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thisisvalencia.com, is the essential guide, in English, to Valencia, Spain's most exciting city. Everything you want to know! - if you live here, if you are visiting or just passing through- it's all here for you, at the click of a button.
The site is literally packed with information on all the wonders of the city- all the information we can get for you on everything from culture to sport to leisure to events. From High Art and Opera to Formula One and America's Cup,
Valencia is a city that offers everything and more. Restaurants, Bars, Cafés, Opera, Theatre, Music, Dance, Festivals (Oh, the festivals!), Fiestas, Golf and every conceivable Sport, Culture and Arts
If you haven't visited Valencia, then it's time you did - If you are already here - get the most out of the city - with the help of thisisvalencia.com

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Our latest newsletter (02 July) is out now -click here to read now
Our last newsletter (13 June) is here click here to read now

and new Barbara column here

WANT TO BUY OR RENT A FLAT IN VALENCIA? WE HAVE A GREAT SELECTION HERE

WHAT'S NEW IN THISISVALENCIA.COM IN JULY AND BEYOND? READ ON...

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Feria de Julio in Valencia - More to do than you'll ever have time for!
It's July and that means Feria de Julio in Valencia - a month of concerts, fireworks, cinema, funfairs, bullfighting, dance, Jazz and the famous Battle of the Flowers all over the city, from the Historic Centre to the Beach. You are spoilt for choice, there is so much going on. FULL TIMETABLE HERE

Zaragoza Expo 2008 - Barbara O'Neill visits this new expo, which opened its doors to the public last week. The theme is Water and Sustainability but Barbara finds it a little dry and very warm HERE

Formula One Grand Prix
Formula One Grand Prix - A New regular column from Mike O'Neill on thisisvalencia.com.
Today, Magny Cours race report HERE
Magny Cours - where the hell is that? HERE

America's Cup 33
There's movement on the America's Cup, Is it a good thing? More here from our sailing correspondent Mike O'Neill.

The Formula One Urban circuit nearing completion! It will now all be ready for The Formula 3000 Spanish Championship on the 26 and 27th July. The weekend will be a great test for the circuit, the organisers say and tickets (between 20 and 60 euros) will go on sale around the 01 July through Servientrada and El Corte Inglés The Formula One weekend begins Friday 23 August. If you haven't got accommodation yet and intend to watch the racing - the city is nearly full for the weekend so check out our hotel booking button or contact us for information on bed and breakfasts in and around the city - tickets which went on sale April 01, 2008 are now sold out - but there's talk of more seats being built and therefore more tickets! Watch this space!

Iggy Pop to launch music programme at motor box experience
Iggy Pop and Spanish group Seguridad Social will be the lead artists and Los Vicentes will be playing as a support band. The programme will finish off with a live DJ session featuring Tali Arenao from Lanzarote, Kike Louie and El Gato (Roberto El Gato), who will bring this first evening of music and rock to a close. More bout the moto box experience shortly .MORE

TOKYO/VALENCIA/HIROSHIMA
The Excellent Laborotorio just off the Plaza de la Virgen has an exhibition of Japanese Photography until 29th june.

Festival Mediterranea at The Palau de les Arts
There's Opera, Zarzuela, Dance, Theatre and Cinema at the Palau this month with a host of international stars at the Palau this month in the first Festival Mediterrani More here

55 Dias en Valencia
is a great exhibition of new Chinese Art at Ivam and the City museum more

Movies in English
There's a really bumper batch of good films in Version Original at the Espai and Babel/Albatross at the moment. check the culture page for trailers.

