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Spanish online responsible tourism guide unveiled
Focuses on local authentic Valencia experiences
The Spanish Tourist Board and responsibletravel.com have created a brand-new insiders’ travel guide to Valencia in Spain. Focusing on the local, authentic experiences on offer and packed with tips from locals, it includes information on places to stay, activities, beaches, festivals, food and drink, culture as well as a host of holiday options.
The guide, with podcasts of people living and working in the three provinces, from top restaurant owners to winemakers and small tourist operators, will give insider advice on the diversity of activity holidays on offer, from rock climbing and sailing to walking and cycling.
It will also detail the large spectrum of places to stay, which range from luxurious casas rurales – carefully restored country houses with every creature comfort – to small cottages in ancient villages, or family run hotels in their own grounds, which provide excellent cuisine made from locally grown produce.
It will describe the wide variety of places to go, from the busy beaches of the coastal resorts to quiet, tranquil coves hidden beneath cliffs, from the high Sierra where you can walk for hours without meeting a soul, to the deep limestone canyons of the interior.
Some lesser-known facts on Valencia:
- Valencia is home to the world-famous paella
- Wine is still traditionally made in the region by picking grapes during the night, using candlelight, the grapes are then crushed by foot
- Two languages are spoken in the region, Spanish (or Castilian) and Valencian
- Sagunto just north of the provincial capital of Valencia, has one of the largest and most restored Roman theatres of Spain set into a natural amphitheatre
- Each summer, in excess of thirty tons of tomatoes are thrown at the Tomatina, in Buñol which celebrates the summer tomato harvest with a street battle
See http://www.responsibletravel.com/Valencia-Travel-Guide
Valere Tjolle
Valere is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suite 2011 Special Offers HERE
Valere
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