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Most all of your pictures of El Carmen where not in El Carmen. Pucol is not in the hills. Cabanyal is not the best in the winter. But most any neighborhood in the city is fine, but expats should stay around the center as that is where the nicest areas are. Valencia is small. From el Carmen to the beach is 4 miles. The City of Sciences area is cold and impersonal. People get int he elevator down to their cars so you are less likely to find community. The point of moving here is to enjoy the culture. The most important thing is to come and walk and explore.

Thank you for this video! Did you end up leaving Lisbon for Valencia? I am in Lisbon now and eyeing Valencia!

Amen!!

So excited to see where you finally land. Thanks for the comment about the weather in the UK. It’s still terrible. We head to Menton in France( a walk across into Italy- worth a visit ) this week to escape the rain!

Hi, I'm portuguese from Algarve and I live in France since ever. I intent to go back to Portugal for my retirement and buy a house in Spain (I don't know where yet, but I love Andalucia). I love Spain and I understand that it is not easy to choose between Spain and Portugal. Well for me, it is not easy either to choose between my two Countries (Portugal/France) and Spain. I already have a house in Algarve and will probably sell my house in France when retired, as things are getting worst in France, so many violence and I can't stand the grumpy French anymore.

Wonderful video! Very nice couple!

Great video, thank you!! Thoughts on families/kids in Valencia? Quality of life for kids

Great video. Good luck with your search. Valencia is my home city. Do go during autumn to early spring. It’s beautiful and quieter. I have lived near Barcelona and Malaga over the years but, my heart is in Valencia. I agree with one comment. For anyone looking to recolate to Valencia I have to give a shout out to Antonanetta’s youtube channel. Great help. She also helps with housing and legalalities. In my experience I can only say that I have only found the Spanish people everywhere I have been very kind, patient and speaking as a senior, very respectful from all age groups which gives a warming feeling. Learn some sentences and, with a sense of humour you will get through. I have had to apologise to many workers for so many rude expats I’m afraid, and was sad when I was told that they were use to it. Translation apps are great. You only get back what you put out and I always remember that I am in a country that is not my own so respect their culture. I have never felt as safe as I do here. Disfruta España and smile ❤

Too hot and humid in summer, I melted in July.

As a very (VERY) well-travelled friend of mine told me some years ago, there are some places, like Rome, London, New York that you just can't get tired of visiting. As little as I have been able to test his statement... he was damn right! Congrats on your trip (and the future ones)

What's the name of your facebook group ? thank you!

Retirement does need planning for sure and I do recommend along with the luxury of free time, try and find a project with a sense of purpose. I was lucky to retire at 58 and volunteered in several projects until I found the right one for me. It’s good to give back! ❤

I do agree about the washer and dryer. I also want a dishwasher. Ha ha.

What a great video. Thanks for this info

Thanks for the update. Can't wait for your recaps!

Marbella is beautiful. The next time you're in Marbella, check out Estepona. 😊 I do want to visit Valencia, maybe next year for Fallas.

Good for you guys but my advice is don’t let too many opportunities stand in the way of retirement. We planned not working, balanced the scales and it’s awesome! We have no regrets of taking early retirement but we are lucky people. ❤ You were fortunate to have a dry time in London, it’s pretty much rained since you left!😢

Whatever makes you happy! The true and only rule

Thank you so much for posting your amazing videos. Please, include the price in your videos… fabulous price… hmm … Grateful for your nice posting/s.

