Valencia offers a complete spectrum of facilities for sporting activities,
greatly aided by its mild climate. You can concentrate on water sports such as
sailing ( 
33Kb )
, windsurfing, fishing, etc. Or stick to land by playing
golf ( 15Kb )
(four courses), tennis, or squash; going hiking or horseriding and participating in
team sports. Or take to the wing with aerial sports, such as sports flying,
microlight aircraft, hang gliding, parachuting or ballooning. For genuine
Valencian sports, you should ask about pulling and dragging contests and the
joies, or horse races, which are popular among regional farmers. The
region's true protagonist, however, is Valencian pelota, played in
special enclosed courts, or trinquetes, or in the streets of surrounding
towns, in either llargues, raspall or galotxa styles.
