Editing Valencia (section)

==WHAT TO DO==

If you are in a short visit, you can leave your luggage in the lockers ("consignas") at the train or bus station. It's a pretty safe place.

===Guides===

These guides are AWESOME. You can usually find printed versions around universities (Blasco Ibañez) and in the whole town, keep your eyes peeled!

:- [http://www.au-agenda.com/es/valencia/agenda Agenda Urbana]

:- [http://www.balencia.org BALENCIA - Alternative City Guide]

:- [http://www.laguiago.com/valencia/ La Guia GO]

===City Tours===
[http://www.valenciabusturistic.com Roofless bus] with several stops at turistic places. You can get off at one point and get the next bus with the same ticket.

:- [http://www.turiart.com Guided tours]

===Culture===         

'''[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=110828085676261208649.000481702fef58a0b566e Overall cultural map of Valencia]''' (not updated)

:- [http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/infociudad_accesible.nsf/vDocumentosWebListado/8CBD998D7BDFE96BC12572C20023FDA1?OpenDocument&bdOrigen=ayuntamiento%2FInfociudad_accesible.nsf&idapoyo=&lang=1 ''Centro Cultural La Beneficiencia''] (museum). '''> Free entrance.'''
This museum shows several exhibitions, and hosts the Prehistoric Museum and others.

:- [http://www.muvim.es/ ''MUVIM''] (Valencian Museum of Enlightenment and Modern Age). '''> Free entrance.''' Exhibitions, talks, concerts, workshops, library, film shows.

:- [http://www.ivam.es/ ''IVAM''] (Valencian Institute of Modern Art). '''> Free on sundays''', 2€ the rest of the week. Exhibitions, talks, concerts, workshops, library, film shows.

:- [http://www.mhv.com.es/cas/index.php ''Museo de Historia de Valencia''] (Valencian History Museum). '''2€''' 

:- [http://museobellasartesvalencia.gva.es/ ''Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia''] (Valencian Museum of Fine Arts) '''-> Free entrance''' , The most important gallery of Valencia, a spanish referent on ancient masters painting. The museum have Velazquez, Murillo, Juan de Valdes, Sorolla, Van Dyck... [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_de_Bellas_Artes_de_Valencia]

:- [http://www.museoliber.org/Centro_Cultural_LIber/Inicio.html ''L'IBER: Museo de los soldaditos de plomo''] (The Iberian: Tin Soldiers Museum) '''4€ normal/ 2,80€ childrens,seniors,students, non-workers and groups''' -> More than 85.000 tin soldiers representing a lot of significative battles. historical building.

:- [http://www.cac.es/?languageId=1 ''Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias''] (City of Arts & Sciences). An entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_de_las_Artes_y_las_Ciencias ''Important information about the areas'']. The place contains some museums,etc...

:- [http://www.museoarrozvalencia.com/ ''Museo del Arroz''] (Rice Museum). '''2€''' The rice is so important in the valencian gastronomy. Really rare and interesting place. Historical Building

:- [http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/museo_cnaturales.nsf/ ''Museo de Ciencias Naturales''] (Natural Science Museum). '''2€''' . A great hidden museum in the heart of one of the largest valencian gardens, Los Viveros.

:- [http://obrasocial.bancaja.es/institucional/centros/centros-ficha.aspx?id=3 ''Centro Cultural Bancaja''] (Bancaja Cultural Center) '''-> Free entrance''' Art exhibitions, conferences, studyroom and shop.

:- [http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/infociudad_accesible.nsf/vDocumentosWebListado/6F7B283742F84C0AC12572C20023FE0B?OpenDocument&bdOrigen=ayuntamiento/laciudad.nsf&idapoyo=7A56E0AFD4368CBFC12571A900268CE5&nivel=5&lang=1 ''Museo del Patriarca''] (Patriarch Museum) '''1,20€'''. Historical Building, it contains a large art collection. s.XVI/XVII paintings (flemish, spanish, el Greco, Italian...), antiquities (like a manuscript by Thomas More), important relics, etc...

