Shopping
Looking for quality ceramics and other souvenirs from Valencia?  Then you'll find that the city center houses several main shopping streets including La Paz, Colon and Plaza Ayuntamiento where rows of stylish shops with latest design trends are easy to spot.  The Plaza Redonda behind Plaza de la Reina is a place to go on Sunday morning as there is bustling commercial activity here every week with all kind of goods imaginable including fresh produce, food, Spanish handicrafts and other knickknacks.  Shops along Calle Don Juan de Austria and Calle Colón are also worth checking out.  

Dining
For cheap eating, stick to the Barrio del Carmen.  Going more upmarket, you have plenty of choice because Valencia is a hot spot for business conferences and seminars hence the areas around one of the city's plazas offer pretty good eateries.  Seafood and Valencia's traditional Paella are served at many restaurants, but Valencia's dining scene is also enriched with international cuisines as well as modern fast food chains.  

Nightlife
If you'd like to enjoy nightlife in Valencia, do not show up before 1 am as the earliest since there's hardly any bar in this city open before that.  For bar crawling, the district of Barrio del Carmen has plenty of late night bars and pubs with trendy music and delicious tapas to accommodate.  Avenida de Aragón, Plaza Cánovas Castillo, El Carmen, Juan Llorens and Avenida de Aragón represent districts where plenty of locals of any kind and of young people who want to have fun frequent at night.  If you are searching for discotheques, the areas to visit are Viveros, Avenida Blasco Ibañez and in Avenida Primado Reig.  Being near the beach, you also have an advantage to head to the harbor and Avenida de Neptuno where abundant of bars and restaurants offer great summer terraces for those yearning for breezy, open-air venues.