This Autonomous Community is a prototypical example of the Mediterranean Spain, with a fantastic climate and more than 500 kilometers of coast. It is decidedly one of the country's most touristical areas.
If you want to discover more than just sun and sand, you will find remains of most remote civilizations, Phoenicians, Greeks, Iberians and Romans. The Moorish legacy is still present in traditional artisany and agriculture with its praised oranges as well as rice.
The conquests of Jaime de Aragon led to the foundation of the kingdom of Valencia, more or less at the territiory of todays Community.