Just walking into Victoria's apartment makes one feel welcome: it is so charmingly decorated and laid out. Her nephew Gonzalo was there to welcome us and quickly put us I touch with what we needed to know.

The apartment is situated right in the centre of Valencia and very close to the Mercado Central. This is a wonderful market and we were able to buy excellent produce to do some home cooking.

The streets around the apartment team with restaurants so there is never any problem with finding somewhere delicious to eat, whatever the budget can accommodate.

Virginia's apartment is on the third floor but we didn't mind, it gave us an opportunity to get some cardio-vascular activity each day.