If passing through the Plaza de la Virgen at noon on a Thursday, you'll have to fight your way past a huge conglomeration of people gathered at the cathedral's back door. You might want to pause and join the group yourself, in order to see Valencia's Tribunal de las Aguas: the oldest continuing court in Europe.
If you're looking at the Turia Riverbed using a satellite program such as Google Earth, you might be surprised by the presence of a giant tied onto the ground with ropes. And zoom in closer... what are those little specks climbing all over him? Lilliputians?
There's more than one major concert venue in the Turia park. About a kilometer away from the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia's futuristic egg-shaped opera house, you'll find the Palau de la Música. Built in 1987, the Palau focuses on classical music. It's prized for its acoustics, and attracts orchestras and famous musicians from around the world.
By far the biggest cities in Spain are Madrid and Barcelona: they dominate the country's media, culture, tourism and (especially) sports. But what comes next? What's the Chicago, to Spain's New York and Los Angeles? That, my friends, would be Valencia.
