Tuesday 10th June

We spent the day taking in the city sites and its striking architecture; we found Valencia to be a vibrant and energetic cosmopolitan place.

Modernism hotel

and railway station

Monster market hall

and interior

The cathedral is home of a chalice alleged to be the original holy grail

Wednesday 9th June

Time for some beach, so our beach of the day is Peniscola another one of those picture postcard perfect places with its medieval old town on a rocky peninsular known locally as the city of the sea, dominated by a castle, a relic of the Knights Templar real estate business, however its big claim to fame is that along with the Vatican and the Papal Palace in Avignon it shares the kudos of having once been a Holy See, Pope Luna, Benedict XIII.

Picture postcard Peniscola

and looking the other way