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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 […]
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Art 
10th July 2021 ‘SCULPTING REALITY’ …Bombas Gens Centre d’Art (FROM MAY 21 / 2021)
##The exhibition brings together a selection of works from the Per Amor a l’Art Collection that offers a journey through the history of photography and documentary. Since the 1930s, this manner of representing the purest and most transparent form of reality has evolved to become a part of artistic photography, moving towards a series of […]
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Places 
9th July 2021 PEÑISCOLA…CITY IN THE SEA
##On the Costa del Azahar, the ‘orange blossom coast’ in the north of the Valencia region between Castellón and the Ebro, you’ll find the seaside town of Peñiscola. It’s a Spanish coastal town much like any other, built around the remnants of a quaint old fishing village with its five kilometres of beaches, its EU […]
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Popular Festivals 
8th July 2021 FERIA DE JULIO VALENCIA… ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Valencia’s Feria de Julio will be 150 years old this year. Once again, for the whole month of July, the Viveros gardens will be rocking to music you only usually find on a second-hand record stall, people will be glugging down horchata and throwing flowers, and kids will be eating candy floss and having their […]
