Two to three days is enough for most visitors. Spend one day around Plaza Bolívar, the cathedral and Casa Páez, another on El Casupo and the cafés of El Viñedo, and add a half day for the Las Trincheras hot springs or the Piedra Pintada petroglyphs.

Not directly. Valencia in Venezuela, capital of Carabobo State, was named after Valencia de Don Juan, a town in León, Spain, rather than the Mediterranean port. The two Valencias are still linked, though, since the Venezuelan city lists Valencia in Spain among its twin cities.

Las Trincheras is a small town north of Valencia, on the highway toward Puerto Cabello in Carabobo State. Its hot springs feed the Aguas Calientes River, and Alexander von Humboldt measured their water at about 90 °C in 1800. A spa and hotel now sit beside the springs.