Bakpackers Valencia: things to see for backpackers

If you thinking to backpacking to Valencia don´t forget to see the ancient winding streets of the Barrio del Carmen which contains Buildings dating to Roman and Arabic times. The Cathedral, built between the 13th and 15th century, is primarily of Gothic style but contains elements of Baroque and Romanesque architecture. Beside the Cathedral is the Gothic Basilica of the Virgin. The 15th century Serrano and Quart towers are part of what was once the wall surrounding the city.

UNESCO has recognised the Late Gothic silk exchange (La Lonja de la Seda) as a World Heritage Site. The Mercado Central is one of the most beautiful and largest modernist markets in the world. The main railway station Estación Del Norte is built in art deco style and if you're railway backpackers it would be the first thing you saw of Valencia.

The largest square is the Plaça de l'Ajuntament, which contains the Valencia's City Hall, a cinema which shows classic movies (La Filmoteca), and many restaurants and bars. This is where the noisy fireworks of the mascletà can be heard every afternoon during the Fallas of Valencia.

Relax and culture for Backpackers in Valencia

The Valencia Turia river was diverted in the 1960s, after severe flooding, and the old river bed is now the Turia gardens, which contain a children’s playground, a fountain, and sports fields. The Palau de la Música of Valencia is adjacent to the Turia gardens and the City of Arts and Sciences lies at one end. World-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava produced the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia. City of Arts and Sience of Valencia offers you a wide ofert of arts and culture. An awsome Oceanographic park, an IMAX ciema Dome called Hemispheric and one of the best Spain Science museums. Other gardens in Valencia include the Real, Monforte, and Botanic gardens.

Festivals for Backpackers in Valencia

Las Fallas are a tradition which celebrates Saint Joseph's Day.

Groups of people, organized in the Casal faller, works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners (like the famous paella), with music and laughter. Each casal faller produces a construction known as a falla which is eventually burnt.

The days and nights in Valencia are one running party during the two weeks of Falles. The restaurants spill out to the streets. Explosions can be heard all day long and sporadically through the night. Foreigners may be surprised to see everyone from small children to elderly gentlemen throwing fireworks and bangers in t On the final night of Falles, around midnight on March 19th, these fallas are burnt as huge bonfires. This is known as the cremada or cremà. This is the climax and point of the whole event.

La Tomatina is a festival held on a Wednesday towards the end of August in the town of Buñol, near Valencia. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world to fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.

The weeklong festival features music, parades, dancing, and fireworks. Approximately 30,000 people come to the tomato fight, multiplying by several times Buñol's normal population of 9,000. There is limited accommodation for people who come to La Tomatina, and thus many participants stay in Valencia and travel by bus or train to Buñol, about 38 km outside the city.