Valencia is Spain’s third largest city, located on the Mediterranean coast.It was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC.
The day started with a magnificent sunrise.
We were docked again, so disembarking was easy. As the port is about 5Km from the city centre, we had a shuttle that took us into the action.
Unfortunately two other very large cruise ships were in port as well as us and disgorged about 6,000 extra people into the town so it was very busy.
We didn’t have a plan and just wandered around, starting with the entry to the old town through one of the gates that formed part of the city walls, built at the end of the 14th century.
I did find a manhole cover specific to Valencia.
Lots of narrow streets with interesting architecture.
No shortage of towers – hard to capture the magnificence when you have to stand close to them.
Mosaics on the wall of a church.
We stumbled across the central market which was really bustling with both tourists and locals.
Lots of hams on display.
Not my preference for a quiet drink but people seemed to be enjoying being at a bar.
Mosaics decorating the wall of the market.
And of course street art! Although not as sophisticated as some we have seen.
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How lucky you were there before the big downpour. I don’t know if it affected central Valencia but it would presumably had had some impact. I do hope none of what you saw was damaged because it looks beautiful. (We spent some time with a Spaniard last night – born in Mallorca but now lives in Madrid. Told her how I love Spain. It just feels like a good fit for Australians to me.)