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Places 
14th July 2021 VALENCIA TOURISM 2021 INITIATIVE
##24/7 VALENCIA: COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT TOURISM IN VALENCIA? AULA GRIAL…HOLY GRAIL MUSEUM OF VALENCIA:: “Excursion to Valencia on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 20-21” is an initiative of the tourism sector to help the city of Valencia. Currently, visiting the centre of Valencia is an odyssey. Not only because in the […]
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Popular Festivals 
13th July 2021 A Night At The Fair (Valencia)
##Fira De Juliol returns to Valencia from June 24th to August 5th. An amusement fun fair within Turia Park, just by the Bridge Of Flowers, has been set up in honour of over 150 years of tradition. Whilst a lot of the original traditions have been lost over time, the celebrations live on and this […]
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Places 
13th July 2021 ‘MALVARROSA’ BEACH OF VALENCIA
##Valencia has always had a strange relationship with the sea. The city’s port has been a great source of wealth over the centuries but Valencia doesn’t feel like a maritime city and as people round here will tell you, the city was built with its back to the sea. People have been making sandcastles and […]
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Food 
13th July 2021 STEAK WITH BÉARNAISE SAUCE
##There comes a time that I just crave a steak…plain and simple. Nigel Slater is one of the food world’s geniuses and I have adapted this recipe from him, because it still amazes me that there can be something so perfect and simple in life as a good steak with béarnaise sauce and possibly a […]
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Music 
12th July 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC…‘SPANISH BRASS’ & ‘CHANO DOMÍNGUEZ’ LIVE AT TEATRO PRINCIPAL (VALENCIA) ON JULY 13th
‘PURO DE OLIVA’ is new collaboration between flamenco-jazz piano legend CHANO DOMÍNGUEZ and Valencian band SPANISH BRASS! Both Chano Domínguez and Spanish Brass have been given the highly prestigious ‘National Music Award.’ This project was born from a meeting between Spanish Brass and Chano Domínguez, who attended a concert by the quintet near Seattle. A […]
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Food 
12th July 2021 MERCABAÑAL (VALENCIA)
##Minutes from the seafront and in the trendy neighbourhood of Cabanyal, Mercabañal is the perfect gastronomical experience for all foodies alike! With several different street food vendors and two extensive bars, there are food and drinks to suit everyone’s taste. The venue itself is an incredible repurpose and restoration of indoor and outdoor space. There […]
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Food 
12th July 2021 ALL ABOUT ‘AGUA DE VALENCIA’ (VALENCIAN COCKTAIL)
##Agua de Valencia was first concocted by erstwhile artist and barman Constante Gil, who started serving it in his bar, the now sadly defunct ‘Cerveceria Madrid’ in C/ Abadia San Martin in 1959 in Valencia. The bar with its live piano music and its alcoves and poky corners was a classic of Valencian nightlife, especially […]
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Food 
11th July 2021 VALENCIA CUISINE….Legendary chef Ricard Camarena and Amstel Radler present ‘The taste of summer’
##The National Gastronomy Award and the brewery propose a recipe that explores the limits and coincides with the adventurous spirit of summer days. A culinary creation that can be enjoyed in one of Camarena’s restaurants, Canalla Bistro, and in its delivery service, with the collaboration of Amstel, during the month of July. Citrus, sweet and […]
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History 
11th July 2021 ROMAN VALENCIA
##It was the Romans who started it all. Before them, Valencia was just a swampy island on the river Turia. The early history of the city was always pretty sketchy but the excavation of the Almoina site behind the Plaza de la Virgen Basilica in 1985 changed all this…giving us information about the city’s beginnings […]
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Art 
10th July 2021 ART & ARCHITECTURE IN VALENCIA…NEW GUIDED TOURS AT ‘BOMBAS GENS’
##”Welcome to Bombas Gens, a unique centre with art, history, heritage and solidarity”. This will be the beginning of a magical and emotional story that several specialized guides will offer visitors in the more than 6. 500 m2 occupied by the modernist building and in which they will visit the medieval farmhouses and its 15th […]
