 Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia Region)
This module will give you some general information about the Valencia region.
 The Valencia region has 466 km of coastline situated on the mid eastern coast of Mainland Spain, between Catalunia in the north and Murcia/Andalucia in the south
Region
The region is divided into 3 provinces:-
Castellón in the north of the region
Valencia in the middle of the region
Alicante in the south of the region
Regional Tourist Board
L’Agència Valenciana del Turisme (Valencia Region Tourist Board), head office in Valencia.
www.comunidadvalenciana.com
Brands
Benidorm (Alicante province), Costa Blanca (Alicante province)Valencia Terra i Mar (Valencia province), Castellón Costa Azahar (Castellón province)
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Dimensions
Area size 23,505 km²
Population
Resident population 4,023,441
Climate
12-20ºc average in winter
(depends on area)
24-32ºc average in summer
Beaches
200 quality beaches ranging up to 8 km long
91 Blue flag beaches
Hotels
5 star 10
4 star 85
3 star 202
2 star 167
Total: 99,000 hotel beds
Total: 137,000 apartment beds
Campsites: 133
National Parador Hotels: 3 |
 Capital of region: Valencia City
Airports
Alicante (Altet airport)
Valencia (Manises airport)
Passenger maritime ports: Valencia, Alicante, Dénia. Sailings to Ibiza, Mallorca
(2 hours on fast ferry from Dénia to Ibiza on Balearia)
Rural Tourism Hotels/houses: 584
Golf courses: 21
Protected natural parks: 12
Driving distance to key cities (from Benidorm):
Madrid 4 hours
Barcelona 5 hours
Malaga 4.5 hours
Valencia 1hr 20 min
Granada 3 hours
 Website
The tourist Board has a very comprehensive website with a lot of easy-to-access information:
www.comunidadvalenciana.com
Examples of some of the information on the site include:
Virtual tours of all the hotels in the region
Virtual tours of all the campsites
Access to approximately 60 webcams showing live pictures of the different resorts in the region
General information on the beaches, sports, gastronomy and festivities
City guides for Alicante, Valencia and Castellon
Databases of accommodation and offers
Call Centre
The Tourist Board also provides the service of a call centre in various languages called “Hola, Tourist Info On-line”
From the UK:
Tel: 0034 96364 95 06
Fax: 0034 96 364 95 07
From Spain:
Tel: 902 12 32 12
Fax: 902 12 32 11
email:info@comunitatvalenciana.com
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The Valencia region has 466 km of coastline situated on the mid eastern coast of Mainland Spain, between Catalunia in the north and Murcia/Andalucia in the south
Capital of region: Valencia City 
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