Valencia

Valencia is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean coast surrounded by orange and lemon groves, date-palm plantations and rice fields still irrigated by systems devised by the Moors. There’s plenty to sate all appetites in Valencia – it’s brimming with culture, has great tapas bars and gourmet restaurants, a fascinating past with impressive historic sites as well as innovative and avant-garde buildings plus a pleasant stretch of beach to walk off all your excesses.