Welcome to Valencia!
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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WANT TO BUY OR RENT A FLAT IN VALENCIA?
OR A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY SURROUNDING THE CITY ?

WE HAVE A GREAT SELECTION HERE INCLUDING A GREAT BARGAIN IN THE CITY CENTRE

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There are bound to be some more surprises, we are always telling you that this is the land of 'Pensat i fet' (literally, think and do it!) so keep coming back to these pages for news on what's on in the city and even better, sign up to our regular newsletter here! and keep completely informed. After all, The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Mail reckon we are one of the best online guides to Valencia!

Get on down to the new and beautiful Mercado de Fuencarral (mdf.es) right here in Valencia! Hippest place around full of great shops selling designery finery and a floor full of great places to eat and drink too. Right at the top is Ciné Cité, which has a great selection of films year round in Original Version(VOS).

Well, it is still the season and so our little Christmas Newsletter with things to see in and around the city over the festive season is still useful. Of Course - 20 minutes after sending it out some news came in about other activities you may well be interested in - read on ...
Festival de Invierno Ciudad de Valencia/Winter Festival of the City of Valencia

A series of concerts at the Palau de la Música

9 January - Georges Moustaki

1 February - Niños Cantores de Viena/The Vienna Boys Choir

12 February - Pastora

19 February - Israeli singer Noa
tickets from 15-72 euros available from the box office or through ServiEntrada - SAMPLES HERE

and advance notice of the XIII Flamenco Festival at Palau de la Música - great line-up as usual and the dates are as follows -

17 January 2009. 9.00pm. Sala Iturbi. Tickets 32 & 24€

VICENTE AMIGO

7 February 2009. 9.00pm. Sala Iturbi. Tickets 35 & 27€

PITINGO presenta “Soulería”

15 February 2009. 8.30pm. Sala Rodrigo. Tickets 20€

NOCHE DEL FLAMENCO VALENCIANO

Compañía Flamenca de Paco Berbel, present “Flamenco en la Tierra”

20 February 2008. 9.00pm. Sala Iturbi. Tickets 32 y 24€

CHAMBAO

SAMPLES HERE

MTV WINTER FESTIVAL 24th February - City of Arts and Sciences.

Franz Ferdinand will be headlining the second MTV Winter line-up on 24th February in the City of Arts and Sciences. This will be the group’s first concert on their Spanish tour, and the event in Valencia will be free of charge.

The FIB Heineken 09 Line-up Starts to Take Shape

Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon and Paul Weller are the first confirmed names for the line-up of the most exciting and excellent summer music festival in Spain. This is going to be a line-up that you definitely do not want to miss!

Here's a reminder that 4-day tickets are on sale at a special launch price of ₤140 until January 15th. Tickets include free camping between the 13th and 21st July.

For more information go to tickets.fiberfib.com

NEW Barbara column here

CAVALIA IS IN TOWN! THE WRITE-UPS ARE FANTASTIC! GET DOWN TO THE MARINA REAL JUAN CARLOS 1 AND CATCH THE SHOW BEFORE IT LEAVES FOR THE USA AND CANADA - BUY TICKETS DIRECT- EXPLANADA DEL VELES E VENTS (JUNTO ACCESO MALVARROSA) MARINA REY JUAN CARLOS I

JOSH ROUSE WAS ON AT BLACK NOTE - READ AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HIM HERE
NEW BOOK REVIEWS FROM GOORU AND BABU HERE

NEW REPORTS ON THE CNEV AND CLAIREFONTAINE REGATTAS HERE

33 AMERICAS CUP NEWS

In a surprise announcement , The New York Supreme Court decided by a 3-2 majority that the Spanish Challenge from CNEV in July 2007 was valid after all. Now Oracle Appeals!
and the story runs and runs, thank goodness Mike O'Neill keeps up with it all!
09 December 2008

Americas Cup Delayed Again here

06 December 2008

America’s Cup Deadline Approaches
04 December 2008- An open letter from BMW Oracle's Russell Coutts to the America's Cup Challengers
02 December 2008- An open letter from Ayre Challenge's Pedro Perello to BMW Oracle's Russell Coutts here

24/7 Valencia Magazine
our good friends at 24/7 Valencia Magazine have asked us to host a pdf version of the colour section of the DECEMBER 08 issue. It is the Christmas edition, click the picture of the cover to go to the page to download.

FORMULA ONE
Massa wins the First European Grand Prix in Valencia

The First Formula One European Grand Prix on the Urban Circuit by the Port took place this weekend. Massa beat Hamilton by just over 7seconds. Poor old Alonso was forced to retire after the opening lap when he and the Williams of Japan's Kazuki Nakajima collided. Full report and the verdict on Valencia as the new venue HERE

NEED GOOD READING AND LISTENING? GO HERE FOR THE LATEST REVIEWS FROM GOORU AND BABU

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

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
¡Tambien en Castellano!
VLC LA GUIA
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COMPRAS EN VALENCIA Aquí
MODA Aquí- ALIMENTACIÓN Aquí- MERCADILLOS Aquí

FIB BENICASSIM 2008

ANITA AND PJ WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS, VIEWS, REVIEWS, PICS, GOSSIP, INTERVIEWS AND MUCH MORE FROM THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE HEINEKEN FIB MUSIC FESTIVAL IN BENICASSIM. THE GALLERY IS HERE AND THE BLOG IS HERE

LA TOMATINA IN BUÑOL
TOOK PLACE 27 AUGUST

We were there with one of our excellent tours - read all about it HERE and see the gallery here -

If you want to visit Buñol next year for the world's messiest festival or try one of our other tours, contact us at tours@thisisvalencia.com, tell us when you are visiting and we'll let you know what's happening.

regards
tim and the team
thisisvalencia.com

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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