Valencia, situated halfway down the Eastern coast of Spain, is
the third most important city in Spain. Its population is
800,000 inhabitants, or 1,500,000 counting on the suburbs.
The
average annual temperature is 16.7ºC, which includes mild
winters and warm summers to be enjoyed on the regions sunny
white-sanded beaches, which stretch out from the City of
Valencia itself along the Valencian coastline. Valencia boasts
one of the largest remaining historical centres in Europe, and
the city's noble past can be felt here, in what was the economic
and cultural capital of the Mediterranean in the 14th and 15th
centuries.
The most
typical monuments and places are the cathedral, the Lonja,
the Quart and Serranos towers, the North Railway station and the
modernist Central Market. Some important museums are San Pio V,
the IVAM (art modern) and the innovative and modern complex
Ciutat de les arts i les ciències. In and around the city
could it be visited the Albufera, the promenade in La
Malvarrosa and some bars called "orxateries", where
the typical drink orxata is served.
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