Valencia
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The lagoon and rice fields south of the city: tracks between the arrossars, the jetties at El Palmar and the Gola del Pujol, the pine and dunes of the Devesa del Saler, and the CV-500 running through it down to the water.
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The university side of the city, east of the centre: the wide central walk of Blasco Ibáñez, the open campuses dels Tarongers and de Vera, and small squares like the Plaça de Xúquer and the Plaça del Cedre with benches and steps.
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The beaches below the port, reached along the CV-500: Pinedo between its breakwaters, then el Saler, la Garrofera and la Devesa, where the sand sits behind pine and dune and the bike lane runs the whole way down.
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The green north of the city: the Parc de Benicalap with pine, pitches and long shaded walks, the older Jardins del Real with their lake and rose beds, and Marxalenes around its alqueria and its water channel.
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An old village swallowed by the city and still built like one: low streets around the Plaça de Benimaclet and the church, empty lots used as squares near Poeta Emili Baró, and the horta starting just past the ronda.
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North-west of the riverbed: an old village square with its church among newer blocks, the wide planted median of les Corts Valencianes, and the north end of the Parc de Capçalera with its hill and the hospital gates.
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The squares in the middle of the old town: the wide Plaça de l'Ajuntament, the Plaça de la Reina and the small ring of the Plaça Redonda, the Plaça de la Mare de Déu with its fountain, and the Plaça del Mercat.
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The old fishermen's grid between the port and the beach: narrow streets of low tiled houses running down to the sand, the small squares of la Creu del Canyamelar and el Rosari, and the corner outside the market.
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The northern half of the old town: narrow lanes and painted walls between the Plaça del Tossal and the Plaça del Carme, the arch of the Portal de la Valldigna, and the Torres de Serrans over the grass of the riverbed.
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The north edge of the city past the ronda: blocks of flats with open squares between them, the Parc d'Orriols and its fenced pitch, the Plaça del Músic Espí, the market streets of Torrefiel, and the horta just beyond.
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The middle stretch of the riverbed and the streets above it: grass and plane trees under the Torres de Serrans, the running path past the Real, the ponds near the Pont d'Aragó, and the bridges crossing overhead.
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Just outside the old walls, west of the centre: the Carrer de Quart running from the towers to the Botànic, the garden wall along the Jardí de les Hespèrides, the central walk of Ferran el Catòlic, and the Plaça del Pilar.
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The eastern end of the riverbed, running out towards the sea: the Parc Gulliver in its hollow, the white bridges and pools of the Ciutat de les Arts, the raised walk on top of l'Umbracle, and the open stretches by Montolivet.
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The city's own beach: wide flat sand from les Arenes past el Cabanyal up to la Malva-rosa, the long paved passeig marítim behind it with palms and volleyball nets, and a breakwater at either end.
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The beach north of the city boundary, already in Alboraia: the same sand continuing past the last blocks, a low promenade along it, the horta of xufa behind, and the mouth of the Barranc del Carraixet.
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The parks on the south-west side: the Parc Central behind its old railway walls, with lawns, water channels and the Casa del Rellotge; the Parc de l'Oest with its ponds; and the Rambleta further out.
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The north bank of the old river: the Passeig de la Ciutadella above the garden, the Pont de Fusta and the steps down to the grass, the Parc de Marxalenes behind, and the square at Sant Pere Nolasc.
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The western end of the riverbed, where it is widest and least built: long lawns and sports areas from Nou d'Octubre past les Glòries, and the Parc de Capçalera with its lake, its lookout hill and the Mislata edge.
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South of the tracks, around the hospital: the wide open Bulevar Sud, the esplanades in front of La Fe, the Parc de Malilla with its lawns and pitches, and the long straight of the Carrer de l'Alcalde Reig.
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The old working harbour, reopened as a place to walk: flat quaysides along the dàrsena, the brick Tinglados and the Plaça dels Homes de la Mar, wide windy esplanades, and the beach beginning at les Arenes.
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A village core south-west of the centre: the Plaça de Patraix in front of the church, quiet low streets around it, and the Parc de Patraix with its playground, sand courts and benches under the trees.
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Between the riverbed and the port: the long boulevards of the Avinguda de França and the Avinguda del Port with their planted central strips, the shallow pools around the Ciutat de les Arts, and the Jardí d'Aiora.
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A dense grid south of the Gran Via: narrow streets that fill with people on foot, the planted central walks of Germanies and Peris i Valero, the Parc de Manuel Granero, and the Parc Central gate at Doctor Landete.
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