Valencia state is the largest of the three regions; it is located in the center of the Spanish Mediterranean coastline. And overlooks the large Gulf of Valencia and is sheltered at the back by a cluster of mountains and rolling plains leading to the lands of Aragon and Castile-La Mancha. Car Hire Valencia is a great way to explore Valencia.

The city is where El Cid, Spain's national hero, fought against the Moors, and popular festivals in the city and lots of villages in the region still celebrate this period. It is known that the Iberian people initially occupied the region of Valencia. They then conquered the region in 138 B.C. and founded the city of alencia. There have been some archaeological remains from that period including a Roman theatre.

In the year 1094, the renowned Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, conquered Valencia during the Christian re-conquest of Spain. Later on The City fell to the hands of Almoravids in 1102. After Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar died in 1238, James I of Aragon re conquered the city, and founded the Kingdom of Valencia. He made it into an autonomous kingdom within the group of States under his rule.