VALENCIA - THE CITY
The Real Club Náutico de Valencia is located just ten minutes from the heart of Valencia, a city purely Mediterranean, hospitable, open, lively and dynamic. Located on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, Valencia is a modern and cosmopolitan city that still retains the charm of tradition in the history of a people who have had close contact with cultures as diverse as the Iberian, Roman, Jewish and Muslim.
The city has monuments of different styles and periods, which testify to a rich culture of artists, writers and creators, who have brilliantly cultivated styles ranging from Gothic to Modernism, to a flourishing baroque and not forgetting the important buildings that have been made in recent years. La Lonja of the Merchants, the Barrio del Carmen, Central Market, North Station, the City of Arts and Sciences, the MUVIM, Bioparc, the Jardines del Turia and each and every one of the streets and squares downtown testify to the rich and prolific Valencian culture.
In recent years, Valencia has become a city closely linked to the sport by hosting major events like the America's Cup, the European Grand Prix Formula 1, the Global Champions Tour equestrian or Open 500 tennis hosts the emblematic building of the Agora. In addition, the advent of high-speed train linking Madrid Valencia has responded to the eternal vocation of the city to become the main port of the capital.
For all these reasons and more, the prestigious travel guide Lonely Planet has put Valencia in fifth place on its list of the ten best cities in the world to visit in 2011.
For more tourist information about Valencia, please visit TurisValencia
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