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22nd January 2022 EMBLEMATIC TAPAS BAR OF VALENCIA…’LA PILARETA’
#Our guests fell head-over-heels in love with Valencia and were eager to see and experience everything. They also loved their food, which immediately endeared them to me. We took them to some of our favourite restaurants and bars. All of which they loved. On their last night, I suggested we went to a favourite little […]
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Food 
21st January 2022 ‘L’ESMOZAR VALENCIÀ’ FEEDS ‘FITUR’… International Tourism Trade Fair
#This week has seen the presentation of the ‘Premi Especial Amstel Cacau d’Or’ at the Comunitat Valenciana stand at the International Tourism Trade Fair. Since 2015, the ‘Premis Cacau d’Or’, created by La Comunidad del Almuerzo with the support of Amstel, has honoured the best lunches in the Region of Valencia, a gastronomic and social […]
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Music 
11th January 2022 Jazz Concert (Valencia) at ‘Jimmy Glass’… Thursday, January 13th 2022 / Perico Sambeat’s “THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT”
#A Special Jazz Concert at ‘Jimmy Glass’ in Valencia! Thursday, January 13, 2022 / 20:30h & 22:30h Perico Sambeat’s “THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT” Perico Sambeat , alto sax / soprano Juan Saus Ruiz , saxo tenor Aaron Diaz, piano Eva Serrano, double bass Hugo Barrio Soria , drums 15 € one set / 20 € […]
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Music 
29th December 2021 HAPPY JAZZ YEAR Event by ‘Savoy Benimaclet’ at ‘MALABAR TERRAZA’ (DECEMBER 29th)
#24/7 VALENCIA: CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE EVENT? SAVOY BENIMACLET: “After the traditional Christmas Eve gathering with the family, it’s time for your Christmas get-together with the swing family. Our fifth edition of the Happy jazz year is this evening and tickets are still available! This time we have prepared something very special […]
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Popular Festivals 
20th December 2021 12 days of Valencia Christmas
Many expats will be heading home for Christmas. The call of the family party, the industrially-boiled vegetables and the soporific splendour of Christmas TV and too much port is far too strong. “The atmosphere is not the same here, they just don’t know how to do Christmas in Valencia” they’ll tell you. But things are […]
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Music 
9th November 2021 Interview with ‘Jimmy Glass’ Jazz Bar Owner Chevi Martínez
Jimmy Glass Jazz Bar is Valencia’s best-known jazz club but don’t stroll in expecting to find people in double-breasted suits and kipper ties, drinking whiskey sours to a backdrop of Miles Davis or Billie Holiday. Apart from the stage and the photos of jazz performers on the wall (mostly taken by the owner himself), it […]
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BOOKS 
7th November 2021 VALENCIA BOOKS…’LA BALADA DEL BAR TORINO’ RAFA LAHUERTA YÚFERA
Rafa Lahuerta Yúfera is a Valencian writer, blogger and former member and founder of the Valencia CF supporter’s group Gol Gran. His book “La balada del bar Torino” (in reference to the bar in C/Barcelonina where Valencia C.F. was founded back in 1919) was published to acclaim. It is more than just a book about […]
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Music 
2nd November 2021 FROM LOCAL LAD TO ETERNAL LEGEND…. NINO BRAVO (1944 -1973)
The Festival Nino Bravo in Aielo de Malferit is just one of more than 20 such festivals and conventions all over the Spanish speaking world. The small town near Onteniente (Ontinyent) and the birth place of this unique big voiced singer teems with hardcore fans from as far away as Chile and Australia…all coming to […]
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Food 
29th August 2021 Cannellini Bean Puree at ‘La Ola Fresca’ in the barrio of Benimaclet!
##A few years back, i went to Italy and I was lucky to take part in an olive oil tasting under the guidance of olive oil expert Johnny Madge. We dived into the slippery world of olive oil to find out what really is in those bottles labelled as Extra Virgin. As it is widely […]
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Places 
12th August 2021 Valencia Port Area (Poblados Marítimos)
Valencia’s Poblados Marítimos have been through a lot. Over the years they have been destroyed by fire, suffered the worst of the city’s floods, and been flattened by bombs. Not so long ago, the area’s residents had the America’s Cup crowd strolling about and Formula One cars careering around their once peaceful streets and crumbling […]
