Valencia

Valencia

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Weather

The BBC's Weather Page for Valencia

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Getting there

Valencia IATA code is VLC. Easyjet flt direct from LGW. Iberia fly indirect from LHR, via Madrid and BCN. BA fly to Alicante & Barcelona, or to Madrid for a connection to Valencia with Air Nostrum.

Via Alicante

BA don't have that many scheduled flights to Alicante. They fly from LGW and are only offering a 06:25 AM flight. This looks like a no-no. Even with stops on the way. I calculate an 8.5 hour journey. The trains on Sunday don't start 'till after lunch and it would best involved staying overnight in Alicante. Bugger! I dscover minutes after booking Barcelona tickets with BA that http://www.flybe.com do trips to Alicante from Southampton. The only ache would be parking

Via Barcelona

This is an alternative. Its further, the trains are more expensive but, we've been there before.

The Euromed trains take 3 hours, and there are seven on Wednesday. There are some very slow trains taking either 4 or over five and half hours. Some of the locals only take 3:30 though. On Sunday, there are many more trains to Barcelona starting at 8:35 with later trains arriving at 18:09 or 21:13 @ Barcelona Sants.

• Wednesday times to Valencia
• Sunday times to Barcelona Sants

I plan to stay in the H10 Itaca on the Sunday night on the way home, before flying to London on Monday.

	To LHR	Take Off	Landing	To Valencia	Arrive Valencia	Comments
Start Times	9:20	11:20	14:20	16:00	18:59	There's another train at 17:00
Durations	2:00	2:00	1:40	2:59

Staying there

• http://www.hotelneptunovalencia.com/ , a typical hotel site, lots of pictures, although no sound track. The site claims an Underground Line 5, direct to the airport. You need to change from tram to Metro, but its there allright.

Lessons

I need to work out how to use the RENFE site to pre-book tickets. The trains were very full. Maybe travel via Alicante next time. Get to the Municipal Museum, Valancia has a great history