DATA SHEET UPDATE: Valencia, Spain
Language
The level of English in Valencia (and Spain in general) is possibly the worst in Western Europe. It is worse than the level you would get in Germany and Scandinavia, but better than the level you would find in FSU.
If you limit yourself to under 25's, in Valencia 1 in every 5 of your approaches will speak decent conversational English, 2 in 5 will be able to get by in a conversation with many pauses and errors and 2 in 5 will have almost no English.
The massive upside to this is that coupled with the 50% unemployment rate for under 30 youths in Spain, the vast majority of these young nubile chicks are desperate for an opportunity to practice their English with you... in fact you may even start to feel a bit used if you attend an english exchange night at Portland Ale House for example and find yourself surrounded by 15 eager spaniards all trying to talk to you at the same time (happened to me last week!)
Valencia has a regional dialect called Valenciano which is the same as the Barcelonian regional dialect Catalan but with a different pronunciation. Good news for international punani slayers is that these regional languages are an irrelevance for pickup as everyone who speaks them also speaks Spanish. If you speak a little Spanish you are *gold* but even if you only speak English, you will have good success due to the high demand amongst the youth to practice with English speakers.
Ease of ONS
With ERASMUS european exchange students (Valencia is consistently the most popular ERASMUS destination in Europe... you do the maths why this is...) much much easier.
The locals are a little more conservative than in Northern Europe because being a 2nd tier city, they have smaller and more closed social circles that require a little bit of time to enter.
The myth of Spanish girls being uptight and catholic is a myth as Spain now has a lower level of church attendence than most other European countries.
I would plan for a minimum 1 week stay in order to get your local flag.
Language
The level of English in Valencia (and Spain in general) is possibly the worst in Western Europe. It is worse than the level you would get in Germany and Scandinavia, but better than the level you would find in FSU.
If you limit yourself to under 25's, in Valencia 1 in every 5 of your approaches will speak decent conversational English, 2 in 5 will be able to get by in a conversation with many pauses and errors and 2 in 5 will have almost no English.
The massive upside to this is that coupled with the 50% unemployment rate for under 30 youths in Spain, the vast majority of these young nubile chicks are desperate for an opportunity to practice their English with you... in fact you may even start to feel a bit used if you attend an english exchange night at Portland Ale House for example and find yourself surrounded by 15 eager spaniards all trying to talk to you at the same time (happened to me last week!)
Valencia has a regional dialect called Valenciano which is the same as the Barcelonian regional dialect Catalan but with a different pronunciation. Good news for international punani slayers is that these regional languages are an irrelevance for pickup as everyone who speaks them also speaks Spanish. If you speak a little Spanish you are *gold* but even if you only speak English, you will have good success due to the high demand amongst the youth to practice with English speakers.
Ease of ONS
With ERASMUS european exchange students (Valencia is consistently the most popular ERASMUS destination in Europe... you do the maths why this is...) much much easier.
The locals are a little more conservative than in Northern Europe because being a 2nd tier city, they have smaller and more closed social circles that require a little bit of time to enter.
The myth of Spanish girls being uptight and catholic is a myth as Spain now has a lower level of church attendence than most other European countries.
I would plan for a minimum 1 week stay in order to get your local flag.