Valencia and Madrid - Summer 2024 one week itinerary
Day 1 - Valencia Our trip to Spain started with a very early morning (or rather night) flight to Valencia. After arrival, we reached our accommodation to leave the luggage, and as we still had a few long hours to kill and were quite exhausted, we first made a stop in a local bar for a coffee / drink. Our apartment was located near Jardines de Turia - a former riverbed turned into a park, which stretches for about 9km in the centre of Valencia - so we then went for a walk there, waiting for a lunch time to start in local restaurants. We found a simple local bar, with a lovely accommodating owner, who prepared the meals for us even though the kitchen was not open yet. Something we really needed at this moment of the day to not get totally grumpy after the almost sleepless travel night, with a tiredness peak. Our apartment service was also very accomodating, and as soon as we finished lunch, our apartment was ready to check in. After a late afternoon siesta, we went to the old town, taki...