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| El Palmar (Valencia), Spain |
The Albufera (Arabic word meaning "small sea.") is a privileged nature reserve of more than 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres) containing a freshwater lagoon surrounded by rice fields, where flora and fauna thrive year-round.
El Palmar (10 km south of the capital city of Valencia) offers many delicious restaurants serving the famed paella rice dish which is said to have originated in the Albufera in the 19th century. The word paella is a Valencian/Catalan word meaning "pan", referring to the shallow pan they use to make this marvelous dish. The restaurants in this town are lined up along a canal in a pleasant setting. I highly recommend trying paella in any one of them. You'll be glad you did!
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