:- [http://www.museotaurinovalencia.es/home.html?event=wbe_i18n_change_lang&change_language=en ''Museo Taurino''] (Bullfighting Museum of Valencia). '''> Free entrance.''' [http://www.museotaurinovalencia.es/en__horarios.html - Opening hours -]. Regarding bulls, even if most Valencia CSers are against bullfighting, you can find some spectacles qhere the bull is not hurted: "el correbous" (people run ahead of bulls), and "recortadores" or retallador (they wait for the bull till the very last second to jump or move and not being caught). 

:- [http://www.salaparpallo.com/en__index.html ''Sala Parpalló''] (exhibition hall) [http://www.salaparpallo.com/en__situacion.html - Opening hours -]

:- [http://www.uv.es/cultura/c/links/espaciosnave ''LA NAU''] ("THE BUILDING/WAREHOUSE") '''FREE ENTRANCE''' -> Old University Of Valencia, now reconverted as an exhibition hall, is one of the most important places (not in the travel guides) in the city. Despite the terrible webpage, it's one of the most active museums/concert halls in Valencia: art, exhibitions, drama, visual poetry, cinema, courses, conferences, special events, music (every wednesday at 19:30 free high level classical music concert), chapel, paranymph, courses, historical old library, cafeteria, bookshop, etc... (See all on "Actividades", in the webpage)

:- [http://www.museuprehistoriavalencia.es/ ''Museo de prehistoria de Valencia''] (Prehistoric museum of Valencia) [http://www.museuprehistoriavalencia.es/horarios.html - Opening hours - ]

:- [http://www.museuvalenciaetnologia.es/inicio.html?event=wbe_i18n_change_lang&lng=en ''Museo Valenciano de Etnología''] (Ethnological Museum of Valencia) [http://www.museuvalenciaetnologia.es/en__horarios.html - Opening hours -]

:- [http://www.valencia.es/ayuntamiento/almoina08.nsf/vDocumentosTituloAux/Inicio?opendocument&lang=1&nivel=1 La Almoina]. Roman and iberic ruins in the city center.

:- [http://www.octubre.cat ''OCTUBRE Centre Cultura Contemporánea''] '''-> FREE ENTRANCE''' (Centre/Museum of Contemporary Art & Culture) Exhibitions, classes, cinema, cafeteria, concerts, activities, talks.

:- [http://tiendas.fnac.es/san-agustin/ ''FNAC''] Why on earth FNAC is standing in the cultural section? Well, because there's a nice bunch of events there such as concerts (almost every saturday and sunday), exhibitions, film shows and way more! '''> Almost everything is free''' Check out their [http://tiendas.fnac.es/san-agustin/ monthly program]

:- [http://www.circuitocafeteatro.com/circuito/san-miguel-valencia ''Cafe Teatro''] Some informal theater, stand-up comedy, performances, etc... Normally at nice, small pubs, the usual price is 5€ (including a drink), but sometimes it's free. Keep in mind that language is spanish! Even if you don't understand it, maybe you can be a part of the act and have a lot of fun.

:- [http://kafcafe.blogspot.com/ Caf Cafe] Music, poetry...

===Festival & Events===



'''• In the city (Valencia)'''

:- Valencia is known for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falles Las Fallas], a famous local festival in March.

:- In july there's the [http://www.feriadejulio.com Feria de Julio] that includes fireworks, music concerts, exhibitions...

:- There are also a number of well preserved Catholic fiestas throughout the year. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week Holy week] celebrations in Valencia are considered the most colourful in Spain. 

:- 24th of June - [http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/fiestas/sanjuan.asp San Juan Night]

:- Jornadas internacionales de guitarra de Valencia - [http://www.jornadasdeguitarra.com]

'''• In the region (the Valencian community)'''

:- La [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatina Tomatina], an annual tomato fight, draws crowds to the nearby town of Buñol in August. Please use the [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=52387 La Tomatina 2012 subgroup].

:- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moros_y_cristianos Moros i Cristians], all around the Comunitat but the ones in Alcoy are Unesco World Heritage).

:- [http://www.lacordadepaterna.es/index.php Cordà de Paterna]. Firecrackers as you've never seen -and heard- before.

:- [http://mas.levante-emv.com/canales/pueblos-en-fiestas/component/k2/item/989-el-ruido-y-la-p%C3%B3lvora-conquistan-torrent.html La Trabucà], july in Torrent.

:- [http://fiberfib.com/ Festival internacional de Benicassim], music festival in July.

===Leisure===
'''Cinema'''

:- [http://www.cinestudiodor.es ''Cinestudio d'or''] The oldest and cheapest cinema in Valencia '''> 2,50€ for 2 movies each tuesday''', 3€ the rest of the week. Movies are spanish dubbed version.

:- [http://www.ivac-lafilmoteca.es/pagina.asp?idpag=14, ''Filmoteca Valencia''] , right in the city center in front of the town hall, is cheap (ticket around 1.5 euros) has good old and new movies, and a important detail '''with subtitles in the original audio version.'''

:- [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=es&q=Calle+de+Jos%C3%A9+Benlliure,+193,+46011+Valencia,+Comunidad+Valenciana&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=6.491761,14.128418&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FeBDWgIdXvb6_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Calle+de+Jos%C3%A9+Benlliure,+193,+46011+Valencia,+Comunidad+Valenciana&z=16 ''Samaruc''] this is not a real big cinema, but a great place to go and see a good movie '''every Wednesday at 9:00PM'''. Free entrance, cheap beer(1 EUR) and really great ambience. An opportunity to meet locals and to see an old maritime village. 

:- [http://www.ugc.es ''UGC''] Modern, medium sized cinema with some Original Version movies. Interesting prices.

'''• Nigtlife '''

''Most of the bars in Spain open around 10:00PM, and get crowdy at 12:00AM. ''
''The places where you go to dance, clubs or discos, usually get crowded around 02:00AM or 03:00AM.'' 
''If it's some '''live music''' you want to listen to and see, take a look at the '''culture chapter'''.''

'''• Are you looking for some places with rock music ?'''

Take a look here at this listing: [http://www.manerasdevivir.com/bares.php?provinciasel=Valencia Rock Bars and Clubs in Valencia] 

'''• Students, young crowd and indie/spanish indie music ?

Here is a listing with some popular places: [http://www.guiaindie.com/detalle.php?id_ciudad=35 Indie/ Spanish Indie Music Bars/Clubs]

'''• In mood for salsa ?'''

:- Asucar, ''Calle del Beato Nicolás Factor'', 12 [http://www.asucar.es ''Asucar Webpage'']

:- Noches de Salsa, [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=es&geocode=&q=Avenida+Ecuador,+69&sll=39.461956,-0.383536&sspn=0.102844,0.220757&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Av+del+Ecuador,+69,+46025+Valencia,+Comunidad+Valenciana&ll=39.493643,-0.390744&spn=0.01285,0.027595&z=15 ''Avenida Ecuador, 69'']

:- Cuba mia, the right place if you want to dance a cuban salsa with great atmosphere,   [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=es&geocode=&q=Calle+de+Alcira+12&sll=39.493643,-0.390744&sspn=0.01285,0.027595&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Calle+de+Alcira,+12,+46007+Valencia,+Comunidad+Valenciana&z=16 ''Calle de Alcira 12"]

:- 'Take care with' [http://www.vivirvalencia.com/ocio/son-caribe-salsa '''Son Caribe Salsa'''] it can be an interesting experience, but common sense must be used to avoid conflicts.

'''• Flamenco'''

:- [http://www.cafedelduende.com Café del duende], nice flamenco by semi-pros, 6€ drink included.

:- [http://http://www.laclaca.com La Claca], 8€ including drink.

'''• Gay pubs'''

:-Most gay bars ("bares de ambiente" in spanish) are in the El Carmen area. Venial, ADN or Deseo 54 are just a few examples.

