Wow Valencia

Valencia on a long weekend - it’s no surprise that Spain is one of my favorite countries. I’ve visited Spain over the years many times and travelled to different Spanish cities on multiple occasions. In fact, Valencia is one of my top favourite cities I have visited. We opted for a short break in Valencia to relax enjoy the wonderful city and to relax and take in the fantastic beach, enjoy some quality local drinks like horchata, and take a ride on a rented bike through the city’s most unusual park — the former River Túria.

We discovered something unique about the city - that their local food was a little bit different than other areas of Spain - known for the paella this is where it was born. Their green spaces were also bigger and easily accessible, and their architecture was both weird and majestic — the city captured my innate interest for someplace unique. I was mesmerized by the creativity, by the specialness of the city.

Stumbling from cool café to cool café, I found Valencia to be one of those cities that had all the trendy trappings of a big city, but is approachable and easy-to-discover like a small town. Even as Spain’s third largest city, after Madrid and Barcelona, and with its prime location on the Mediterranean, it offers the same pleasures of the other Spanish cities but often cheaper and more affordable. Magic.

Valencia’s most famous tourist attraction is the weird - but wonderful - City of Arts and Sciences complex. The complex consists of several buildings for cultural and educational activities, including a science museum, aquarium, planetarium and IMAX cinema - it’s perhaps the most iconic symbol of the city. Inside the Turia river bed - the City of Arts and Sciences towers over the city as this strange, alien-like series of structures. It’s free to wander around and great for a selfie!

Definitely worth a visit for a short break or even a long week away - one city which I will be going back to very soon.