Valencia is very much a city of two halves: there are the gothic and baroque churches, the narrow alleys and town-walls of the old town. And then there is the stunning new architecture of the so-called 'City of Arts and Sciences' (Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencian, and Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Spanish).
Both have their charms, but whilst the old town is so-much same-old, the modern quarter is totally unique to Valencia. Any of my photos of the churches could have been taken in any European town and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but the townscape of the City of Arts and Sciences is undoubtedly Valencia.
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