Busabout Adventures

How it works
A Busabout Flexitrip Pass (6 or more flexistops) will give you access to the entire Busabout coach network. A flexistop is any time you jump off the coach overnight - compulsory overnight stops are indicated with red dots on the map below.

Flexitrip Passes are perfect for travellers who are looking to go from point A to point B without wanting to get the whole "Loop". Your Flexistops are valid for the entire operating season giving you maximum flexibility (thus the clever name). Break away from the network and explore destinations like Greece or Morocco. Start and finish anywhere - just keep travelling until you run out of stops, or buy more as you go.

For example : Start in Paris, Bruges, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Munich, Venice and finish in Rome - all with only 8 'flexistops'. Stay in each city as long as you like. If you'd like to make an extra 'stop' in say Salzburg, simply buy an extra 'flexistop' from your On-board Guide.

The Flexitrip Pass is valid for the entire 2008 operating season (May to October). Each "sector" may be travelled once and departures from each city are every other day.

• Start and finish anywhere.
• Travel at your own pace.
• No 'time-limit'
• Minimum recommended travel time: 18 days
• Break your loop - make it into more than one trip.
• Door to door.
• Every other day service.
• Travel Dates and Accommodation

We recommend that you utilise the "MyBusabout" feature on the website, so you can make confirmed seat reservations and pre-book you budget accommodation. Once you have booked your Busabout pass you can just log-on to the website with your booking reference number and start planning and booking your trip.

One of Spain’s prettiest markets, the Mercado Central (Plaza de Mercado; h8am-2.30pm Mon-Sat) is a feast of colours and smells with nearly 1000 stallholders crammed under Modernista (Catalan modernism) glass domes.

Valencia’s cathedral (h7.30am-1pm & 5-8.30pm)boasts three magnificent portals, the only Holy Grail recognised (albeit tentatively) by the Vatican, a fantastic Goya and the withered left arm of St Vincent. Climb the Miguelete bell tower (admission €1.50; h10.30am-12.30pm & 4.30-6.30pm Tue-Fri, 10.30am-1pm Sat-Mon) for sweeping views of the city

Among the city’s art galleries, the two unmissables are Museo de Bellas Artes ((963 60 57 93; Calle San Pio V 9; admission free; h10am-2.15pm & 4-7.30pm Tue-Sat, 10am-7.30pm Sun) and Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno ((963 86 30 00; Guillem de Castro 118; adult/student/Sunday €2/1/free). Don’t miss the sculpted rococo façade of the fabulous Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas (Calle del Poeta Querol).

Radio City ((963 91 41 51; Santa Teresa 19; h11pm-late) This is the mecca for post-bar dancing to salsa, house and cheesy pop. There’s live flamenco on Tuesdays at 11pm.

Bolsería Café ((963 91 89 03; Calle Bolsería 41; h11pm-4am) Fashionable, plays house music and has bizarre toilets with see-through walls.

The Black Note ((963 93 36 63; Polo y Peyrolón 15; hfrom 11.30pm) Jazz cats should try this joint.

Younger groovers head for the university 2km east (€3.50 by taxi from the centre). Along Av Blasco Ibáñez and particularly around Plaza de Xuquer there are scores of dusk-to-dawn bars and discos.

EMT ((963 52 83 99) buses run until about 10pm, with night services continuing on seven routes until around 1am. Bus No 8 connects the bus station with Plaza de Ayuntamiento. The smart high-speed tram is a pleasant way to get to the beach and the port (€1)

Festivals & Events
In mid-March, Valencia hosts what has become one of Europe’s wildest street parties, Las Fallas de San José. For one week the city is engulfed by an anarchic swirl of fireworks, music, festive bonfires and all-night partying. On the final night, giant sculptures of huge niñots (effigies), many of political and social identities, are torched in the main plaza.

Lots of cheap fishy eats can be found near the market. For authentic paella, head for Las Arenas, just north of the port, where a strip of restaurants serves up the real stuff from €6.60 per person.

Bar Pilar (Calle Moro Zeit 13; tapas €1.50; hnoon-midnight). This Valencian classic is where everyone comes to eat mussels, chucking the shells into plastic buckets on the floor.

La Tastaolletes ((963 92 18 62; Calle Salvador Giner 6; mains €7; h2-4pm & 8pm-midnight Tue-Sat, 2-4pm Sun) An excellent, colourful vegetarian restaurant, especially good at salads and vegetable lasagne to-die-for.

El Rall ((963 92 20 90; Tundidores 2; mains €8; h2-4.30pm & 9pm-midnight) A firm favourite, El Rall serves up paella and great desserts in a funky setting. Grab a table on the terrace

The freebie mag 24/7 Valencia is a fantastic guide (in English) to Valencia’s bars, clubs and restaurants.

Much of the action centres on Barrio del Carmen, which caters for every taste from grunge to glam. Café San Jaume (Calle Caballeros 51; hnoon-1am) has a particularly fine terrace for eyeing up the characters on Calle Caballeros.

Café de las Horas (Calle Conde de Almodóvar 1; h4pm-1am Mon-Thu, 4pm-3.30am Fri & Sat) With red walls, theatrical drapes and frescoes, this bar-café has the feel of an 18th-century boudoir. Serves the best agua de Valencia (a mix of orange juice and sparkling wine) in town.

The Lounge Café-Bar ((963 91 80 94; Calle Estamiñería Vieja 2; h11am-1am) This popular international hang-out has comfy sofas and free Internet. It’s a good place to meet other travellers