maybe you've heard about valencia maybe you haven't
maybe you think valencia is in California maybe you know it's in Spain
and it's one of the most beautiful cities and yet in my opinion
one of the most underrated cities here in Spain
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it is quite surprising that this city
still exists almost behind closed doors and we all know about Barcelona and
Madrid and the historical cities in Spain like Sevilla and Granada and
cordoba the beautiful islands of ibiza and Mallorca and the Canary Islands
everybody associates these places in Spain with different things i am getting
many comments people saying that they didn't plan a trip to valencia they were
just on their way to alicante or to malaga and they just decided to do an
accidental stop here and they were so pleasantly surprised other people just
discovering valencia by just giving it a chance as another city to visit and they
are blown away by the beauty of this city by the unexpected load of history
and this is throughout every pretty much every street here to me personally i
don't need a city to have a big landmark valencia pretty much doesn't have that
except the beautiful arts and sciences center really futuristic very different
from let's say this architecture here [Music]
don't even get me started with the green spaces turia park it's incredible many
people know about that and there's so many activities you can do in the park
there are eight parks equally beautiful not as big but really great it depends
in which part of the city you're located you can still enjoy a green space just
in the middle of the city i believe it's so important to have green spaces
they absorb all the pollution after all their cars left and right
this is what cleans the air this is what makes the air not as bad as as any other
cities big cities usually have very high pollution valencia it's not bad i never
really felt i never smelt the fumes as i did in other big cities that's pretty
good that's not something you should ignore health number one it's important
and it's beautiful but not only that valencia it's really pedestrian friendly
bike friendly you can even rent one of those
too bad i don't have my driver's license but it works with an app so it's a very
easy way to use that i enjoy just having a city
where everything is about 30 minutes of walking biking or metro
you don't need the over complicated metro stations where you get lost and
you can't find anything look at these bike lanes even
around the coffee
they just added metro line number 10 which is going to connect finally
finally going to connect Rusafa area with not just Rusafa but other stops that i
still haven't explored but it's going to connect them to the science center and
valencia has the biggest aquarium in Europe so the oceanographic it's not
something to be missed the safety of Valencia isn't something I hear people
talk enough about not only the central areas many times i'm walking home and
now especially in the summer when the sun sets at 10
pm i believe really around 10 pm you don't even feel it's nighttime
before you before it's 12 midnight a place where you just walk you absorb
history you meet people valencia has i believe there are 18 michelin star
restaurants as well as places that you can just eat food authentic food in the
little small residential areas look who's here
this is the history of daniel's fascinating
what a buenas una orchata
that's what i'm having mediana y farton gracias
first time trying it without sugar who needs the sugar right it's kind of sweet
naturally so why add sugar tiger nuts are so good for you they're loaded with
vitamins vitamin e magnesium fibers a lot of fibers and
antioxidants so it's so good for you so excellent
i never tried horchata with coffee might be very good maybe next time the weather
is amazing usually but now it's hot
okay that's awesome my makeup melted
it's that hot but anyway
where was i and i didn't really mention prices
because valencia beats both of them barcelona and madrid barcelona got
really expensive madrid it's expensive for a reason it's the capital it's the
largest city but valencia it's still very reasonable yes prices
went up rental prices are up some prices of the groceries are up but that's
everywhere in the world it is still one of the most affordable big cities
valencia is humble it's non-intrusive and i have to say a word or two about
the people really welcoming people
[Music] i didn't get the same in barcelona i
experienced a little bit of attitude in madrid it was better madrid it's like a
big big city but small city people were nice wagers even touristic areas no
problem i met only the nicest people here maybe it's just my luck but maybe
maybe it's just who they are i forgot to mention that it has one of the best
schools in the world 1500 schools
and it's number i believe 300 something which is awesome there's so many people
coming here to study because they can have a safe student life with some fun
experiences but nothing that the big city brings you
i'm sure it's much easier being a student here than in
in barcelona so many people go there to party so many people and tourists are
populating the city that it might not be as pleasant of an experience
and at the same time if you're studying in valencia you can hop on a train and
be there in like couple hours and enjoy actually or party in barcelona and come
back to a life filled with quality if you look at the different points that
valencia has you'll realize how underrated this city
is and it is the third largest city it has about 800 000 people it shouldn't be
as unknown as it is but it actually is you can walk through
13th century old bridges city packed with history many marble little plazas
hidden everywhere beautiful beautiful romantic street not to mention the
many valencian oranges trees just everywhere
picturesque friendly people great transportation for the size of the city
walkable bikeable super safe
with very good universities a beach
great weather year around did i miss anything
let me know is valencia worth visiting
just needs a little more love i think it's underappreciated and if you're not
watching my videos for a first time give me a comment and let me know if i
changed your mind and you already visited the valencia or if i made you a
little bit more curious about this city i lived in valencia
already two and a half years and i can tell you how to spend the perfect day
watch my video here to find all the things you can do in one
day to have the most memorable experience here