region of valencia Community
Traditional food
Paella
Valencia is synonymous with Paella, the famous rice and seafood (or sausage
or chicken) dish simmered with vegetables in a saffron broth. Rice dishes include
many varieties other than paella, though, including Arroz con Alcacofa (which
uses artichokes and ham). Shellfish are popular, as is Lubina con Costra (baked
bass).
local info
Then Valencia is of course the city where "El Cid",
Spain's national hero, fought against the Moors, and popular festivals in
the city and many villages around still remind of this epoch.
What to see
Costa Blanca
If you want to discover more than just sun and sand, you will find remains
of most remote civilizations, Phoenicians, Greeks, Iberians and Romans. The
Moorish legacy is still present in traditional artisany and agriculture with
its praised oranges as well as rice. The conquests of Jaime de Aragon led to
the foundation of the kingdom of Valencia, more or less at the territiory of
todays Community.
