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LA LUPE
Do you hanker to see more theatre in Valencia but spend much of the performance playing catch up, as you struggle to make your understanding of Spanish fit with what is being spoken on stage? Well, help now is at hand. On May 25th a play about the life of La Lupe, the Cuban singer, opens at Teatro Flumen. MORE HERE

MUSICAL ROUTES AT LA BENEFICÉNCIA
Music from around the world in a series of free concerts at the Beneficiéncia Museum starting 26 April and through May. MORE HERE

THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP
17 MAY - YESTERDAYS RACING...
for a day by day update on the racing by Mike O'Neill click here
We will keep you up to date as we get news with our live news headlines, here
If you are wondering if is worth going to visit when there is no racing, then click here for a lot of excellent reasons for visiting Port America's Cup

BID FOR A PIECE OF YACHTING HISTORY
AND HELP ALLEVIATE POVERTY
BMW have a silent auction running at the moment for pieces of sails used on their boats. Beautifully mounted and framed, they would look great on any wall and are sure to be highly collectible. MORE HERE

IL DIVO AND A HOST OF OTHER BIG NAMES LIVE IN VALENCIA 28 APRIL 2007
Port America's Cup - first European Tour Date - tickets will go fast. book through usual online agents - El Corte Ingles, Ticktackticket, La Caixa. etc. The lineup for the concerts during the Louis Vuitton and America's Cup at the new concert area at Port America's Cup has been released - more here

LIVE AT GREENSPACE IN VALENCIA
What's on at Heineken Greenspace in APRIL here!

WANT TO BUY A FLAT IN VALENCIA?
Within a very few days we shall have a new section on thisisvalencia..com - FLATS FOR SALE AND TO RENT, the best quality flats and apartments in and around Valencia, at the best possible prices and terms -if you are looking to buy a flat, and can't wait for the pages to go up contact us now telling us, rent or buy, your price range, preferred size and area here. We'll let you know what's on offer by return. If you have a flat for sale or rent, let us know too!

WHAT WERE THE MAORIS AND MOORS AND CHRISTIANS DOING IN VALENCIA?- more here

VALENCIA V CHELSEA
A match report from our new Sport correspondent Richard Forster here

NEW WOMAN COLUMNS-
LOLITA MIXES COCKTAILS Here
ANITA DARLING -ON BEING COLD Here
BARBARA - NEW!!! ON DIETING Here

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO THE AMERICA'S CUP
Do you long to know what it's all about? Our new 'all things yachty' correspondent, Mike O'Neill, helps to make more sense of it all in the first of a regular Sailing column.

DIARY OF A BI-LINGUAL WAITRESS - how did she get on?
Read Annie's diary of her first job in waitressing in a restaurant in Valencia - first instalment here! She started work on Friday - the next installments are finally here!

FALLAS
All about fallas here..
All the mascletàs are STILL online - see them here.

BENICASSIM FIB NEWS
VERY ADVANCE NOTICE!
The festival organisers have finally announced the first confirmed acts for this year's FIB - they include Arctic Monkeys, Lilly Allen, The Hives, The Human League, Iggy and the Stooges and the Magic Numbers, more news here as we get it!

The Benicassim Festival FIB dates for 2007 have been announced, the dates are 19-22July - put it in your diary! and, very importantly, the last of the passes are on sale at the early price of 145. 00 euros for a three day and 160.00 for four day - Buy now before they go up or worse still - sell out!

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tim and the team
thisisvalencia.com

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Valencia is a city that offers everything and more. Restaurants, Bars, Cafés, Theatre, Music, Dance, Festivals (Oh, the festivals!), Fiestas, Golf and every conceivable Sport, Culture and Arts
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24/7 Valencia the Magazine

If you came here looking for 24-7valencia.com you are in the right place! Same place, new name, new look! You will find much more information, more listings, more of everything that is the essence of this wonderful city!
And if you are looking for articles from 24/7valencia, the magazine, it is actually published by a different company, though the best from the excellent publication will still always be here, our good friends at the magazine will continue to supply us with the best from each month's issue and we will maintain an archive of the very best articles. 24/7valencia-the magazine is published free, 10 months a year and is available at over 300 locations all over the city, watch out for it at around the start of each month.

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ANITA DARLING'S NEW LOOK
YES, She has a new look too - read her latest column here

YOUR NEW LOOK THISISVALENCIA
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