Many thanks! We moved to Patraix about four years ago now. (Sorry to hear about your mother). Some comments from someone who has lived here, full time, for four years: - El Carmen: Yes, very "artsy", but many people move out due to the amount of tourists. Smaller, costlier apartments, too. Great to visit! - Plumbing: Sewage smells are really all around the city, especially when it's hot. - "Eixample": See El Carmen. - "Festivals"??? Fallas is crazy everywhere! If you are concerned about the city burning down, and fireworks all day, avoid being in the city for the 1st half of March. Small children and dogs should be taken outside the city at this time. You can limit the noise if you avoid living next to a "Casal" - these are the groups that have year-round events for Fallas. (For example, last weekend, our local Casal had a DJ playing music until 5am just across the street from us). - Ruzafa: Very trendy, gentrified neighborhood. A great park (Parque Centrale). Note that it's been on the "up and up" for 10 years now, and is one of the more expensive and English-speaking neighborhoods. - "Taste of America": Very expensive, but some hard to find American food items (e.g., hot sauces). - La Xerea: We have maybe walked thru, but not enough to say. We'll check it out! - Cabañal: Very trendy, and yes - right by the water. The Malvarossa and Patacona beaches are cheaper and less touristy. There are buses and metros that are very good to get to the beach and elsewhere. (At night, many pickpockets and scammers - very little physical violence, and no guns). - Puçol: Beautiful little town with some guarded communities, too. Would require a car there, but could take the commuter train from Puçol to visit Valencia. (There are many towns like this around Valencia and Spain). - Spanish: The focus here is for people to learn Valencian (the local language) more than English. Even younger people don't speak English much. - Benimaclet: a College area with easy metro access to the city center (two stops from Colon), the Malvarossa beach (3-4 stops). For younger people who want to go to school and share apartments, it would be ideal. The 10 bus starts in Benimaclet, cuts thru Mestalla, the city center, then Plaza España, and to the train stations. - Mestalla: That's where the local La Liga football team plays. Gets really, really busy during games. - Bikes: The "Venibici" (bike share) is about 33 euros per YEAR! - City of Arts and Sciences: modern, pretty area. The 99 bus can take you right to the beach from there, too. Very touristy and more expensive. During Fallas, they have fireworks every midnight. - Hills: one advantage of a flat city like Valencia is it's very walkable at most ages. - Idealista: many of the listings are fake, but it is meant to give people an idea about properties and costs per area. ¡Disfruta!

Cabify?

Unfortunately, the taxes are too high for me as full-time resident.

I love Valencia but I'm afraid that too much growth will harm the city. Rather than moving to Valencia city we chose Gandia when we came to Spain in 2017.

I really enjoyed your presentation, thank you. Considering moving there soon

Hello, my name is Rick. Patricia my wife and I lived in Valencia for 8 months in 2023. After fully understanding how the wealth tax works, we decided to come back to the US. We're you able to figure out the overall tax situation? If not, I'd be happy to share my findings with you. I did hire specialized tax attorneys in Valencia who were very clear and helpful.

Just one interesting thing. In the spanish Vicekingdom system, the territories in america paid only what was called "the royal fifth" or "el quinto real", meaning only 20% of the wealth they produced, and they were administrated in a quite independent way. Thats why if you go to latin-america; Mexico, Peru.. etc... you can find also big structures like cathedrals, universities, strongholds, hospitals and so on. Most important part of the wealth was invested to develop the territories themselves because that was the way the romans did it before, and in the middle age the same system still prevailed. The wealth produced in America was so huge that only the 20% sent to Spain was enough to build wonders. Consider that Cadiz and Seville became two of the most important docks in europe, with constant trade from/to America in the golden century. We are not only speaking about America, but Asia as well, with the raising commerce of silver and goods in Japan and China. The wealth and industry those days was really huge for the middle age terms, creating a global trade system and global silver currency called "Real de a ocho" used from asia to Europe. This system started with the catholic kings, and was kept/enhanced by the next dinasty from the house of the Austrias, only broken when the dinasty of Bourbons from France took the crown of Spain, who decided to increase the percent of wealth taken from the territories abroad and reduce their independence in the french way but it just didn't work.

Thanks for an informative and thought provoking comparison here. As a long term(18 very happy and content years)British born resident, of the Costa Blanca. I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about lovely Valencia. The city is not only Spain's third largest after Madrid and Barcelona, with a population of +/- 800,000, but also capital of the autonomous "Communidad Valenciana" of which Costa Blanca is a part of. I have to admit though that 12 years of just barely surviving in London(U.K.) convinced me that, I am much more of "A Small Town Lad" than "a Big City Boy". However getting back to Valencia, you might be interested to know that the city also has an excellent Health Care system, in keeping with the rest of Spain(8th Best in the World according to "W.H.O"). In addition other points worth mentioning are the incredible "Parc de Sience y Cultura" built along the disused "Turia" River bed and home to a collection of amazing structures designed by the visionary Valencian architect "Santiago Calatrava", where the "crown" jewel is undoubtedly "The Reina Sofia Centro de Cultura"(Queen Sofia Cultural Centre) a.k.a. Valenica Opera House. It is an iconic a structure in it's own right, as the more well known "Sydney Opera House" In Australia. You also failed to mention Valencia's gigantic covered market, which I believe is the largest in Spain, where one can buy top quality, but still cost effective, fresh produce... Lastly if you enjoy "Fiesta's" then you really need to experience Valencia's "Fallas"(pronounced "Fay-yas") which take place annually, marking the end of the "Lent" religious period. For a two week period they feature amazing and beautiful, elaborate, fantasy or topical figurative structures made of wood and papier-mache mostly, to rival anything found in Disney, erected in squares and parks throughout the city. Widely accepted as the best in all of Spain, on the final night and witnessed by crowds of several hundred thousand, these beautiful structures are set ablaze accompanied by music, dancing and much merriment..!!

