• Places
    ‘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 […]

  • Music
    VALENCIA MUSIC… ANA ZOMEÑO HAS A NEW E.P. OUT!!!

    24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us about your musical upbringing and background? ANA ZOMEÑO: They tell me that I sing the way I talk. I don’t know if that’s true but it’s what I like to do most in the world. At the age of eleven I discovered the guitar and, thanks to one of […]

  • History
    VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ…VALENCIA’S MOST UNIVERSAL CITIZEN

    Novelist, journalist, politician, war correspondent, founder of Utopian communes, publisher of books and newspapers, voluntary exile, tireless traveller, political prisoner, anti-clerical, duellist and womaniser…Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born in Valencia in 1867. His novels have made him one of Valencia’s most celebrated literary sons but, just like so many Valencia Football Club managers, he always […]

  • Food
    VALENCIA CUISINE… DOUBLE MICHELIN STAR CHEF RICARD CAMARENA

    ##Legendary Valencia Chef Ricard Camarena is the winner of the national prize for gastronomy, a Double Michelin star chef and Michelin Green star chef too. This expert proposes together with Amstel a surprising combination of flavours… Turron and Amstel Oro are part of Ricard Camarena’s recipe. Artichokes with nougat, anchovy vinaigrette and truffle slices, paired […]

  • History
    ‘SAN VICENTE FERRER DAY’ 24/7 VALENCIA

    ##The weekend following Easter is known as the Pascua de San Vicente. The first Monday after Easter Monday is San Vicente Ferrer day, which means we all get a second consecutive long weekend. San Vicente Ferrer, along with his luckless namesake San Vicente the martyr ( who was tortured and executed by the Romans and […]

  • Art
    ‘Les Arts’ fuses opera and gastronomy at ‘Contrapunto’

    Les Arts fuses opera and gastronomy with the help of chef Pablo Ministro at ‘Contrapunto’ – The arts centre and the chef of ‘Contrapunto’ restaurant prepare a gastronomic proposal inspired by the main opera and zarzuela titles. – The mezzo-soprano Sandra Ferrández and the baritone Borja Quiza starred in the first session of ‘Maridajes’ about […]

  • Editorial
    Easter at the Beach in Valencia

    All that remains of the old Barcelona railway tracks, which used to cut off the Cabanyal and the other sea front areas from the rest of the city, are a few spaghetti western style stations in Boulevard de la Serreria. The lines now go underground but the years of separation have meant that the “Poblados […]

  • Music
    VALENCIA MUSIC…EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE LEGENDARY ‘PEP BOTIFARRA’

    24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us about your Valencian roots and your first experiences with music from your land… PEP BOTIFARRA:My first contact with traditional Valencian music was via my family. Most specifically, my grandmother Otília Borredà who was from the town of Benigànim. She knew so many songs and popular sayings and as I practically grew […]

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