Recommended: Travel Solo to Valencia
Look at the two buildings in the photo on the right. Located in the old city at the center of Valencia, modern is juxtaposed to historic. They seem to live almost symbiotically. One holding up the other. Which is carrying more weight I could not tell.
That’s what I saw on my visit to Valencia. Founded in the 2nd century CE, it is the third largest city in Spain. It’s known for the Mercado Central, one of the largest markets in Europe, the Silk Exchange (Llotja de la Seda) which is a testament to the cities historic importance in terms of trade and commerce as well as a world heritage site, and the ultra modern City of Arts and Sciences which would take at least a day to do any justice – though I’m sure you could spend many days there. And, of course, Valencia is know for paella. Fabulous!
Valencia was great for solo travel. It’s safe and there is plenty to do.
Here’s my day in pictures.
The Mercado Central - The Sweets
The Mercado Central- the seafood
Inside the Silk Exchange
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern - the museum of modern art. The work is by British artist Julian Opie. (Thanks to reader Elizabeth for this update.)
The Ecopark is many kilometers long and winds around half of the old city.
View of Quart Towers from the Ecopark - one of the 12 doors that was part of the ancient City Walls.
These are some of the ultra modern buildings of the City of Arts and Sciences. They are outside the old city.
As I say, there is a lot of variety in Valencia!
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