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The third biggest city in the whole of Spain is Valencia. The city is filled with spectacular architecture involving both old and new one. The city has strived hard to emerge as a new city and has succeeded as popular city in all fields. The inclusion of city's true cultural complex "City of Art and Science" made the city more popular and gathered large nuber of visiotrs.This complex has become the city's premier tourist attraction and increased the beauty and fame of the city.Maintaining a population of some 740,000 lies on the Mediterranean coast some 350km south of Barcelona. Madrid is a similar distance inland. Gastronomically, the region is home to paella, Spain's most famous dish. Historically, it is believed that the Holy Grailre sides in Valencia's cathedral and it was here that El Cid fought the Moors.The Valencia climate tends to be mild all year round and one of Spain's greatest festivals, Las Fallas, takes place every March when revellers enjoy a week long party with fireworks and massive bonfires every night.The major tourist attraction in Valencia is the amazing City of Arts and Sciences which attracts 4 million annual visitors and is equally fascinating to adults and children alike.
The city is mainly known for a starnge festival of fires called "Fallas",cathedals and large number of villas and hotels throughout the city has made more visitors to arrive and love the city.
There are two International Airports in the Valencia region – at Valencia itself and at Alicante in the south of the region. The airport at Valencia doubled its number of passengers in the decade up to 2007 so that it has now become Spain’s eighth busiest terminal. Although about 60% of the passengers at the airport use Spanish internal flights, the introduction of, amongst others, Ryanair, Easyjet and Jet2 flights has helped British access to the region.
Alicante Airport, of course, has long been a favourite destination for British holidaymakers travelling out to Benidorm, Torrevieja and other Costa Blanca resorts. With over 9 million passengers in 2007, it is the sixth largest in the country and attracts flights from Ryanair, Easyjet, Monarch, bmibaby and Jet2 airlines.
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