welcome to Valencia this is Spain's third-largest city located on the
Mediterranean coast known for having one of the busiest ports. We're gonna explore
the architecture of the city old and new including the futuristic Calatrava
buildings and we'll get a taste of the cuisine including jamon. Let's go check it out.
This is the port of Valencia, it's a huge city.
Donde estamos? La ciudad de Valencia!
Now let's head to the old town Valencia was founded in 138 BC by the
Romans the town is very walkable with a blend of historic treasures. First stop
is the mercado de cologne trying to imitate Gaudi and well as you can
see inside this is not a market anymore
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I'm walking around the city of Valencia
the flag of Valencia this is a city of 800,000 people and they're famous for paella
look at all the different types of paella
one of the main draws of Valencia is the food it's known as the birthplace of
Paia an iconic Spanish dish made with rice sometimes seafood rabbit chicken or
duck
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we are going inside the market
look at the inside of this market!
wow!
now time to try my favorite food of the region jamon iberico I'm a real Valencia
girl now
jamon!!
delicioso
Just got Valencia orange juice
Espana
I got naranja
The architecture here is so whimsical
some of the town is under construction
I just ordered some Valencia red wine
and we are in this really cool tapas bar
you can't come to Spain without trying the tapas and it just might be time for
more jamon iberico. This is the restaurant we went to for tapas. Our tapas bar was called lalala colmado and right
outside is the beautiful Gothic cathedral
another fun fact about Valencia is the city is bilingual they have two official
languages valenciano and spanish
Walking around the city
there's tapas bars everywhere
tapas y paella
We are in Valencia so there's
oranges
and orange trees right in the city center
Valencia is beautifully landscaped with orange trees lining many boulevards and
parks
tobacco anybody
those tiles underneath
yeah there's like a castle right here
now it's time to head to the port of Valencia which is a quick 10-minute taxi
ride away
Mike described the oranges very bitter juicy sour sour one of the things we
noticed while walking around Valencia is that the Spanish flag was everywhere can
you guess why comment below! Our best guess is that it
was in response to the Catalonia independence movement which was
happening during our visit
Ok as I was saying, there's an independence reform going on with Catalonia
so a lot of the Spanish are out. They are opposing the Catalonia independence.
after exploring the city it's time to go to one of the largest urban parks in
Europe this is the oceanographic park instead of build here a highway they
decided to build here almost ten kilometers long of gardens parks sport
facilities and museums and as you can see this is the result of that decision
you know the most famous architect? Gaudi! Gaudi, exactly can you see here on the right
small pieces of ceramics this is called a broken tile effect this technique was
created 100 years ago by Gaudi.
Well as you can see this is the museum of science
they will see in most areas as you can see really nice and beautiful in fact
and in fact as you can see they inside we have a cinema for that reason
Calatrava he was trying to imitate an eye. Because well, to watch a movie you need an eye.
and for that reason, well here is the only moment in which we more or less we will
agree with you ok well he always is explaining like oh my god Calatrava what
is that? Why are you thinking about that? In this case more or less
it will be an eye. This is the only moment with we agree with him.
Going to the Oceanographic Park
Lot of kids here today it's a day off. We are going in here
where are we? Oceanographic
inside the oceanographic park we found ocean tanks filled with sharks
rays fish jellyfish walruses belugas sea lions and an underground aquarium
tunnel
under the sea to do under the sea
As cool as it was to see all the ocean life the
architecture of this complex sure steals the show
Who is the architect of this building?
Santiago Calatrava. Calatrava, you might recognize him, he did the World Trade Center metro station.
most expensive metro station in the world.
We are inside the arctic, the arctic circle!
Just like that it's time to say goodbye
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