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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

 

Take a look at our new-style newsletter here, packed with information, you can sign up to receive it regularly direct to your mailbox!

 

Contact us here if you need more information on anything - this is our main mailbox
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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 MAY AND BEYOND? READ ON - RIGHT >>>
Now is a wonderful time in Valencia, perfect temperatures and lots of sunshine by day, and can still be a little chilly at night. It is a perfect time of year for sightseeing. Don't forget to apply the suncream and a hat, that sun can be quite strong already!

 

NEW Barbara is back with more phrasal verbs, elderly neighbours and a Bellini or two - here

 

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!

Rumour has it that the 4 day tickets are now sold out.

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

 

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
NEW June 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

 

FORMULA ONE
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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TODAY'S BIG NEWS IS..

thisisvalencia.com now has it's own community pages. HERE LIVE NOW!
Join today for forums, classifieds, photos (yours and ours!) ValenciaWiki, Valencia events calendar and all you need to know about Benicassim (and a way to connect with people who are coming) email us at info@thisisvalencia.com for an invite to join!

See our new Valencia Guide (a suggested walk around the historic centre and reccommendations on shopping eating and nightlife) produced especially for the Global Champions Tour - the show was a great success as you can read here - and the Guide is still available to download here

 

Wagner's Die Walkure Live in Europe

People all over Europe will be able to see a live performance of Die Walkure starring Placido Domingo beamed live from the Palau de les Arts here in Valencia on Wednesday 24th at 19h loacal tome. more

 

D'ESTIU

It's time to get used to this word from about now, it is going to be popping up on posters and billboards all over Valencia - It means Summer and summer has arrived! The City and it's surroundings are hot and humid and is literally packed with things to do from now all the way through these sunny days.

There's San Juan, there's Hogueras in Alicante. There's outdoor cinema, theatre and dance, there are fireworks and concerts and magic in Peñiscola and olive oil in Viver. There is spectacle at the Palau de les Arts and there is bullfighting, hey, there is even a battle of flowers! Valencia, summer in the city - Disfruta! Enjoy! read on here

 

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!

 

THIS IS... ANITA DARLING AND LOLITA DEVINE'S ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO VALENCIA'S HOTTEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

2009 and the fifteenth edition of the Festival Internacional de Benicassim will be our seventh and sixth years attending respectively, and it truly is the highlight of both our Summers. This is one fun-filled four day event under the sun - beach, live music, good people and plenty of things to do - what more could we ask for?

We have compiled a little guide to make sure your time at the festival runs as smoothly as possible. Here goes, music lovers! READ ON HERE...

 

ADVANCE NOTICE BUT GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!The Pretenders are playing live in Benidorm 02 July, tickets on sale now through Servicam

 

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
...
Read Mike O'Neill's controversial views on the latest on the 33 America's Cup. read on here

 

MUST SEE

IVAM CONFINES/FRONTIERS

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER

Four exhibitions with one common theme, Frontiers , or the lack of them. There are a total of 76 contemporary artists in the exhibition(s), each 'chapter' is themed and has a separate curator. MORE

 

ADVANCE NOTICE

FERIA DE JULIO

This year's Ferio de Julio concerts under the moon and stars in Viveros Park are promising to be star-studded!

Among famous names appearing are Anastacia, Miguel Bosé and James Taylor

Get your tickets now before they sell out! MORE

 

ADVANCE NOTICE

XIII FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DEL PALAU DE LA MÚSICA DE VALENCIA.

Two glorious weeks of the best of the world's Jazz, with the music Gershwin, Miles Davis and Nina Simone as part of a great lineup 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

Ideas & Pasión: Hábitat Valencia 09

21-26 September 2009

Spain’s leading iinterior design fair, Hábitat Valencia, takes places from 21 to 26 September. This yearit has a new visual identity presnting the fair to the design and interior world as a dynamic force and generator of interesting ideas. Its new slogan is Ideas & Pasión. 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

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Explore VLC - The Guide - How to see the most in the
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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

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