@ MichaelAndrews: I haven't been to Valencia yet, but not for lack of interest, just lack of time. But haven't you already gotten a lot of good information on your other thread?
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...n-641463-2.cfm
It really doesn't help to ask the same question on multiple threads...

kja:

I actually did not get as much information on that post as I had hoped and actually got a lot more help here on this post for some reason. I do not see a problem asking a similar, and even more detailed, question in someone's post, especially if it is about travelling to the same destination as it may give the poster and others new things to think about. So, it did help me very much.


I knew it couldn't be just me who prefers "talking" with like-minded travellers whose experiences are recent and first hand, as opposed to guidebooks whose recommendations are very suspect most of the time.

So, I will fly to Madrid, drive to Seville, then off to Cordoba and Granada, up to Valencia and end in Barcelona, with some time to relax at a beach somewhere in the middle.

Thank everyone.

@ ebean: My apologies for engaging in this digression -- you were wise to start a new thread to make sure you got the information YOU wanted.

lol i'm not shy! and i read lots of informative stuff on the meandering this thread took.

ebean: I am sorry for hijacking your post. That really was not my intention.

kja: I do thank you for your advice even though you now regret offering it. Nice.