Highlights of the Valencian Community
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Oct-12-2010
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The provinces Castellon, Alicante and Valencia make up the Valencian Community of Spain, which lies south of Cataluña in the Mediterranean.
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The provinces Castellon, Alicante and Valencia make up the Valencian Community of Spain, which lies south of Cataluña in the Mediterranean. It is most renowned for its splendid orange groves and beautiful long beaches. Mediterranean traditions have been blended with Moorish heritage of several centuries to produce the currently intense Hispanic-Moorish heritage.
Unique Sights of the Provinces
Valencia, as the region’s capital, is renowned for its distinctive Saint Joseph fiesta, which is also known as ‘Las Fallas’. This fiesta is celebrated fiercely with huge papier-mache figurine sculptures set on fire. Valencia boasts of an invaluable Gothic architectural heritage that is observed in El Miguelete and the Lonja.
The capital is bordered by the Valencian Coast with two spacious beaches nearby and tourist spots such as Oliva, Cullera and Gandia.
La Costa Azahar is also known as the Orange-blossom Coast which is a long stretch from north of Valencia until Castellon province. There are many significant tourist centers here to assist the tourists with special sights.
Castellon offers an impressive City Hall set in ashlar stone for its façade, while its cathedral, Santa Maria is captivating.
Peñiscola is a quaint little village situated at the high point of the peninsular, where a medieval castle stands in elegance. Its homes and streets have been carefully planned out, to take advantage of the unique irregularity of the terrain to create an exotic atmosphere.
The town Oropesa houses the 16th century tower, famously known as ‘Tower of the King’.
Alicante bears the same name as its provincial capital, as it is the Community’s second most significant city. Being south of the city of Valencia, Alicante offers two huge beaches with the magnificent Moorish Santa Barbara castle looming over the city, giving a bird’s eye view of this city planted full of date trees.
La Costa Blanca is one of Spain’s most attractive tourist spots running alongside Alicante, offering fine sand beaches with excellent facilities.
Benidorm, another of Spain’s significant and busy tourist cities, offers 2 well-kept beaches with commendable hotel facilities and nightlife attractions.
One of the many impressive sights in this region is the ‘Rock of Ifach’ located in Calpe, which is a very huge rocky spur lunged into the Mediterranean Sea. This rock is one of the Mediterranean’s impressive natural formations on this coastline.
If you require more tourist information or assistance, there are helpful tourist centers in Costa Blanca to assist you, such as Denia, Calpe, Moraira, Javea, Campoamor, Santa Pola, Guardamar de Segura dan Torrevieja.
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