VALENCIA
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 Valencia is known for Las Fallas, which is a famous local festival held in March, for paella valenciana, traditional Valencian ceramics, intricate traditional dress, and the striking new architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences designed by its own son, architect Santiago Calatrava.
La Tomatina, an annual tomato fight, draws crowds to the nearby town of Buņol in August. There are also a number of well preserved Catholic fiestas throughout the year. Semana Santa celebrations in Valencia are considered the most colourful in Spain. Valencia has a metro system, the Valencia Metro.
Valencia is also famous for its football club Valencia C.F., which won the Spanish league in 2002 and 2004 (in which year it also won the UEFA Cup), and was also a UEFA Champions League runner-up in 2000 and 2001, it is one of the most famous football clubs in Spain and Internationally.
Museums in Valencia include:
 Ciutat de les Arts i les Cičncies (arts and science)
Very interesting. It is located where the old river Turia used to flow and over there you will find a Science Museum, a Planetarium, an IMAX cinema, an Aquarium and, in a near future, the Arts Museum. It is famous for its architecture by Santiago Calatrava.
- Institut Valenciā D'Art Modern (IVAM, modern art)
- Museu De Belles Arts (fine art)
- Museo de Prehistoria de Valencia
- Museu Faller & Museu De l'Artista Faller (Les Falles)
- Museu Taurí (bullfighting)
- Museu De l'Arroį (rice)
- Museu Valenciā de la il.lustraciķ i la Modernitadt (MUVIM, various exhibits)
- Almudodí (various exhibits, mainly art and archaeology)
- Museu de Setmana Santa
- Museum of Corpus
- Museum of Ceramics
- Museum of Valencian History
- Museum of Alfonso Pascual Maldonado
- Museum of Parro
Nightlife:
Valencia is famous for its vibrant nightlife. In the 1980s and 1990s clubbers would follow the "ruta del bacalao" from Madrid to Valencia.
 Today, the more alternative/bohemian bars and nightclubs are concentrated in the Carmen, while the student nightlife is found around Blasco Ibanez and the more mainstream weekend nightlife has its clusters in the areas of Canovas and Juan Llorens.
In the summer there is also nightlife on the beach and at the Port and Malvarossa Beach. Since the America's Cup new clubs have been opened and people from all nations go there to party every weekend. As is normal for Spain, nightlife does not take off until well after midnight. Agua de Valencia is the city's unofficial cocktail.
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