Valencia a Spanish Diamond

The Street Life of Valencia

The attractions of Valencia are laying close together normally. So you can reach them by using your own feed. Paired with many fantastic street restaurants this is the reason of a very interesting street life. With my photo gallery I will give you some insights (Please Click at one Picture to open the gallery).

Santiago Calatrava was born in Valencia and has erected many buildings here.  I must say Calatrava is my favorite architect and I was very pleased to get many photos of his builldings in this town. 

Here in Valencia Calatrava designed the City of Art and Sciences and also the Opera House. These buildings are located in an old dry river bed.

I was here in the afternoon and in the evening under low light conditions. So I cold catch some remarkable photos in different light situations. Please watch also the details of the architecture. Calatravas design has many references to old styles of architecture and many artistic forms are also integrated in the buildings.

Let you impress by the architecure of Santiago Calatrava:

To give you an overview of all the buildings located on this place, here is a link to a Spanish Website explaining the location: LA CIUTAT

Museums, Churches and other Cultural Highlights

I wanted to get with a travel agency to Valencia.  ViadellArte is a German Bonn based agency well experienced in cultural journeys.

So I was led to some very interesting and amazing spots in Valencia. Let me share my impressions with you:

To give you an overview over the town, here you will find Maps of the Town.

Here you will find also some links to museums I have visited:

Archaeological Museum Almonia

Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero

Museo of Fine Arts

Museo del Patriarca

Impressions during the Visit

My smart phone told me that I have done 38 km by feed during the visit.  A lot of km but also with many extraordinary photographical impressions. Let me show some of them:

Visit at Requena

Requena is a community near to Valencia located in the western mountains. Wine growing is here the main type of agriculture. Also in the history of Spain Requena has its own role. The two links will give you some guidance:

• WIKI-Entry,
• Community of Requena.

I concentrated my visit to the old town around the old fortress. Please enjoy the images of the old city:

Some Video Impressions

I have produced two videos. The first video let you share to the impressive media show in the church Saint Nicolas in Valencia:

With the second video I let you share on a short boat trip on the Albufera Lake near Valencia:

Some Final Remarks

If you plane to visit Spain. Valencia and its environment is an intresting target. Not so crowded with tourists, full of history and impressive photo motives.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have remarks or ideas to add to this blog.