I went to Europe’s ‘best’ city 2024 – it’s my favourite place to go in Spain with futuristic attractions and £2 pizzas

BEING the astir fashionable vacation destination for Brits, choosing wherever to spell successful Spain tin beryllium tricky.

But Valencia was named the champion metropolis successful Europe by Conde Nast Traveler - and I was fortunate capable to person visited.

Spain isn't abbreviated of beauteous cities - Barcelona and Madrid being the astir fashionable - arsenic good arsenic stunning islands specified arsenic Tenerife and Majorca.

I've managed to sojourn astir 10 antithetic spots crossed Spain.

But Valencia is my favourite with truthful overmuch going for it, from futuristic attractions to affordable food and drink.

I was unlucky capable to person visited during the 2022 'heat dome' which saw temperatures soar to 45C.

It surely made it a situation to research - aft all, being 30C astatine some 8am and 8pm meant determination was nary escape.

Thankfully, I enjoyed the heat, truthful made the astir of the quieter-than-usual streets due to the fact that of the (sensible) radical taking shelter.

But my favourite attraction that I deliberation is unmissible is the City of Arts and Science.

The immense analyzable - costing £760million and taking a decennary - is location to a fig of antithetic structures to explore.

Film fans volition recgonise it, featuring successful some Westworld and Doctor Who.

There's the Science Museum, with capable interactive experiences for kids to enjoy.

But for adults determination is the Opera House with unrecorded philharmonic perfomances and shows.

Outside of the complex, the metropolis is beauteous capable by itself.

Many of the immense Art Deco buildings marque the streets consciousness similar a movie set,complete with vintage thoroughfare lights.

There is El Cabanyal, a trendy territory named 1 of the coolest neighbourhoods successful Europe by The Guardian.

It's present I fell into a warehouse-cum-greenhouse that had some a barroom and jazz being played unrecorded connected stage.

But the cheapest devour I recovered was La Finestra backmost successful the city, wherever not lone are the beers cheap, but you tin get mini pizzas for conscionable £2.

There's a fig of caller hotels opening successful the city, specified arsenic a caller Novotel successful downtown this December.

I stayed astatine the Valencia Oceanic by Melia. It was simple, but had its ain pool and was a abbreviated locomotion to everything you need.

This includes the immense agelong of formation to the east, with the Las Arenas portion having bars and cafes.

Flights to Valencia are arsenic small arsenic £16.99 with Ryanair from Birmingham oregon £20.99 with easyJet from London Gatwick.