City breaks in Valencia, Spain

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The Valencia region’s beverage of choice is horchata (‘orxata’ in Valencian), a sweet and creamy blend of crushed tiger nuts, usually consumed in summer with dippable bread buns known, sniggeringly, as fartons. Its alcoholic stablemate is Agua de Valencia – a potent cocktail of cava and orange reminiscent of buck’s fizz.

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A Valencian paella pan from the street-side stall between the Mercado Central and La Lonja.

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City breaks in Valencia, Spain

Planes, trains, automobiles, or maybe even helicopter – we tell you the best way to go.

Planes
Nine kilometres from the city centre, Valencia Airport receives regular easyJet and Ryanair flights from Gatwick and Stansted. Metrovalencia trains 3 and 5 run between the airport and the centre of the old town every 20 minutes or so.
Boats
Car and passenger ferries run regularly between Valencia’s port and Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca and Mahon (www.trasmediterranea.es).
Trains
The architecturally splendid Estacion del Norte is slap in Valencia’s city centre, beside the Town Hall, and runs near-hourly services to Barcelona, Madrid, and a host of other Spanish cities.
Automobiles
Car rental’s not really necessary in and around Valencia as public transport is excellent, city-centre parking can induce angina, and the surrounding area is comprehensively covered by the metro. If you do want your own wheels, however, Victoria Cars (www.victoriacars.com) keeps a reliable fleet at the airport.

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