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I'll ask my sis and see what she did... she lives in a small town/village outside of Valencia and I can't recommend Valencia enough. Beautiful city, not wildly expensive, loads of good food (actual good food not that shit tourist trap of a food market that Time out set up in Lisbon) and plenty of things going on, but not too many tourists/forruns(English) ruining things.
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Someone I was talking to recently just came back from Valencia. Shit I have a terrible memory and I'm fucking sober right now?!
Valencia is close to Ibiza.. I'll have to get a boat... oonce oonce oonce
Not been there though so no idea. I quite like the idea of being somewhere hilly for a change, hence moving my thinking from the coast more towards places like Girona and Granada.
You could try a three month rental, see if you get on with the area - no need to commit to any one area straight away.