Old City Valencia

Valencia is a city where the old and new have seamlessly merged to give rise to myriad intriguing motifs. It is a city that looks to the future and yet lovingly preserves remnants of its glorious past, as in Old City, Valencia, which is the old quarters of the city of Valencia. A walk through the various popular destinations in Valencia situated in the Old City, Valencia is a walk down the dusty lanes of the days of yore, replete with interesting legends and an old world charm hanging over the place.

About the Old City, Valencia

Embark on your traipse of the Old City, Valencia from Plaza Ayuntamiento, Valencia. herein stands tall the town hall of Valencia, with its elegant 18th century façade and houses the City History Museum, which flaunts an antiquity that is as olden as the city itself.

Your tour of the Old City, Valencia, Spain continues on to the Central Market (Mercado Central), Valencia, an eclectic art-nouveau place that was built in 1928. But the crème la crème of the Old City, Valencia is surely the La Lonja de la Seda, Valencia, or the "Old Silk Exchange" a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is regarded as one of the finest specimens of Gothic architecture in the world.

Moving on, the Valencia Cathedral awaits your footsteps. One of the most visited of the Valencia tourist attractions in the Old City, Valencia, the cathedral premise alone is a veritable treasure trove of spots of sightseeing in Valencia. The cathedral façade is an interesting study in the Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque and Renaissance forms of architecture while there's also the exquisite Spanish bell towers and the Chapel of the Holy Grail, Valencia within the cathedral premises to catch up on.

Smack in the heart of the Old City, Valencia is the Plaza de las Virgin, which once served as the forum of Roman Valencia and houses the forum building, the basilica and the Renaissance Palace of the Regional Government.

The other notable Valencia tourist attractions in the Old City, Valencia are the Benicarlo Palace, the Valencia Region Parliament and the old dwelling quarters of the famous Borggia family.

While you are making your way past these snippets from the past, you can stop by the various Tapas restaurants lining the charming streets of the Old City, Valencia, for a taste of some authentic Spanish gastronomic fare.

The Old City, Valencia is your passport to the eclectic history of one of the greatest cities in the world.