Valencia Facts

About Valencia

If you are visiting Valencia for the first time or you've heard about this great city, the first thing that will catch your attention is the incredible light that reaches every corner, the great weather that lasts all year long, or perhaps the friendly nature of its people. All this is true, as is the fact that together with Barcelona, these two cities are the most important on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and, within the last few years, Valencia has grown tremendously.

But perhaps what might surprise you even more is its incredible diversity. Moving from one area of the city to another means being surrounded by completely different urban landscapes; so much so that you might even think you're...

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Frommer's

...'s charms -- or lack thereof -- are much debated. Some claim that the city where El Cid faced the Moors is one of the most beautiful on the Mediterranean. Others write it off as drab, provincial, and industrial. The truth lies somewhere in between. This Mediterranean port is in the midst of a Bilbao-type renewal. Valencia's answer to Bilbao's Guggenheim is the jaw-dropping City of Arts and Sciences.

Set amid orange trees and rice paddies, Valencia's reputation as a romantic city seems more justified by its past than by its present. Hidden between modern office buildings and monotonous apartment houses, remnants of an illustrious past do remain. However, floods and war have been cruel to Valencia,...

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Valencia weather

Updated: Jun 20 02:06 AM UTC

5 day forecast

    • JUN 21

    • clear
    • 75°F
    • 64°F
    • JUN 22

    • overcast
    • 77°F
    • 64°F
    • JUN 23

    • clear
    • 75°F
    • 66°F
    • JUN 24

    • clear
    • 78°F
    • 66°F
    • JUN 25

    • clear
    • 71°F
    • 62°F

fahrenheit / celsius

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