I went to Valencia by train from Balsicas the day before my cruise departed.
Los Alcazares to Valencia.
At 5 am I woke up before my alarm went off to wake me up. I immediately got up, took a shower & packed my toiletries in my case before closing it up & getting ready for my friend Jim to arrive to take me to Balsicas train station for my onward journey to Valencia. I met Jim outside my apartment at around 6: 20 am & within 20 minutes he dropped me off at Balsicas train station.
When I got to the station at about 6:45 am the station was open but there were no staff on duty. I sat on the station platform & waited for my train to arrive at 7:10 am. I got on the train & found my seat where I sat until the train arrived in Murcia where I got off to get my connecting train to Valencia. I crossed to the next platform where the train to Valencia was already sitting but as yet no one was on it. The driver turned up about half an hour later & started up the train before opening the doors to the coaches on the train. I found my seat in the correct coach & settled down for my journey to Valencia.
At around 1:15 pm, the train arrived at Valencia & I got off, had a quick look around the station & then got a taxi to take me to my hostel for the night. I ordered the taxi using a phone app that gave me the name of the taxi driver, the make & model of the car, the car colour & its number plate as well as giving me a fare for the journey in advance. The taxi journey took about 15 minutes & I was dropped at the Dormavalencia Hostel where I would be staying overnight. I have never used this type of hostel before, you have to phone a number on the door, they let you into the building & you then type your booking details into a vending type machine inside which then pops out the room key.
I went up to the room & was very pleased with it, it was a good size & was very clean. I sat down on the bed for a while & fell asleep, it had been a long day so far.
This is a video of my room at Dormavalencia, Valencia.
When I woke up I went out for a walk. I saw a Consum store over the road & got myself a bottle of water to drink before going into the Il Vulcano Valencia pizza shop for a takeaway pizza. I took the pizza back to my room in the hostel & ate the majority of it before going to bed for the night.