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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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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

 

WHAT'S NEW IN THISISVALENCIA.COM IN APRIL AND BEYOND? READ ON...
Now is a wonderful time in Valencia, perfect temperatures and lots of sunshine by day, still a little chilly at night. It is a perfect time of year for sightseeing. Still, don't forget to apply the suncream and a hat, that sun can be quite strong already!

 

Take a look at our new-style newsletter here, packed with information, you can sign up to receive it regularly direct to your mailbox!
NEW 28 APRIL
Also see our new guide produced especially for the Global Champions Tour un time for their Show Jumping weekend at the City of Arts & Sciences 08-10 May here

 

ADVANCE NOTICE
02 MAY
LENNY KRAVITZ LIVE IN VALENCIA

Velodromo Luis Puig

 

AMERICAS CUP BACK ON THE WATER?

Sorry Folks, it ain’t gonna happen

Bertarelli's got a big problem
And it's very bad news for Valencia
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Read Mike O'Neill's controversial views on the latest on the 33 America's Cup. read on here

 

YOUTH AND NEW EUROPEAN MEDIA CONFERENCE

The YOUTH AND NEW EUROPEAN MEDIA conference, with the tagline, TAKE THE INITIATIVE, CREATE YOUR OWN MEDIA will take place from 7 – 9 May in La Pobla de Vallbona, 20 Kms northwest of Valencia City.

The conference will entertain journalism students, graduates and professionals from all over Europe for three days.. MORE

 

Dansa València

24th April to 17th May

The International Dance Festival of Valencia (Spain), Dansa València, organised by the Valencian Centro Coreográfico de Teatres, celebrates dance and dance of today. MORE

 

ONE FOR THE LADIES

LABORATORIO PRESENTS A TUPPER SEX PARTY 26 APRIL AT 8:00PM

It's a PRIVATE Party behind closed doors to guarantee discretion and intimacy! MORE and HERE

 

II FESTIVAL DOS MARS DE VALENCIA 30 Apr-07May

If you like folk music and you like celtic folk music, then this small festival is perfect for you. It's a meeting of the music from the Atlantic/Cantabrian and the Mediterranean seas. The main action takes place around Benimaclet and the Sherlock Holmes pub in Plaza Manises.MORE

 

10db - DEU DIES DE BURJASSOT 7-17 May

This lovely festival returns to Burjassot for its fifth edition. Music, theatre, dance clowns and Jugglers: 36 performances throughout the ten days - 26 of them free. There is also an excellent medieval fair. Absolutely not to be missed.MORE

 

Global Champions Tour - Horse Riding

8 to 10 May City of Arts and Sciences

Valencia has been chosen as host city to the Grand Prix of Spain when the Global Champions Tour travels here for the first time. This new 5* CSI takes place from the 8th to the 10th of May when the organisers, Oxer Sport, the leading company in the organization of equestrian events in Spain, will transform the water areas of the City of Arts and Sciences into a stunning arena. It all takes place over three days in early May and is open to the public.MORE

 

Valencia's Teatro Principal becomes a Tablao Flamenco

20 May to 7 June

Flamenco music and dance are the order of the say when the Teatro Principal becomes a Tablao Flamenco for 3 weeks. A great line-up of big names will each take the stage:

Pitingo, 20 - 24 May, presents Soulería

Nuevo Ballet Español, 28 - 31 May, presents Sangre (Blood)

Maria Pagés, 3 - 7 June, presents Autoretrato (Self-portrait)

MORE

 

ADVANCE NOTICE

Formula One Gran Premio 2009 Valencia

21, 22 and 23 August 2009 Juan Carlos I Marina, Puerto de Valencia

Tickets are now on sale for all the Stands

Principle Stands P3, P4 and P5 are 480 €. Tickets for Disabled people are specially priced at 240 € and the same for their carer.(Stands P1 and P2 are currently reserved for exclusive sale by Valmor Sports and as yet they have not released prices) MORE

 

ADVANCE NOTICE

TENNIS OPEN 500 Valencia

2-8 november 2009 Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

With just over eight months to go to the start of the Valencia Open 500, work on the Agora complex is continuing apace and the spectacular venue is beginning to take shape. The building work is well on time and it looks as if the 500 Tournament will be the opening event at the Agora. MORE

 

There are bound to be some more surprises this month, 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!

 

There are lots of new restaurant reviews here, so you can make an informed choice about where and what to eat in the city
 

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). TRAILERS HERE

 

The FIB Heineken 09 Line-up Starts to Take Shape

Oasis, The Killers, 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

 

A NEW INTERVIEW WITH JASON WEBSTER!

Gooru talks to Jason about his new book here and there are a host of new reviews in his columns
NEW Anita Darling column here

NEW Barbara is back with Locusts, lobsters, cheese straws and castrati - 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.

 

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

 

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

 

Movies in English
Good films in Version Original (VOS) at Ciné Cité Mercado de Fuencarral and Babel/Albatross at the moment. See the trailers here

 

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 GUIDES TO
FASHION SHOPPING IN THE CITY
FOOD SHOPPING
MARKETS
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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.

 

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tim and the team
thisisvalencia.com

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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

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A drink, a meal, good friends and a laugh
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