Since arriving in Valencia on the 28th August, I have been looking for accommodation and familiarising myself with the city. I am currently staying at the Purple Nest hostel which is in great location, about a 10-minute walk from Benimaclet and right near calle de Colon which is the main shopping street in Valencia. I travelled here with one of my friends, and I am so glad that I did because it was somewhat comforting to travel with somebody who was just as nervous as me to begin our year abroad.
Finding accommodation wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. I imagined that we would find adverts on lampposts, ring them up and get an apartment but no way was it that easy. We began by walking around Benimaclet and Blasco Ibanez on our first day and looking out for posters on lamp posts advertising flats, we had been browsing websites such as: idealista, erasmusu, amigoflats and tecnocasa. We did try a few agencies but none of them were very helpful at all, they refused to speak English and told us that all flats were booked up in Valencia by now (quite possibly impossible for them to even know that) and most tried to con us into thinking that we wouldn’t find a flat with wifi and bills included, but we have found that. Thankfully after a week of searching for accommodation, we found the perfect 10 bedroom flat on spotahome. With spotahome you can’t actually go to view the flat, but they do have videos, so some may see it as risky, but we decided we were going to take the risk and book it. We are still the only 3 people in here, but hopefully we will meet a few more students as we get closer to the term starting. I would advise getting a room with an outdoor view rather than an internal view, it can get quite lonely if you are in your room and can’t hear people outside, seems strange but to hear cars, busses, people etc makes a very big difference.
From Valencia to Verona... 