Maria and her apartment are exceptional!! First and foremost, the host is so important and Maria far exceeded hosting expectations. She was prompt with responses, was detailed in her organization of our first meeting, had an incredible wealth of information of a city and country she clearly loves and went as far as organizing a cab for us since we had an early morning flight and had to leave her place by 3:30AM!! She treated us like her family in her care and concern for our well-being and sat down with us to orient us to the area on the first day. As for the apartment, it WILL NOT DISAPPOINT. The place is EXACTLY as shown in pictures and even exceeded what I expected as the views were fabulous and you cannot ask for a better location where you are essentially central to everything. We spent days wandering streets; you are a no more than a twenty minute to thirty minute walk to the City of Arts and Sciences that is a MUST; and everywhere else, no more than 15 minutes at most. The Central Market is a five minute walk, you are close to great grocery stores and you are close to many of the events that would happen in Valencia. You are a good 45-60 minute walk to the beach and boardwalk but an easy cheap cab ride will also take you there in no time.
All in all, this was a fabulous choice and one I would highly recommend should you want to spend time in Valencia.