A look at why Valencia should be high up on any traveller’s hit list. Details the sightseeing highlights of this vibrant city and where to stay and eat.

There was a time when a city break to Spain could only mean Seville, Madrid or Barcelona. Well, no longer. If you’re savvy, there’s another hot contender and that’s Valencia. Less touristy, cheaper, and with fabulous restaurants, great shopping and an unusual blend of old and new architecture, it should be right up there at the top of your hit list.

Lovers of modern design will undoubtedly make a beeline for the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences, but if architecture or science don’t ring your bell, you can also spend lazy afternoons wandering in and out of cafes that line the ancient alleyways and narrow medieval streets.