Opposite, La Lonja (the silk exchange) has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site and often houses interesting, if idiosyncratic, collectors´ fairs.
Valencia also hosts Spain´s most exuberant fiestas, the Fallas. Come the 19th March, months of work building giant satirical papier-mâché figures (ninots) goes up in a barrage of fire, cordite and gunpowder. Each year just one ninot is spared the flames and takes its place alo