Two Spanish Cities

[ablarc]

Two Spanish cities, on the coast, not far apart.

Valencia, 19th Century, buildings are walls that define spaces in the city:

Benidorm, 20th Century, buildings as points in space (except in foreground of first pic, which preserves a 19th Century pattern), inevitable with high-rises:

 

[jresta]

ugggghhh - it's like comparing Paris to Ft. Lauderdale.

I'm sticking with Valencia - or as they say in Spain - Bal-en-THEE-ah

 

[Plannerbabs]

Wow, what a contrast. Is Benidorm like some of the coastal French towns, like Le Grande Motte, that grew up around the tourism industry? Great pics of Valencia. I have family there, and it's nice to see what it looks like (they never send photos).

 

[ablarc]

Only 35,000 permanent residents in Benidorm. The rest are British tourists.

All those highrises...the most per capita.

Valencia has been described as "the most gorgeous city on the planet."

 

[chihwunk]

inspired!

Ablarc, what gorgeous pictures of Valencia! They inspire me to start studying to improve my Spanish... Nah...(Maybe a few more pictures of it might...)
I wonder what it would be like to be a planner in that city...

 

[ablarc]

chihwunk, some cities you just point your camera and it comes out that way. I think Buenos Aires and Budapest are a lot like that--and of course, Paris. Beaux-Arts cities all, along with Valencia.