To the beach!

But before we got to the beach, we stopped by the big stone gate into the city. We've passed this structure every day since we arrived, but we always had other priorities and hadn't gone up. Today was the day! So we bought our very expensive tickets (sarcasm) and made our way up the steps to the top of the gatehouse.

It would have been roughly 8 or 9 storeys high and we got a very nice view out over the old town. We could see the tops of church domes peaking out past apartment buildings. We were lucky to have another fantastic blue sky day with only a couple of fluffy clouds scooting past on the Mediterranean breeze. We spent a bit of time atop the battlements, getting a couple of snaps before making our way to the bus station.

It took about an hour by bus to get to the beach, and with a very lazy start to our day, it was about 6pm when we arrived. There was plenty of heat still in the sun, and plenty of people still out enjoying it. We found a spot and Nathan promptly made his way into the waves. The water was a little cool at first, but once in it was lovely. After Nathan had enough time trying to body surf the choppy waves, we chilled on the beach reading until dinner time.

We found a neat little restaurant near the beach and ordered squid ink paella (it's the squid ink, it's not burnt) and topped it off with a cheesecake and tiramisu for dessert. A bus ride and short walk later we were back home. That's it for our time in Valencia, very pretty little city with an amazing climate. Looking forward to our next stop on the Mediterranean coast!Read more