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Road Trip to Valencia

Posted on November 15, 2018September 6, 2019 by Steph
July 2017

This was a mega surprise trip for me in 2017.  We went to Barcelona and took my dad and our daughter came with her boyfriend and we had a fabulous time.  We were then going back to the airport to go home and when we got there my wonderful, fabulous husband told me to say cheerio to everyone as we were going on somewhere else!!!!  It turned out that our daughter already knew and she hurriedly  threw some bits and pieces from her case into mine so that I would have enough clothes – luckily I had kind of overpacked any way lol as I had room left when I was packing and Paul just kept telling me to fill my case up so I had plenty of choice – might as well use the baggage allowance he said!  I really had no idea what he was planning!

So cheerio’s said and we went off to pick up our hire car.  I was so surprised by all this – I really couldn’t believe he’d arranged all this and I literally had no idea. I cried a bit lol.

So first we travelled to Tortosa, where we were staying in a castle!
Cannon
Top of our castle
Swimming pool
Lovely pool
Tortosa
View from the Castle
Tortosa
Lovely view
Castle
My castle!
Castle
One view from our room

The room was absolutely beautiful and the road trip so far has been amazing.  I loved my castle – and how lucky was I to have all this arranged for me as a surprise – I’m even letting other people stay at my castle!!

When we walked down into Tortosa it was really beautiful – Barcelona was fab but I loved this so much more – quieter, not commercialised – probably how Barcelona used to be before it got so touristy – don’t get me wrong – I did love Barcelona but it is very very crowded.

Tortosa

Tortosa

Paul in Tortosa

River

River

And on to Valencia

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Love a G&T
View
View from our Hotel
River Turia
In the park that was once the path of the river Turia
Valencia
Hmmm??? Not sure what this pose was all about!!

Valencia

Admiring the view

Cathedral
Cathedral

Fountain

Cathedral
Valencia Cathedral

Fountain

Delicious food

Street view

Valencia is such a beautiful city – we also visited the City of the Arts and Sciences which was amazing.

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We walked everywhere but there were loads of bikes to hire.  And another amazing place to visit is the Central Market (Mercado Central) – fabulous experience.

Cheers
Cheers!

And on our way back to the airport we went to Peniscula Castle.

This was such an amazing surprise and a brilliant road trip – and it was this trip that inspired our trip to Italy in 2018 when we went to Venice then travelled by train to Naples and picked up a car to travel to the Cilento Coast – amazing trip including a visit to Pompeii and Herculaneum!

If you’re looking for a fabulous city break – go to Valencia – it’s brilliant!!!

xxxx

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14 thoughts on “Road Trip to Valencia”

  1. beautybydiva says:
    November 16, 2018 at 2:05 am

    Wow, looks like a great place to visit. The pictures looks so lovely .

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    1. Steph says:
      November 16, 2018 at 7:04 am

      I loved Valencia it was beautiful- worth a visit if you get the chance xx

      Reply
  2. Lorraine says:
    November 16, 2018 at 8:38 am

    Wow, looks amazing! Your pics are stunning

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    1. Steph says:
      November 16, 2018 at 8:43 am

      Thank you – it was an amazing place xx

      Reply
  3. Suzy says:
    November 16, 2018 at 9:43 am

    The pics look amazing! Looks like you had a great time! 🙂

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  4. balanceandblessings1 says:
    November 16, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    I would love to stay in a castle, especially one with a pool! I need to look that place up and see how much it costs! I bet its worth it though.

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    1. Steph says:
      November 16, 2018 at 5:01 pm

      It was fab – and Tortosa is gorgeous x

      Reply
  5. Krysten (@WeirdGirlBlog) says:
    November 16, 2018 at 4:25 pm

    Oh my goodness, I want to climb in these pictures. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Steph says:
      November 16, 2018 at 5:02 pm

      Thank you ?

      Reply
  6. highlands2hammocks says:
    November 16, 2018 at 5:32 pm

    So amazing you stayed in a castle! Valencia looks beautiful ?

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    1. Steph says:
      November 16, 2018 at 7:10 pm

      It was absolutely amazing- I would love to go back x

      Reply
    2. Steph says:
      November 17, 2018 at 5:25 pm

      It is – we loved it xx

      Reply
  7. Marina says:
    February 28, 2019 at 2:29 am

    I lived in Barcelona for over 6 months and never took a trip to Valencia. One of my future trips will probably be a trip all over Spain and Portugal and i just can’t wait to visit Valencia, too!!

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    1. Steph says:
      February 28, 2019 at 6:59 am

      Yes go if you can it’s so beautiful- I’d love to go again x

      Reply

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