Valencia

Valencia, Spain

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April 11th 2006
Our first (serious) travel experience! Started absolutely fantastic, ended even better 😊 We stayed at this pretty hotel in a tiny place called L'liana , right nearby Valencia. And it was a good choice. Instead of listening to busy streets and being annoyed by noisy pedestrians we could sleep peacefully, away from the city. That's all we really wanted regarding nights, because we ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more