Parque Natural de la Albufera
Freshwater lagoon and rice-paddy wetland ringed by canals, fishing hamlets and migratory birdlife.
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This guide to the Parc Natural de l'Albufera in Valencia traces paella back to its origins as a rice-paddy lunch, cooked by field laborers over an open fire with whatever the marsh gave up that day, centuries before the dish ever had a name. It also follows the fishing families of El Palmar, who settled this lagoon's far shore under fishing rights recorded as early as 1250. Their nets once filled with eels and bass pulled straight from these waters. Look out toward the far shore for the low fishing hamlets still working the lagoon today.
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