Valencia Private Walking Tour with a Professional Guide
Highlights
Valencia
Private Tour
2 Hours
EASY
English, Spanish
Description
The port city of Valencia boasts an impressive mixture of ancient and futuristic architecture, influenced by christian and arabic cultural background.Gaze upon the many styles of the facades of administrative, commercial, and religious structure.
Join our private walking tour in the old town, for a journey through 2 thousand years of history, and be sure to end feeling a valencian yourselves.
Itinerary
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You will see:
Modernist train station Estación del Norte
Plaza Ayuntamiento
Historic Post office
Plaza Redonda
Plaza de la Reina
Cathedral of Valencia and the Basilica
Plaza de la Virgín
Medieval city gates of Torres de Serranos
The Lonja
Central Market
You will learn about:
Roman Empire and romanization
Arrival of the Visigoths
Muslim Balansiya
Christian Reconquest
The kingdom of Aragon
The Golden Age of Valencia
The rise of the Spanish Empire
The War of Spanish Succession
19th century wars
Repercussions of the French Revolution
Napoleonic invasion
World War I
Spanish Civil War
The rise of Franco’s dictatorship before, during and after WWII
The fall of fascism and the rise of modern Democracy
The astonishing architecture of the Valencian Star Architect Santiago Calatrava
What's Included
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.