In the heart of the old city, a truly beautiful cathedral. Pay 3 euros for the audio tour, and see a Goya, the putrified arm of some long-dead martyr... and would you believe it: the Holy Grail. Yes it's here, located at the end of the tour, in a dark, simple stone chapel, in the corner of the cathedral. Sit at the back and let the sun - passing through a high round stained glass window, decorated with the grail - land on your face. Incredible.

Plaza del la Reina

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Great fun and a wonderful occasion (despite all the Australians). But a few useful tips...
1. Catch an early train (if based in Valencia). The trains run every hour, but on Tomatina day they run every half hour. They don’t tell you this, but the trains get full quickly (20,000+ people!), and they only allow a certain number onto the platform for each train, so you pretty much inevitably miss your train and end up on the next one. Not a problem, but Tomatina starts at 11:00 and if you assume you will get on the train you want you might miss it.
2. Don’t take anything! Everyone we met afterwards had something stolen (including us) from pockets, bumbags, rucksacks, cars. Take 10 euros for a beer and the train home, put it somewhere very safe (and very waterproof) And that’s it!
3. Don’t hang around in the town after the fight has finished, looking for where the action is... everyone is back up at the train station partying.
4. Wear goggles! At least when it gets a bit wild, and the ripped t-shirts and sandals start flying. My love got hit in the eye within the first minute and spent the next days getting sympathy for a blackeye, while I got dirty looks!
5. Have fun. It’s the best experience ever!

Bunol village about 30 minutes' train ride from Valencia (7.5 euros return) - although the journey can take 50 minutes on Tomatina day.

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