Valencia Old Town, Carmen Quarter & Gothic Heritage

Valencia's historic centre — the 'Barrio del Carmen' (the oldest and most bohemian neighbourhood of Valencia, the warren of narrow streets between the two surviving sections of the medieval city walls), the Llotja de la Seda (the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gothic silk exchange, the finest civic Gothic building in Spain), the Valencia Cathedral (containing the 'Santo Cáliz' — the Valencian Holy Grail), and the Torres de Serranos (the spectacular 14th-century Gothic city gate) — together form the compact and extraordinarily rich medieval city centre of one of the great medieval kingdoms of Spain.