Use this thread for info on hotels and how much for a pint etc........
I have attached the seating plan for a starters.
Anyway, someone on here Rushian, John Mac ? can point out the away end. Also stolen a tourist guide of the valencia offal, how boring.
Valencia Club de Fútbol has the name of a city in which the remains of its remotest past lives with the most innovative ad avant-garde buildings. Valencia is hte name of a cheerful and bright city, a city that spreads the feeling, under its walls and under its flooring, the beating of many centuries of history.
A route through Valencia’s heart may start in its Cathedral , famous Miguelete”, is a symbol for its inhabitants. Next to the Cathedral -a Romanesque temple in transition to Gothic-, we can find the basilica of the Virgen de los Desamparados, patron saint of the city and centre of the affective gravity of the Valencian people. It is exactly in this place where, every year, the staff and board of directors of Valencia Club de Fútbol meet in order to start the new season, and it is also here where the Valencian footballers come to offer the Virgin the titles achieved by the team.
If we exit to the Virgen square, we arrive to the Palau de la Generalitat, a Fifteenth Century-building that was created with the aim to hold the permanent commission of the Kingdom Courts. Towards the East, we find the San Esteban church, where according to the tradition, the Cid married his daughters and San Vicente Ferrer was baptised. A little further, after crossing Paz Street, we find the Colegio del Patriarca, next to it, the 1830 University, and a little further the Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas. This is the main sample of the rococo style in Valencia, with its alabaster marble facade carved by Ignacio Vergara.
Going down on San Vicente Street, we arrive to Zaragoza square, from where we can see Santa Catalina Church, with its slim baroque tower. Very close to it there is the place where all the Valencian people celebrate their team’s victories, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, where the Town Council is located.
After crossing the Redonda square, where there is an odd and varied flee market on Sundays, we walk to another of the great monuments of the town: Lonja de la Seda. This Fifteenth Century building has three main parts: the Salón Columnario, which, due to its shape reminds to the palm groves or fireworks typical from the Valencian region, the Torreón and the Consulado. Mercado Central, a modernist building crowned by a parrot, extends all its colours.
Within this artistic and monumental route we cannot miss a visit to Estación del Norte, a modernist building that represents one of the most beautiful examples of railway architecture existing in Spain.
Surrounding the heart of the city we can find two beautiful and important doors: the Torres de Quart (1441) y, and especially the Torres de Serranos (1398), one of the best samples of gothic military architecture in Europe. From there people are convened every year to participate in the Fallas, festivities of tourist and national interest in honour of San José, patron saint of the town, and which are the most famous popular expression of Valencia. Opposite these towers, we can see the gardens in the Turia old riverbed, where we can walk along until the Palau de la Música and further on, until the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.
The Turia old riverbed, origin and limits of the town during the Middle Age, is at present a space of pleasure for amusement. On one of its sides and near the Jardines del Real, we can find the Museo de Bellas Artes which together with the IVAM (Valencian Museum of Modern Art), is one of the most visited places in the town.
Valencia has become an outstanding congress centre in Europe and meeting point of importance for those who want to develop their business or take part in trade shows. El Palacio de Congresos in Cortes Valencianas Avenue consolidates this offer and turns the Turia town in the perfect place for commercial activities and cultural exchange. Valencia is, in short, a town that keeps its traditions and customs and at the same time, mixes the most modern infrastructure and services with a wide cultural and leisure offer. Doubtless, it is the big town that corresponds to a big team like the Valencia Club de Fútbol.
