For us, the little town of Chelva is one of our top places to visit not just in Valencia but the whole of Spain for some wonderful outdoor hiking. Start in the centre of town and follow the signs of La Ruta del Agua, also download the route from the town’s website as the signs …
This holiday season we decided to skip the cold weather and leftover turkey sandwiches and instead we flew south down to the Canary islands for a hot, sunny break. 100 km off the coast of Africa and just a 4 hr direct flight with Transavia from Amsterdam, it makes for a perfect festive getaway. Our …
Our birthday weekend gave us the opportunity for a short break away to Segovia for the weekend. A beautiful Spanish city, over 2000 years old that is just an hour’s drive to the north of Madrid. It can easily be done as a day trip from Madrid, but if you want to have a bit …
The sunshine of southern Europe brought us a visit from some of our Filipino family to our place in Spain…hot and sunny, but still pleasantly cooler than the heat of the Philippines. Back in the day, the Philippines was a colony of Spain for over 300 years, and so a visit to that once mother …
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Buñol is a small village of about 10,000 people close to Valencia; its main tourist sights are a small castle and a pretty park that has outdoor concerts during the summer. Not really a tourist hotspot, but for the last wednesday of August each year the village tripples its population as 20,000 white clad party …
From our Spanish ‘base’ of Alzira (about 45 mins south of Valencia) we have had the fortune to explore a lot of the Valencia region over the past year and have seen a great many local sites (check out those blogs). Now we are getting to the point where we need to push a bit …
If you visit in Valencia around the middle of March, then you will find yourself in one of the most visually and audibly stunning festivals that Europe has to offer. Las Fallas is a traditional event that explodes across the city from the 15th to 19th March each year and it will quite literally blow …