Have you guys made the move to Valencia now? Where did you end up? I am Anglo-American and I lived in SoCal (Carlsbad & San Diego) for 20 years and now back in UK :( Am trying to encourage my husband to move to Valencia! We stayed at Hotel Las Arenas near to El Cabaynal and loved the Michelin starred tapas bar near there. Miss SoCal, so Valencia seems like a good alternative!

I hope there's more from Valencia soon!

Great video. You folks checked so many boes for us in this presentation thanks

I like Spanish Mercadona in Portugal grocery stores are very poor choices

It’s not ocean in Spain it sea big diference

amazing sharing, I went to both portugal and spain and I had the same concerns about taxation that i need advisors too 😅

That is why Valencia has so many orange trees, it was to disguise the sewage smell.

You guys are an amazing couple, truly. Radiating positivity and joy de vivre! Absolutely loved it. Great pace and narative all along.

oh wow, i'm that much closer to happy having found you both! thank you for your candid take on your experience in valenicia and surrounding towns. fantastic energy guys! :)

Really enjoyed this overview! Transparent and clear. Love the spark and charm between you two as well. Looking on making a new home in Valencia, so this helps immensely! Thank you!

Hi! This video was posted two months ago. Any updates on your travels or plans yet?

We were there for the festival last month, and yes it is very noisy but we just loved it.

As foreigners we can only scratch the surface of Spain, we have travelled all over a Spain and fell in love with Valencia it is so easy to live there, but don't tell too many people.

The problem with Valencia, in my opinion and I, who am Valencian and have lived all my life in my city, is that it is gradually ceasing to be the hidden jewel of the Mediterranean. Valencia has never had the popularity, nor the publicity, nor certainly not by the means the economic investment that the state has always allocated to Madrid and Barcelona, it has been the poor bug among the three big cities, that was bad when it came to financing but it was good in other aspects that I will now comment. Everything we have in Valencia (city of sciences, metro, tram, turia park etc etc etc) has been paid for by the Valencians, almost everything they have in Madrid and Barcelona in terms of state infrastructures and part of their public transport (until the entry into operation of the autonomous communities in the second part of the seventies).... We Valencians have also paid for it along with the rest of the stateHowever, the tranquility that we have always lived in Valencia with reasonable tourism and with minimal rates of insecurity compared to Madrid and Barcelona is slowly changing because with social networks (Videos like this are an example), the publicity given by Forbes to Valencia last year declaring it the best city in the world to live in, foreigners realize what a wonderful city Valencia is, which has everything to live well and since in Madrid and Barcelona the rents and other costs are very high, they come to Valencia, so there are no more apartments to rent here... Prices are rising, which are getting closer and closer to those of the other two capitals, and tourism (as in Malaga, for example) is beginning to become unbearable. Frankly, I would have preferred it to remain the hidden jewel of the Mediterranean, absolutely discriminated against by the media, and to continue enjoying it as a native of it with the tranquility of always.

Hows the crime?

Can you let me know what being in Valencia would be like in March?

OMG. This is a what I've been looking for, as these are the two cities that I am researching to retire. Been to Lisbon and will visit Valencia for the first time this coming May. Thank you. 😊

New to your channel. What I like about your channel is: you 2 seem educated and erudite

I see the decision,, Have only pain in your life would be, S PAIN,,,

Thank you! Very inspiring video. Please share info about the taxes whenever you guys find out something.

Are you still based in Valencia? I have just accidentally bumped into your video! It's so pleasant to watch! Bless you. Surely would like to be in touch when I am there 1st June 2024, Best wishes and kindest regards Andrew Carson

Hi guys! Absolutely love the video. Thanks for sharing.