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                <title>Ceramics museum in the Palacio de Marques de Dos Aguas</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Ceramics museum is housed in the Palacio de Marques de Dos Aguas. The exterior is covered with ornate marble decoration and the huge carved alabaster entrance was designed by Hipólito Rovira and alludes to the two rivers (Turia and Júcar) of the Marques' title. There's even a painted-gilt Cinderella coach to greet you in the entrance and the marble decoration continues inside as you walk up the stairs.<br>On the first floor of the Palacio you pass through room after room smothered with colourful plasterwork and marble decoration with enormous chandeliers sparkling in the gilded mirrors. The Palacio dates back to the 15th century but the exterior was remodelled in the 1740s and and the interiors redecorated in the rococco style in the 1850s. When you've progressed through the many delightful rooms and admired the beautiful paintings and decorations, you reach the ceramics collections themselves. The highlights for me were the colourful painted Spanish tiles and ceramics, including the replica of a tiled Spanish kitchen on the top floor, and there are also some plates decorated by Picasso.<br><br>The museum is free on Saturday morning and Sunday but otherwise it costs €2.40<br>You can see my review and photos on my blog;<br><a target="_new" href="http://heatheronhertravels.blogspot.com/2008/04/palacio-de-marques-de-dos-aguas-in.html">heatheronhertravels.blogspot.com/2008/04/palacio-de-marques-de-dos-aguas-in.html</a>]]></description>
                
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                <title>Street-art in the Barrio Carmen</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you enjoy street art, then take a walk around the area of the old town known as Barrio del Carmen. <br><br>The area is a well lived in and slightly scruffy old quarter of the city and the centre of the nightlife in Valencia. There is a lot of development going on and round each building plot you find cement walls, usually covered by some great street art. Take your time to wander round the area in the day, you'll find some nice street art round every corner.<br><br>You can see my review and photos on my blog;<br><a target="_new" href="http://heatheronhertravels.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-town-valencia-and-street-art.html">heatheronhertravels.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-town-valencia-and-street-art.html</a>]]></description>
                
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                <title>Mullets</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[After living here for the past 6 months I have discovered that Valencia offers some of the best mullet viewing in Europe, if not the whole world.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Tomatina</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. Glad to be the one. Annual tomato fight lasting about two hours. The last Wednesday of August. About 10.30 in the morning. Bring old clothes, a change of clothes and a disposable camera. That's all I can say. Just go.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Torres de Serranos</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Finally getting wise to Valencia’s burgeoning tourist potential, the city council has recently imposed charges on all of the formerly free monuments in the town centre. However, there are still no charges on Sundays. Take advantage of this and take your pick from IVAM (the modern art museum), the Botanical Gardens, the cathedral and more. But my favourite is the Torres de Serranos (Serrano Towers). Formerly a prison for noblemen, these squat, crenellated towers form one of the gates in the old city walls (the only other surviving portal is the Torres de Quart) and are one of Valencia’s most emblematic symbols. A short climb to the top of the battlements gives refreshing views of the snaking green river park in one direction, and the rooftops, tiled domes and spires of the old town in the other.]]></description>
                
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