By Chris Guy posted on 18 Oct 2023 in Urban

Valencia

València is Spain's third largest city on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula. We visited for a week in October 2023 and had a fabulous time, it is such a great city to wander and explore. We were mostly based in the Russafa district with a couple of nights in the Barrio Del Carmen.

Below are a selction of the pictures from the week, shot on a mixture of 35mm film (Kodak Portra 160 on a Yashica T5) and digital (my trusty Fuji X100F). Hope you enjoy browsing through them.

A graffiti- and sticker-covered white utility box mounted on a gray wall, filled with posters and scribbles, next to a bright orange vertical pipe.

The Photographer

Sunlit courtyard of terracotta vertical fins, a triangular sky opening with a pigeon in flight, and leafy plants rising in the foreground.

Mercat de Russafa

Blue-striped corner with a vintage second-hand shop window showing a mannequin, neon "VINTAGE" sign and "THE REAL REAL SECOND HAND" lettering; a pedestrian walks by on the sidewalk.

Vintage Russafa

Seated female mannequin in colorful outfit and headband outside a shop, beside a 'Giants' jacket, with a city street and no-entry sign in the background.

Vintage Russafa

Outdoor café under large umbrellas: patrons sit at tables chatting and drinking on a sunny day beside historic stone walls.

Lisboa Restobar, Ciutat Vella

Blurred cyclist speeds past a Tabacos shop wall plastered with posters and graffiti, while pedestrians walk by under sunlit trees.

Tabacos, Barrio del Carmen #1

Barrio del Carmen

Tabacos, Barrio del Carmen #2

Barrio del Carmen

Tabacos, Barrio del Carmen #3

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

Museu de les Ciències

Museu de les Ciències

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

L'Hemisfèric

L'Hemisfèric

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

Barrio del Carmen

Barrio del Carmen

Clown

Clown

Blue Rinse

Blue Rinse

Sunglasses

Sunglasses

Flowers

Flowers

Red and Pink

Red and Pink

El Cabanyal

Space Invader, El Cabanyal

El Cabanyal

Doorway, El Cabanyal

El Cabanyal

Street, El Cabanyal

Mercat de Russafa

Mercat de Russafa

Mercat Central

Mercat Central

Streetart

Streetart: David de Limon

Plaça de la Santa Creu

Plaça de la Santa Creu

Bold street-art mural of a stylized woman's face on a corrugated door, with teal hair highlights, blue-green lips and hoop earrings, framed by a bright yellow wall.

Streetart, Barrio del Carmen

Person walks past a huge painted face mural on a city wall, carrying colorful shopping bags along the sidewalk.

Streetart, Barrio del Carmen

Large painted mural close-up of a face on a building wall, shown sideways beneath a clear blue sky.

Streetart, Barrio del Carmen

Black-and-white photo of a modern underground metro station: geometric vaulted ceiling, parallel tracks, long platform with benches, lit signs and scattered passengers waiting.

Alameda

Monochrome photo of a minimalist curved concrete corridor with a smooth balustrade and tall window panels, light flooding the interior.

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Futuristic white architectural complex with ribbed supports beside a turquoise reflecting pool under a clear blue sky.

Museu de les Ciències

Black building with a bold green arched doorway and a small door; a green skip filled with debris sits on the street, apartment blocks visible in the background.

Doorway, El Cabanyal

Yellow corner building with metal roll-up shutters, two red no-entry signs on the corner pole, and a quiet street intersection.

Signs, El Cabanyal

White church tower with a statue in a niche, framed by tall palm trees against a bright blue sky.

Parroquia de San Juan Bosco

Sunny urban intersection with tall palms, an ornate low building and an apartment block, a motorbike stopped at a red light and a wide zebra crossing beneath a clear blue sky.

Bombas Gens Centre D’Art

Busy sunny street sidewalk: a woman on her phone carries papers, another walks a small dog, a man with grocery bags passes by under palm trees and shopfronts.

Les Tendetes

Ornate, colorful multi-story Art Nouveau building with decorative columns, patterned façade and wrought-iron balconies under a clear blue sky.

Casa Judia

Sunlit yellow apartment building with wrought-iron balconies and painted portraits in window frames; a visitor photographs the warm, sunlit street corner.

Tourists, Placa De Saint Nicolau

Sunlit urban street with colorful apartment façades, balconies and recycling bins; a small group of people walk along the pavement casting long shadows.

Shadow

Black-and-white street mural on a cinderblock wall showing four people posing for a selfie with a selfie stick. Text stenciled nearby reads "UNFOLLOW THE FOLLOWERS."

Unfollow The Followers!

Mercat Central

Mercat Central

Grassy park with tall trees, a winding paved path and a small orange-fenced enclosure around a planted sapling or well, benches and open lawn in the background.

Jardín del Turia

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