🇪🇸 Valencia Day Trip | A Pilgrimage to Mestalla 🦇

Valencia – where history shakes hands with modernity, and for this Bat (Valencia CF fan), it was more than sightseeing... it was a dream come true! 🏨 Stay | Hotel Malcom Barret Their in-house restaurant serves authentic Paella Valenciana (the OG version with rabbit/chicken/snails, not seafood!). Perfect late-night arrival meal. 🌅 Morning | Old Town Adventure 8:00 AM Taxi to Torres de Quart 📍 Quart & Serranos Towers Climb medieval gates for panoramic views – the city’s ancient heartbeat. 📍 Plaza de la Virgen + Cathedral See the Holy Grail (!!), then conquer 207 steps up Micalet Tower. 📍 La Lonja (Silk Exchange) UNESCO Gothic gem with palm-tree pillars – trading hub of the 15th century. 📍 Mercado Central Under stained-glass domes, devour €1 fruit cups + red prawns like a local. 📍 Plaza del Ayuntamiento Baroque beauty – the city’s grand "living room". 🏖️ Afternoon | Beach & Futurism 📍 Malvarrosa Beach 10-min Mediterranean recharge ☀️ 🍽️ Lunch | CHI.LA Chinese Restaurant After weeks of tapas, mapo tofu + double-cooked pork = soul salvation! 📍 City of Arts & Sciences (Dusk) Sci-fi skyline glow-up! Whale skeleton buildings 🐋 + opera house like frozen music. Pro tip: Daytime visits allow aquarium access. 🏟️ Night | Mestalla Magic 📍 Mestalla Stadium (1923) Valencia CF vs Barça (Copa del Rey)... a 0-5 loss 💔 but just BEING here – smelling the grass, hearing the chants – was the real trophy. Next time, with the new stadium! 🎯 Valencia Hacks ✅ Old town = walkable (taxis under €10) ✅ Science City night photos > daytime ✅ Craving spice? CHI.LA delivers ✅ Football fans: Book tickets 2+ months early #ValenciaCF #SpainInADay #PaellaPilgrimage #MestallaDreams