Summer working holiday-Valencia or Gibraltar

babyfratelli_x

Hi, not sure if Im posting on the right forum here(also posted in the youth and travel section), but was hoping someone might be able to give me some advice.

Me and 2 of my friends, all 19, are hoping to head to Spain for a working holiday from start of June till mid August. We were originally going to head to Santa Ponsa or Salou but were put off by the high unemployment rates in Spain.

We then decided to either head for Valencia, as it has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Spain and apparantly also has a great nite life ( quite important to us!). BUT the problem is not one of us speaks a word of Spanish.
This probably slashes our chances of gettin a job.

We then thought of Gibraltar, climate of Spain but the benefit of no language barrier. not sure what the night life or chances of getting a job would be though?

Does anyone have any advice/comments at all?? or any other suggestions of where to head?

Thanks

fm

been to both places as a tourist.valencia is a cool city where as gib is a bit of a hole tbh.there is a beach in valencia which is about 15 mins from the city centre by tram.gibraltar is a port town which after going up the rock there isnt much more to see.workwise i cant comment

babyfratelli_x

fm wrote: »

been to both places as a tourist.valencia is a cool city where as gib is a bit of a hole tbh.there is a beach in valencia which is about 15 mins from the city centre by tram.gibraltar is a port town which after going up the rock there isnt much more to see.workwise i cant comment

ok well thanks for the comment anyway.... has anyone else been?? would definately head for Valencia apart from the language barrier....

rossie1977

never been to valencia but i have been to gibraltar, its ok for a day trip but i wouldn't like to live there. there might be some work around the port towns close to gibraltar such as algeciras or tarifa. malaga about an hour or so east of gibraltar is a very lively town, marbella even closer will be buzzing in june and july

killbillvol2

Forget about Valencia unless you speak good Spanish.

Sr. Pirotecnic

Not sure where you got the unemployment figures for Valencia for but I can assure you that the recession has hit this city just as hard as any other in Spain. As above poster stated your chances of getting work here without speaking Spanish are very slim. There are some Irish bars and that but their clientele is by no means exclusively English-speaking, it's not a touristy city really even in the summer.

babyfratelli_x

Ok, thanks for all your comments... I seem to be gettin the impression that Valencia aint the place to go.....

Regards employment figures, saw it on wikipedia... probably not the best place to go looking for info.... :rolleyes:


never been to valencia but i have been to gibraltar, its ok for a day trip but i wouldn't like to live there. there might be some work around the port towns close to gibraltar such as algeciras or tarifa. malaga about an hour or so east of gibraltar is a very lively town, marbella even closer will be buzzing in june and july

Hmm thanks for the suggestions, gonna look into them... really want to get somewhere booked within the next week.....

Do u think maybe we should jus go with the original plan and head for a resort, maybe Santa Ponsa?

Thanks for all comments and suggestions so far btw