Valencia, Spain
Valencia is the third largest city in Spain and has experienced a cultural renaissance in the past few years. Located on the Mediterranean coast, it offers beaches to fascinating architecture, a world class soccer team and an unending nightlife. Like Sevilla, Valencia is a big city with a small-town feel that makes everyone feel at home.
Valencia is famous for its paella valenciana which consists of rice, fish, chicken, sausage (chorizo), lobster, shrimp, mussels - a mixture of food which when mixed together produces the most mouth-watering dish imaginable. Besides being famous for its paella, Valencia also celebrates Las Fallas, the most renowned fiesta known world wide. During Las Fallas, there is a parade of satirical papier-mache caricatures that represent local and state government officials with each neighborhood making a caricature.. These caricatures are judged and awarded prizes. After prizes are given, the caricatures are burned in the streets. Valencia has a long history of cultures that left its mark from the Romans, Visigoths and Moors to the Christians. Recently architect Santiago Calatrava designed the futuristic Arts and Science Center, which is a part of the revitalization movement in Valencia. Calatrava's buildings and other cutting-edge projects have made Valencia the new hot-spot in Spain. Additionally, a wine area boasting the production of top-notch Spanish Rioja wines has recently opened up south of Valencia. So whether it's the paella or Las Fallas or the new wine-tasting region or the ultra-modern architecture, Valencia is a vibrant city that offers the old and the new for you to experience.
Valencia is famous for its paella valenciana which consists of rice, fish, chicken, sausage (chorizo), lobster, shrimp, mussels - a mixture of food which when mixed together produces the most mouth-watering dish imaginable. Besides being famous for its paella, Valencia also celebrates Las Fallas, the most renowned fiesta known world wide. During Las Fallas, there is a parade of satirical papier-mache caricatures that represent local and state government officials with each neighborhood making a caricature.. These caricatures are judged and awarded prizes. After prizes are given, the caricatures are burned in the streets. Valencia has a long history of cultures that left its mark from the Romans, Visigoths and Moors to the Christians. Recently architect Santiago Calatrava designed the futuristic Arts and Science Center, which is a part of the revitalization movement in Valencia. Calatrava's buildings and other cutting-edge projects have made Valencia the new hot-spot in Spain. Additionally, a wine area boasting the production of top-notch Spanish Rioja wines has recently opened up south of Valencia. So whether it's the paella or Las Fallas or the new wine-tasting region or the ultra-modern architecture, Valencia is a vibrant city that offers the old and the new for you to experience.
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