Valencia and Costa Blanca, Spain: Valencia City, Alicante, Castellón, Las Fallas and the Albufera Complete Guide 2026
Browse more guides: Spain travel | Europe destinations Valencia and Costa Blanca, Spain: Valencia City, Alicante, Castellón, Las Fallas and the Albufera Complete Guide 2026 TL;DR Spain's Valencian Community is the country's most underrated triangle: orange-scented huerta plain, the long curve of beaches from Castellón to Alicante, and a capital that built a futurist science park on the same riverbed where Roman legionaries forded the Túria in 138 BCE. This guide covers Valencia city's City of Arts and Sciences (Calatrava, 1998 to 2009), Mercado Central 1928, La Lonja de la Seda (UNESCO 1996), Cathedral 1262, Las Fallas (March 15 to 19, UNESCO 2016, 800+ ninots burned), the Albufera Natural Park where paella Valenciana was born, the Costa Blanca beaches from Benidorm to Dénia, Alicante's Castillo de Santa Bárbara, Peñíscola's sea-fortress (1294 to 1307), and Morella. Costs in EUR, USD and INR, with 5, 8 and 12-day itineraries. Why I Picked Valencia and Costa Bl...