After about 4 hrs of driving and a few stops along the way, we made it!
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| We made a quick stop in a small town just north of Tarragona |
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| ...where they do human stacking championships |
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| then we stopped in Tarragona... |
By the time we got to our hotel it was early evening so it became just a relaxing night of staying in and grabbing some dinner. I should mention that if you ever want to stay in Valencia check out the Valenciaflats rentals (http://www.valenciaflats.com/home) because they are REALLY nice and a great price. We booked them on booking.com but on their website would work just as well. That place was by far my favorite hotel here and they even have a really nice restaurant next door with AMAZING food. I'm ready to go back right now!
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| our view from the hotel |
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| fried cheese with 2 different fruit sauces |
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| potatoes covered with jamon and fried eggs |
Our relaxing evening was much needed because the next day seemed to be a little crazier. We had another reservation at Acta Atarazanas. We had purchased a promo deal to stay there and get passes into the Bioparc (zoo) hence why we moved hotels. The place was really nice and was in an easy location to catch the metro (subway) into the city. Even though that day we didn't do any big touristy things, I think finding our way around Valencia proved to be the most difficult task of the day. We spent over an hour just trying to find the hotel due to getting lost in the city with a mob of crazy drivers everywhere we went. For most crazy city of driving in Spain...I vote Valencia. Eventually we did find our hotel but by the time we did I was hesitant about being able to have time to do the rest of activities we had planned (going to the aquarium and wandering the city)...
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| the hotel (Acta Atarazanas) |
Instead of racing through to get everything done, we just decided we would stay in Valencia an extra night. Smart idea! So we're missing out on one of our 2 nights in Peñíscola but we'll get there later today and enjoy the town a bit. Ok, well getting back to our day...
We checked out the hotel for a bit (they had a jacuzzi and bar on the roof!) and enjoyed the place before heading out for lunch. We just headed across the street for lunch, had some paella...I mean we're in Valencia, what else would we be eating??? (FYI Valencia is where paella "comes from")...then made our way into the city. First thing after getting off the metro, we were welcomed by a concert. nice. Just at the metro exit we had gotten off at they had a concert for kids (and some adults) singing famous songs from '71. The kids were cute but the woman we saw sing was incredible. Check her out:
Next we wandered around the city and found ourselves facing a few cool monuments. One of them (the cathedral I think) even had a procession heading inside. We just caught the tail end of it but stayed in the plaza area and snapped some great pics. By that time we were pretty hungry so we made our way around the town into a more to find a place we wanted to eat at. We stopped at a tapas bar and hung out there for a while, trying some very innovative tapa recipes like a croissant filled with sobrasada (meat) and topped by caramelized apples; bread topped with morcilla, bacon and a little lettuce; and bread topped with fried goat cheese...all of them were absolutely delicious. Since the metro stops running aroud 10:30, we had to make our way to the station in order to get home!
We got the the hotel and since it was still early we decided to check out the bar upstairs. We got up there but no one was around (I think they just use it during the summer) so we just hung out, played around and brought some of our own drinks up. It was such a nice view we couldn't miss out on enjoying it!
The next morning we had to get up early to go to...OCEANOGRAFIC- the BIGGEST aquarium in Europe!
Unfortunately I don't have time to tell you about it right now so you'll just have to wait. We're about to head over to the zoo to see more animals! This last day in Valencia should be great!
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