One of my favourite parts about a city break is its old town. Nothing beats the nostalgia of exploring an ancient town, its sporadic mix of old and new and the remnants of a bygone era. We were fortunate enough to be staying two minutes away from the Old Town of Valencia so we got a…

Sometimes the best way to know about a place is to get out of it! Having booked Valencia for a week’s stay, we took one day to explore areas outside the main city. We had heard about Sagunto so decided to give that a shot. Travelling to Sagunto on the outskirts of Valencia, also gave us a chance…

The Ciutat De Les Arts I Les Ciences (City of Arts and Sciences) is a breath-taking, sprawling complex of unconventional, rhythmic and almost abstract buildings designed by Spanish architects – Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela. The futuristic design of the buildings seem to have maritime and skeletal influences, with a nod to biomimicry in the buildings. I…

Valencia as a tourist destination is something not everyone thinks of in the first instance when one speaks of Spain. Barcelona, Madrid and Seville seem to be the popular city breaks, Bilbao and San Sebastian for the love of Basque food, Malaga/Menorca/Majorca for the beaches and Ibiza for the parties. So we approached our trip to Valencia…