About

Connecting Valencia is a travel blog about Valencia and the land around it, written and photographed by Alis Monte. It is for readers who want to understand a place before they visit it: why a square looks the way it does, what a festival means to the people who celebrate it, which words on a sign are Valencian and which are Castilian, and how to get there by train, bus or car.

Who Writes It

Alis Monte is the author and photographer behind Connecting Valencia and its sister blog, Connecting Vienna. Both belong to Connecting the Dots, a small family of blogs that treats travel as a way of learning about a place and its people. The photographs on this site are Alis’s own, published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 4.0); you may reuse them with credit.

Our Approach

Valencia is not a backdrop. It is a city with two thousand years of history, its own language and a calendar of traditions that belong to the people who keep them. We write with that in mind:

• Context first: history, language and customs come with every sight, so a visit means more than a photo.
• Respect for local culture: places of worship, festivals and neighbourhoods are described as living parts of the city, with practical notes on how to visit considerately.
• Dense, checked information: hours, prices and routes come from official sources and are kept up to date. No filler, no hype.
• Local names: towns and districts keep their own names, and sights carry both the name you will see on signs and its Castilian form.

What We Cover

• Valencia city: the old town of Ciutat Vella, the Turia Gardens, the City of Arts and Sciences, markets, museums and neighbourhoods such as Russafa and El Carmen.
• The Comunidad Valenciana: the provinces of Castellón, Valencia and Alicante, from Morella and Peñíscola in the north to the Costa Blanca.
• The towns: Xàtiva, Sagunt, Dénia, Altea, Guadalest and the villages of the Marina Alta, with walks, beaches and day trips from the city.

Start with our guide to things to do in Valencia or our day trips from Valencia.

Get in Touch

Questions, corrections or a place we should write about? Email hi@connectingvalencia.com.