VLC · Spain
The home of paella, with a striking modern arts complex and city beaches.
Valencia, Spain's third largest city, gave the world paella, and you can try it in its traditional form, with rabbit, chicken and beans, at restaurants by the beach at Malvarrosa.
The old riverbed of the Turia has become a long green park that runs through the city to the City of Arts and Sciences, a set of white buildings housing an opera house, a science museum and a large aquarium, the Oceanogràfic.
The Central Market and the silk exchange, La Lonja, are highlights of the old town, and in March the city celebrates Las Fallas.
