Visit Valencia: Let Me Convince Ya

Not long ago, Valencia was one of Spain's least interesting major cities.

Madrid and Barcelona were destinations, while Valencia was a pit stop surrounded by orange trees on the way to the beach.

Today, Spain's third-largest city on the eastern Mediterranean coast buzzes with excitement.

Valencia still starts with its original attractions, sun and sand. The city enjoys 300 days of sunshine a year, and temperatures in midwinter are comfortably in the 60s and 70s. It leveraged this Florida-like weather into hosting the 2007 America's Cup yacht race, an event which reinvigorated the industrial port. ...