EXPLORE VLC - THE GUIDE
We are proud to present The Guide - what to see and do in Valencia. If you don't know the city - this is the place for you. Excellent walks around the city and much more! Our columnist, Barbara O'Neill wrote very briefly about the Casa Museo Benlliure in a recent column here on Thisisvalencia.com. So moved and impressed by the visit was she that we decided to commission her to expand the piece for inclusion in this section.
AND THE GUIDE TO FASHION SHOPPING IN THE CITY
FOOD SHOPPING
MARKETS

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Advance News
Rock and Jazz and FolkConcerts in Comunidad Valenciana

Van Morrison fans will have to wait till 22/23 June to see him perform with his big band at the Auditorio de Castellon, originally scheduled for end of January.

We announced recently that Bob Dylan would be playing here in Valencia in July. It now looks like the nearest he'll be coming to Valencia will be to Cuenca on the 1st of July and Alicante on the 2nd. But watch this space - it could all change!

The Police have a Valencia date at the Levante Football ground on July 02, 2008 - support is apparently Paolo Nutini

Feria de Julio - Full timetable here
Always a nightmare getting details of concerts in the Jardines Viveros - but as we get them we'll publish them!
03 July - Gloria Gaynor
22 July - Loreena McKennitt

XII Festival de Jazz del Palau de la Música Monday 7-19 July
Sala Iturbi, Palau de la Música i de Congressos
Lizz Wright, Herbie Hancock, Cassandra Wilson, Chick Corea, Gilberto Gil, Johnny Winter, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Dianne Reeves, Arturo Sandoval, Matt Bianco, Avishai Cohen, Ximo Tébar, MADELEINE PEIROUX, University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Joan Soler

Lou Reed is at the Plaza de Toros Benidorm on the 26th July -one of his 3 concerts in Spain.
The others are, Tuesday July 22 - Madrid Conde Duque
Friday July 25 - Girona Portaferrada Festival
STOP PRESS - Trying to get to the bottom of this but it sounds like Lou has cancelled his Spanish dates - Ill-health is given as the reason, which is odd as its still more than six weeks to the dates..

FIB BENICASSIM 17-20 July
LEONARD COHEN, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, SIOUXSIE, BABYSHAMBLES, RÓISÍN MURPHY, JUSTICE Live, AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB, Beirut, David Duriez, Eef Barzelay, Erol, Alkan, Joakim, John Acquaviva, Metope, Metronomy, Micah P. Hinson, Moriarty, These New Puritans, Richard Hawley, Robert Babicz, Supermayer, Tommie Sunshine, READ ON

24/7 Valencia Magazine
In what will be a regular feature of thisisvalencia.com, our good friends at 24/7 Valencia Magazine have asked us to host a pdf version of the colour section of the JUNE issue. click the picture of the cover to go to the page to download.
 

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THISISVALENCIA
Explore VLC - The Guide - How to see the most in the shortest time

Take a look at our heavily updated listings here! The listings are vastly improved. There are new sections, some already fully running and others still building, but over the next few weeks you will see them in all their glory.

We have new shopping listings, all the shopping centres in and around the city, all the street markets and the days of the week they operate. All new restaurant/clubs listings with a guide to price. An out of town section, which over the next weeks and months will grow into a comprehensive guide to the towns and villages in the Valencia Community. There's a new useful information section with really useful numbers. A guide to the naughtier side of Valencia. A leisure section with listings for golf courses and Parks. There are also Gay and Lesbian Listings.

And online now, a small list but building fast - Accommodation in Valencia, short let flats, B&Bs, rooms and small hotels, and in the useful info section, all about living in Valencia.If you have anything to let, rooms, apartments, houses,or have a small hotel or guest house and want to be part of this new section, check out the page and then email us for our excellent rates

Coming to Valencia to live? Take a look at our flats and houses for sale and to rent, the best selection in town and around.here

VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
For those of you who want to know more about the people who make Valencia work,

A drink, a meal, good friends and a laugh
Our new extended reviews of some of our favourite places to eat and drink, are proving very popular. Bob Yareham's highly entertaining reviews of some of the great, and not so great places to eat continues to grow with more reviews added weekly

JASON WEBSTER
An exclusive interview with the author of ¡Guerra!, here