===Sports & Nature===
:- [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=16208 CS Sports group in Valencia.]

There are some nice spots you can visit near Valencia. Remember that [http://couchwiki.org/en/Valencia#Using_bikes some restrictions] apply to bike transport on metro.

:- ''El Saler beach.'' Starting at the Ciutat de les Arts i Les Ciencies there's a bike path that reaches the beach, some small forest and L'Albufera. 

:- ''Turia River.'' Starting at the Parc de Capçalera there's a path that reaches Villamarxant following the Turia River.

:- ''La Vallesa Forest.'' The [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=39.537761,-0.498004&daddr=&geocode=&hl=es&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=39.531055,-0.490179&sspn=0.032504,0.055189&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&ll=39.538933,-0.517731&spn=0.0325,0.055189&t=h&z=14 Vallesa metro station] is in the very middle of a small forest. Nice & flat walks, the Turia river is reachable from there.

:- ''La Serra Calderona.'' Nice trecks and bike routes. The closest tram station is Betera. A good start point is El Pla de Lucas and the Cartuja de Portaceli, located at some 8km from the metro station. The map is [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Calle+de+Jos%C3%A9+Saez%2FCV-310%2FCV-3351&daddr=CV-331+to:CV-331&geocode=FUgdXAIdjAL5_w%3BFTQwXQId9Kn4_w%3BFcqAXQIdHLn4_w&hl=es&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=39.667292,-0.471725&sspn=0.03244,0.055189&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12 here.]

===Eating & Drinking===

:- [http://www.frescco.es/ ''FrescCo''] (all-you-can-eat restaurant) Cheap vegetarian food.

:- [http://www.necobuffet.com/ '' NECO Buffet''] (all-you-can-eat restaurant) Good food, big variety - 10 EUR/person(drinks are not included but are reasonable priced)

:- [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=100+montaditos+valencia&fb=1&hq=100+montaditos&hnear=Valencia,+Spain&ei=RkuVS4qfI4b64AaK-4H_DA&ved=0CBIQtgMwAA&ll=39.472775,-0.377269&spn=0.020804,0.045447&z=15 ''100 montaditos''] (Tapas bar) 2 places in the city-center where you can eat those little toasts. Kinda half-way between fast-food and traditional. '''> Each Wednesday, everything for 1€ (toast, beer, fries...)'''

:- [http://valencia.lanetro.com/comida-rapida/la-vaca-verde-20321837 ''La vaca verde''] (Tapas bar) Very tasty and typical tapas, fresh Alhambra beer.

:- [http://www.qype.co.uk/explore/place_vicinity/287531-Bar-de-los-montaditos-gratis-Valencia El bar de las tapas gratis]. Get a free tapa in each beer.

'''• Paella''': The traditional Paella is a must. Locals eat it ONLY for lunch -never for dinner ;)- Some places where you can taste it:

:- [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=es&geocode=&q=Plaza+Picadero+Dos+Aguas,+3+-+46002+Valencia&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=6.491761,14.128418&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Plaza+del+Picadero+de+Dos+Aguas,+3,+46002+Valencia,+Comunidad+Valenciana&ll=39.47176,-0.375304&spn=0.000402,0.000862&t=h&z=20 ''La Uteliana''], behind the Palace of the Marques de Dos Aguas. Home made food at a reasonable price.

:- ''El Rall'', close Mercado Central. Good and not too expensive.

:- [http://www.restaurantebonaire.com ''Restaurante Bonaire''], at El Palmar. Good but expensive paella (some 25€)

:- ''L'eriço'' in paseo Neptuno (Malvarrosa beach, close to Neptuno tram stop). Good paella with views to the beach for the reasonable price of 15 euros per menu during workdays.

'''• Vegetarian restaurants'''

:- [http://www.copenhagenvalencia.com/ ''Copenhagen'']
:- [http://www.restauranteanaeva.es/ ''Anaeva'']
:- [http://www.kimpira.es/ ''Kimpira'']

===Shopping===