 15 minutes away from the center of the city.

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By train

Many trains coming from Madrid (eg: Alaris), Barcelona (eg: Euromed or ARCO) and many other cities. The train station is located in the center of the city, by the Town Hall.
The train company is RENFE and you can check the timetables and prices at the web page (http://www.renfe.es/).

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By bus

There are also many buses coming from almost every big city in Spain and most of the cities in the Valencia region. The bus station is located by the river in Valencia, not far from the center.

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Get around

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See

Valencia has a fantastic festival each March called Fallas in which local areas build big papier mache models depicting... well, everything really. At the end of a week displaying the 'fallas' they are burnt - which is fun. Another feature of Fallas is the fireworks. God - those fireworks! You can't escape them. It's like the city's a war zone for a week - they wake you up early in the morning and go on through the day. Each day in the main square of the city - the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (at 2pm) There's a thing they call Mascletá. This is 120 kilos of gunpowder translated into a lot of noise. It has to be experienced to be understood.
It is also very interesting the City of Arts and Science (http://www.cac.es/) (Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències). It is located where the old river Turia used to flow and over there you will find a Science Museum, a Planetarium, an IMAX cinema, an Aquarium and, in a near future, the Arts Museum.

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Do

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Buy

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Eat

Try the local "Paella". There are several versions of this tasteful rice dish with seafood and fish or chicken and rabbit. The one with seafood and chicken is a Catalan invention; it's untypical for Valencia. If you want to eat authentic Paella, try it at the Malvarosa beach; you will find there several good restaurants. The authentic Valencian Paella is made only with fresh ingredients.
Try "Leche merengada" (a kind of milk-based soft ice cream with cinnamon-lemon taste).

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Drink

The "Agua de Valencia" (Valencia water) is a very famous mix drink. There are several recipes, which mainly base on orange juice and Cava, the local champagne.
Try out "Horchata" (earth almond milk) with "Fartones".
"Cebada" (an iced malt drink).
"Limon Granizado" (Iced Lemonade).
"Café de Tiempo" (Expresso on Ice).
"Blanco y Negro" (Iced Coffee with Leche Merengada).

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