We found Javier's apartment to be at the very centre of the busy and buzzing Russafa community. It's a 24 hour-a-day part of Valencia, with the locals doing very much as the Spanish do, and not retiring until the early hours of the morning. We were just starting to adapt to the lifestyle, when it was time to go home! The apartment is an easy walk to the old City and has many local amenities such as a great supermarket almost opposite, and more bars and restaurants than we could hope to visit. We loved Valencia and found Javier's apartment an ideal place to see the city from. A personal highlight for us was renting bikes and riding down through the park to the Cuitat de les Arts - an easy ride, a lovely park and stunning modern architecture.