Spain’s third-biggest city is a breath of fresh air – well, it would be as this year’s European Green Capital Turia Garden runs through the centre of Valencia, where the Turia river once flowed. Photo: Visit Valencia The golden sands of Malvarrosa beach stretch for two kilometres. Photo: Visit Valencia Cafe de Las Horas, which serves the best agua de Valencia in the city The 10,000 orange trees in Valencia's streets, squares and parks produce 400 tonnes of fruit ever January.
Photo: Visit Valencia Authentic paella, which originates in Valencia and contains just five ingredients, with not a shrimp in sight. Photo: Visit Valencia Parish church of St Nicholas, which has been compared with the Sistine Chapel. Photo: Visit Valencia Tourists enjoy a boat ride in the channels off Albufera, Spain's biggest freshwater lake.
Photo: Visit Valencia Cyclists take a break to admire the cathedral in Plaza de La Virgen. Photo: Visit Valencia Travel agent Ciara Mooney, who fell in love with Valencia, at the City of Arts and Sciences at the sea end of Turia Garden Kildare travel agent Ciara Mooney visited Valencia for a long weekend nearly four years ago, fell in love with the place and decided to split her time between there and Celbridge. The beauty of working remotely from her sunny terrace in Spain’s third-biggest city isn’t lost on Ciara, the founder and managing director of Freedom Travel and Solo Travel.
“I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world,” she says. “I ca.
