Valencia and Las Fallas
7:00 AMThis past spring my husband and I honeymooned with a four city tour in Spain. We did all of the travel planning ourselves with the help of blogs and forums, and there is a wealth of great information out there if you have the time and energy to plan your own trip. I wanted to add our experience to that online resource bank, because it is so helpful in another country to know, at least a little, what to expect. We picked Spain because my husband had a very narrow 2 week period we could take a honeymoon during, and while perusing my trusted Where to Go When coffee table book we discovered that those 2 weeks happened to line up with a festival called Las Fallas in Spain. That festival spawned our amazing trip, so here's a look at the city that started it all: Valencia.
This picture is how I knew that you should never pair flats with soft pants. Never. Also even though it doesn't look nice in photos it is a great idea to bring something for water. Public water tastes really fresh in Spain (all of those Roman aqueducts laid a really good infrastructure), so I definitely recommend relying on public water with your own container versus paying for water everywhere. You can buy beer for much cheaper than you can buy bottled water in most places. |
This gate shows the signs of cannonball damage after it was attacked by Napolean's troops in 1808. Spain is never short on history to explore. |
Traditional dress as the townspeople parade through the streets to the Plaza de la Virgen to give their donations outside the cathedral. |
The Plaza is understandably packed for the entire festival so it was hard to get a good look at the Cathedral and its Gothic architecture, You can see it here behind the large Virgin Mary sculpture |
After a few days in Valencia closing out the festival, we hit the train station again to take the under 2 hour trip to Madrid. Stay tuned for the next leg of the trip!
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