August

I cannot believe how empty Valencia is this summer. Everyone has done a Madrid and disappeared. The city is a bit of a ghost town but despite this the papers today are reporting the boom in city tourism that has taken place in Valencia over the last couple of years. So far this year all records for number of tourists and tourist spend have been shattered and the city fathers (and mothers) are hoping that it may continue for a long time. Current perspectives would suggest that it will as Valencia gets itself firmly on the tourist map for city breaks and as a centre for exploring the Spanish Eastern Mediterranean coast.