On Monday, we scaled the Micalet’s 60 meters & 207 stairs to get a beautiful bird’s eye view of the old city (location)
La Plaza de la Virgen
It cost €2 to access the stairs, which is probably less than what you pay for a similar workout at your local fitness studio. Mercifully, the wind from [...]

Last night, Valencia CF beat Getafe 3 - 1, to win the Spain’s Copa del Rey.
Image courtesy Levante
Guests had just arrived for a visit, so we decided to skip watching the game in favor of dinner at El Albero (a decision I had been opposed to — guests schmests, hunger schmonger). Luckily, the [...]

The former Royal gardens are today more well-known as the Gardens of Viveros (location).

The huge grounds, adjacent to the even more expansive parks of the Turia riverbed, used to be the home to the royal palace, before it was bombed to pieces in 1810 during the Peninsular War against the occupying French. [...]

From April 17th to May 11th, the University of Valencia’s La Nau (location) will be the location of Digital Media 1.0. Here’s a short description of the festival, which I’ve translated from their awesome website:
More than an exposition, Digital Media 1.0 is a meeting point and forum of debate for artists, experts and public, [...]

On Friday, we took a trip down to El Palmar — a sleepy village found on the southern end of the Albufera national park.
The town is extremely easy to reach. With the MetroBus 190a (operated by Autocares Herca) it takes 40 minutes from Valencia, for just €1.70. The buses don’t run [...]

It’s time again for an other set of random images from Valencia. The city surprises me every single day.