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20th January 2023 WILD MUSHROOM AND ROASTED CHESTNUT RISOTTO
BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ With the somewhat chilly nights…here’s a warming recipe to get the taste buds flowing using two of the latest arrivals from the seasonal kitchen, wild mushrooms and roasted chestnuts. One type of Spanish wild mushroom that you will start to see in the fruit and vegetable shops around […]
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Places 
20th January 2023 A VALENCIAN NIGHT OUT AT ‘LA SALA’ IN ‘ZONA CEDRO’
How to spend your Saturday evenings somewhere different in Valencia and away from the tourist spots? Just a five-minute walk from the ‘Amistat-Casa de Salut’ metro station is located a concert venue that is known as ‘La Sala’ in the somewhat studenty and indie and very much local ‘Zona Cedro’ area of town. The venue […]
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Art 
18th January 2023 BLANCO ANYÓ EXHIBITION “LUZ Y MATERIA” AT ‘LA TRINI’
‘La Trini’ is an exhibition space for contemporary art located within the complex of the ‘Real Monasterio de la Santísima Trinidad’ in Valencia. The exhibition “Light and Matter” by the Valencian artist Blanco Anyó is being shown until February 3rd . Blanco Anyó was trained at Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos de Valencia, […]
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Food 
12th January 2023 FOOD! ZEST FOR SALMON FISHCAKES
BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ Here is an East hits West recipe that does not involve hot ovens and is easy to make. A firm favourite in ‘La Ola Fresca’, these Zesty Salmon Fishcakes combining potato, fresh salmon, lime and coriander are served with a cooling yoghurt accompaniment that will refresh the palate. […]
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Music 
9th January 2023 ‘TINDERSTICKS’ PLAY ‘LA RAMBLETA’ (VALENCIA) ON JANUARY 10th!
The British band ‘Tindersticks’ begin a tour this week of six cities in Spain to celebrate their 30th anniversary as a band. The itinerary of the tour will be as follows: on January 6, Logroño ( Actual Festival, Riojaforum ); on 7, San Sebastián ( Victoria Eugenia Teatro); on 10, Valencia ( La Rambleta ); […]
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Places 
27th December 2022 CHILL OUT IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE AT ‘LA CAVA DEL NEGRET’
Founded in 1996, ‘La Cava del Negret’ is a long-established classic café-bar, set in the historic centre of Valencia. It is a cosy chill out spot, located in the emblematic Plaza del Negrito. It has small marble tables, a decoration that changes with the photography/painting exhibitions by local artists, large windows to the square and […]
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Popular Festivals 
24th December 2022 A VALENCIAN CHRISTMAS!
If you are lucky enough to be celebrating the festive season in Valencia this year, there are plenty of fun-filled Christmas activities to keep you occupied! From December right through to January, the city is transformed into a spectacle of twinkling lights, festive cheer and markets filled with seasonal items just begging to be gifted […]
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Food 
19th December 2022 CORNISH PASTY AT ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ IN VALENCIA
By Helen Westwater As some of you may know, ‘La Ola Fresca’ was born after I surfed into Valencia on a fresh wave! I previously lived on a farm in Cornwall for many years. Apart from surfing, a breathtaking Atlantic coastline and plenty of cider, Cornwall is most famous for the pasty! That’s the ‘Cornish […]
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opera 
9th December 2022 LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini at Palau de Les Arts (Valencia) until December 23!
LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini. An Opera in four acts. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. ‘La Bohème’ A nostalgic trip to the 19th Century and a homage to the romantic years, when romanticism has already become a symbol of individualism, freedom, rebelliousness […]
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food and drink 
29th November 2022 WINNER OF THE PREMI CACAU D’OR ANNOUNCED
Cafe Restaurant La Pitti De València receives the Premi Cacau D’Or after winning the Amstel sponsored competition to create Valencia’s new ‘De La Terra’ sandwich. Ten other restaurants have been crowned as new hotspots of lunch time gastronomy: l’esmorzar. Namely; Casa Herminia, Les Cholines, Pizcueta 14, Pensat i Fet, Nuevo Oslo, Club de Campo Les […]
