Enjoying Tortilla Española & Horchata in Valencia, Spain

Bonus: A link to a recipe and travel advice

Left image photo by blackieshoot on Unsplash, right image photo by author

I recently visited Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city. Below I’ll share a few highlights, notes on the Spanish dining out experience, and a link to a recipe so you can enjoy a taste of the Spain travel experience from the comfort of your own kitchen!

Having visited several cities in Spain in the past, Valencia felt significantly less touristy than Madrid, Barcelona, and Sevilla. Valencia is a provincial capitol with over 1.6 million inhabitants in and around the city. It boasts a busy commercial port, a Mediterranean beach, and a city center dating back to the Christian conquest of the region in 1238. In November 2022, Internations named Valencia as the best city in the world for expats living and working abroad.

As a visitor, an interesting aspect of the city was the juxtaposition of the historic structures from the middle ages against the ultra-modern museums and parks of the “City of Arts and Sciences” (pictured below).

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When it came to the food scene, the city boasted Spain’s finest Paella, fresh seafood, tortilla Española…