When Jeff finally had some time off of his conference we decided to spend the day in Old Town Valencia. This is an area of Valencia that holds many old buildings including; cathedrals, a market, government buildings and forts. The streets are small with apartments on either side and shops and restaurants on the bottom. There are many plazas most of which have beautiful fountains. We had a wonderful time exploring the area. We even found a Burger King located in a beautiful old building and a Starbucks.
We peaked inside an old door and this was what we saw. Click on the image to see it larger.
An example of the streets. This was taken from a plaza.
My favorite plaza. The flooring is all marble and I'm guessing the apartments in this area are pricey.
Avery chasing the birds in the same plaza.
Taken in front of the Plaza.
The fountain, notice the beautiful flooring.
The Cathedral.
Outside the Cathedral.
Sooo flipping good. We don't have Starbucks in Norway so this was a real treat!!
I think this was in front of one of the old government buildings.
I'm going to have to look all these buildings up to get the names. The Burger King was in the next building over.
The Central Market (Merket Central) in the Plaza del Mercado. This place has been around for 100 years selling all sorts of interesting goods. The seafood was amazing and I really wished we had a place to cook it! There was a lot of fruits and other odd things being sold. We bought some fresh fruit juice that was wonderful. Such a cool place.
The outside of the Central Market.
Inside the Torres de Serranos. This is an old city gate built in 1392. It was used for defense of the city and is riddled with bullet holes.
Torres de Serranos. We should have gotten a picture from the front, but we didn't instead we bought a post card. There are two torrents just like this one with a door in the center. This was the first thing we saw when we got to old town. We took the metro from our hotel and the metro in Valencia is surprisingly clean and efficient. Actually the entire area of the city we toured was clean and felt safe.
We peaked inside an old door and this was what we saw. Click on the image to see it larger.
An example of the streets. This was taken from a plaza.
My favorite plaza. The flooring is all marble and I'm guessing the apartments in this area are pricey.
Avery chasing the birds in the same plaza.
Taken in front of the Plaza.
The fountain, notice the beautiful flooring.
The Cathedral.
Outside the Cathedral.
Sooo flipping good. We don't have Starbucks in Norway so this was a real treat!!
I think this was in front of one of the old government buildings.
I'm going to have to look all these buildings up to get the names. The Burger King was in the next building over.
The Central Market (Merket Central) in the Plaza del Mercado. This place has been around for 100 years selling all sorts of interesting goods. The seafood was amazing and I really wished we had a place to cook it! There was a lot of fruits and other odd things being sold. We bought some fresh fruit juice that was wonderful. Such a cool place.
The outside of the Central Market.
Inside the Torres de Serranos. This is an old city gate built in 1392. It was used for defense of the city and is riddled with bullet holes.
Torres de Serranos. We should have gotten a picture from the front, but we didn't instead we bought a post card. There are two torrents just like this one with a door in the center. This was the first thing we saw when we got to old town. We took the metro from our hotel and the metro in Valencia is surprisingly clean and efficient. Actually the entire area of the city we toured was clean and felt safe.
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