"Why?" she asked. "That seems kind of random."
I was taken aback. Why would I go (or not go) anywhere in Spain? Valencia isn't as popular as bigger cities like Barcelona and Madrid, sure, but that doesn't mean it's not worth visiting.
Things that make Valencia worth visiting:
- largest aquarium in Europe
- 600-year-old towers that you can climb
- a beautiful green riverbed-turned-park that winds throughout the whole city
- bike day rentals for less than €10 (plus bike paths on every road)
- PAELLA
- a wide beach and bright blue water (the Mediterranean sea!!!)
- sunny plazas and artistic fountains
- lots of mosaics
- lots of really cool graffiti
- and more! (sorry cant help it ive been reading too many guide books)
A weekend in pictures:
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| pre-dinner sangría and cheese the night we arrived |
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| this is a very old and important building (I'm assuming) |
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| Brooke is an amazing photographer |
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| oh, the irony |
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| I think I'm going to stop eating seafood... after I get home from Spain |
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| the three-course meal plus drinks cost €10.90 or USD$14.78 |
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| so above all this |
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| El Mercado Central, the largest active market in Europe |
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| my kind of display |
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| to anyone who can't eat gluten, I am so so sorry |
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| yummm |
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| riding bikes with our new Mexican friend Gabino, whom we met at the hostel |
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| riding through the riverbed-turned-park |
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| admiring graffiti |
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| posing with grafitti |
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| my favorite graffiti in the city |
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| more graffiti |
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| more grafitti |
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| this building is famous |
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| so is this one (but I overexposed the picture, sadface) |
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| there were a lot of weird modern structures |
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| our maps were terribly unhelpful |
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| but we found the beach! |
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| the source of my happiness |
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| cool fountain |
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| We found a store called A Taste of America: The Original American Supermarket. A box of Kraft mac & cheese went for €6 (which is USD$8) and here's the cost of Aunt Jemima's syrup... |
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| photocredit Brooke Eller |
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| casually posing on top of a 600-year-old tower |
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| no one stopped me from walking along the ledge #daredevil |
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| in front of the towers |
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| the Valencian flag |
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