Valencia is a beautiful city in Spain known for its football team, paella, monuments, and beaches. Some of its most famous landmarks include the City Hall, Valencia Airport serving destinations around the world, and beaches like Malvarrosa and las Arenas. Valencia will host the prestigious America's Cup sailing competition in August 2007. The city also has several theaters like the Principal Theatre, and the Oceanografico aquatic park designed by famous architect Santiago Calatrava.

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2. V a L e N c I A Valencia is very beautiful. It's the best place in the world. There are lots of kind people. It is famous for its football team and its typical food, ”the paella”. It has got a lot of monuments This is the City Hall

3. The airport of Valencia is eight km. from the capital, in Manises. It is an enormous transport centre serving numerous destinations around the globe. Valencia's airport

4. In Valencia the food is very important and the typical food is PAELLA. The ingredients are: rice, chicken, rabbit, olive oil and vegetables. A typical food

5. In Valencia there are a lot of beaches, for example: Malvarrosa, las Arenas... They are famous for their clean water and their very beautiful sand. Our coast is 2800 meters long. Valencia's beaches

6. America’s cup is the most famous and prestigious sailing regatta. It will be celebrated in Valencia in August 2007. This competition is very important for our city.

7. There are quite a lot of theatres in Valencia. The most important one is the Principal theatre. It is the most important because it has got a lot of seats. There is a big clock. The roof has got some very beautiful pictures. Valencia's theatres

8. The Oceanografico is very big and the best aquatic park in the world. In the Oceanografico there are a lot of different animals. It was designed by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava, with the “Palau de les Arts”, the Prince Philip museum and the “Hemisféric”. The "Oceanográfico"

9. * PrinCe PhiLippe MuSeum * It is a very interesting and beautiful Science museum, located in the old bed of the river Turia in an enormous park. It is next to Saler Shopping centre It is a very funny place for kids. If you want, you can have dinner in the museum's restaurant.

10. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and it is in the international circuits for opera plays. It has got an area of more than forty thousand square metres and a height of over seventy-five metres. This building houses four theatres for opera, musicals, ballet and theatrical events Palau de les Arts