posted by Savanah on Oct 8
Valencia is a city that has a fascinating mix of the old and the new. My husband and I were thrilled with all it had to offer. One thrill was when we arrived at one of the luxury hotels Valencia has to offer, one where we’d be spending the next three nights. Our hotel turned out to be a real gem. It was nice, for a change, to leave behind our little, tiny private rooms of the hostels we stayed in to save some money. This hotel room had a lot of space, a mini bar and a bath! It didn’t take us long to use the bath, we filled it full of bubbles and soaked for at least an hour. That was so, so nice.
We oriented ourselves in this big city, we made use of the hop-on-hop-off buses. We eventually found out, after one loop of the city, that this wasn’t the best way to get around. We could just walk to most of the major sights. That exactly what we did the next day. But, we didn’t waste our time today on the buses, because we took notes of the sights we wanted to see.
Our first thing to do was checking out some interesting looking tapas restaurants and bars.When we were introduced to tapas in Barcelona, we became hooked. We wanted to know if Valencia tapas were just as good. Our first tapas bar was right across the street from our hotel. It was jammed packed and most of the people were standing around the serving counter where plate after plate after plate of tapas were being offered. There was every topping we could think of, and the trick was to push our way to the front, fill our plates and just stand around and eat away. All of the tapas restaurants we visited all worked on the ‘trust’ principle. You eat what you like and then tell them what you had when you’re ready to pay. That was one of the better thrills we experience.
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