Sightseeing in the close surrounding
- The museum of History and Archeology
- The Faller museum of ethnograpgy
- The museum of rice
- The Dragut cave museum
- The protected natural area of Albufera: a fresh water laguna of 35 km²;
thousands of migratory birds to be admired in winter
- The Brosquil protected natural area, at the mouth
of the Xúquer river,
and the Saler area, in a great pine forest on the seaside
- The city of Sueca:
the Sant Pere (XVIIIth c.),
and Mare de Deu de Sales churches
(XVIIth c.),
the Pobrets hospital (1888),
the chapel of Muntanyeta dels Sants de la Pedra (1616)
- The Cullera castle, and
the chapel of Mare de Deu del Castell,
perched on the mountain
- The mozarabic tower and the Sant Bartolomeu church,
in Almussafes
- In Riola, the church of Major Holy Mary (1735)
- In Corbera, the castle
(XIVth and XVth c.)
and the Saint-Vincents parish church
Just a bit further
The South of the Valencia province, watered by the Serpis river,
is full of souvenirs of the Borgia family.
The dukedom of Gandia was handed to the Borja
in 1485 by Ferdinand the Catholic. This family name became
famous in its Italian form, Borgia,
when the duke Rodrigo, bishop of Valencia, became Pope in 1492,
under the name of Alexander VI.
His great-grand-son, horseman of the empress Elizabeth,
wife of Charles Quint, became Saint Francis Borgia.
Gandia
Gandia is a harbour city of 70,000 people,
at an hour drive from Valencia, and half an hour from La Torreta.
You may visit the Saint-Duke palace,
former palace of the Borgia family, and the Holy Mary church,
magnificent piece of gothic architecture (XIIIth c.).
Xàtiva
The Xàtiva castle overlooks in a strategic manner the South
entrances of Valencia. Built by the Romans (Sætabis Augusta),
the place become the Medina Chateba
during the five centuries of Islam brilliant domination.
The king of Aragon, catalan Jake Ist (Jaume I)
conquered the city in 1244. He then enlarged the castle,
and added great walls, secured by thirty towers,
that still dominate today the landscape.
During more than three centuries (1347-1707),
Xàtiva was as important as Valencia,
the capital city of the "Kingdom of Valencia".
You may visit the churches of Saint Felix, Saint Francis, Saint Peter,
the Beneficiència,
and the Col·legiata,
and the museum of Almodí.
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