Sports Activities in Valencia

SPORTS:

Golf The mild Valencia climate is ideal for all types of sports, especially those practised in the open air. The quality of the installations listed in the following is especially outstanding:

WATERSPORTS:

- CIAS Underwater Research and Activities Centre. 129, Sagunto St.
Tel. 96.365.89.14
- Canoeing, water-skiing and fishing, fans can choose the best places from among the sea, La Albufera, the Júcar and Turia and the reservoirs inland.

AIRSPORTS:

Aeroclubs
Real Aeroclub de Valencia:
Manises Airport. Phone.
Tel.96.370.95.00.

TENNIS:

Tennis Club de Tenis Valencia. Botánico Cavanilles St.
Tel. 96.369.51.70.
Club Español de Tenis. On the road to Burjasot.
Tel. 96.131.01.34.

RIDING:

Real Aeroclub de Valencia:
Sociedad Hípica de Valencia. Comedias St.
Tel.96.362.63.23.

MOUNTAINEERING:

Excursion Centre. 31, Caballeros St.
Tel. 96.331.16.43.

HUNTING AND FISHING:

- Hunting Federation. 8, Cánovas del Castillo Sq.
Tel. 96.334.83.63.
- Fishing Federation. 5, Salvador St.
Tel. 96.331.86.10

TYPICAL SPORTS OF THE REGION:

The true Valencia sports are little known outside the region. The most typical are Tiro y Arrastre (tug of war) and the Carreras de Joies (Horse-racing), widely practised among the farm workers, but the most important is undoubtedly La Pelota Valenciana, which is played -in its three varieties, i'e, "llargues", "raspall" or "galotxa"- in a court or in the streets of the villages.

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