Camping Puzol

Valencia, you think? Decide now on several days in this splendid city, around its Old Town and cathedral, the City of Arts and Sciences and the Oceanogràfic aquarium (both in the same place; how handy), and the avant-garde opera house Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. (As the kids may be allergic to this last, you should also know about the city beaches too, accessible by bus routes, tram, car, foot or bike a few minutes from Valencia's centre.) The Camping Puzol team quite sensibly points out too that one of the most tiptop things about a visit to Valencia is trekking around its local cuisine. Paella, baked rice, rice with seafood, duck, lobster, wild mushrooms, black rice and loads more should all be easily found to sample in and around the city, so do be sure to track down the lot. As well as guzzling all these in Valencia, a highly recommended foodie trip is around the Albufera Nature Reserve (the 'home of real paella', says the Puzol team), where you can take a boat or horse and cart trip around the wetlands or countryside before or after (or both) as much paella as you can manage.