Soccer meets volleyball at the 4th annual footvolley tournament at Las Arenas beach, in Malvarrosa (location). A 21st century mixture of sports (some may call it a ‘mashup‘; very Sport 2.0), footvolley is extremely fun to watch — it’s almost best viewed as an exhibition of skill. Check out some of the footage from 2006′s [...]

This time we’d like to take you to El Bicho Raro: a cute neighborhood bistro serving French cuisine. For €11, you can choose between 3 set menus: Or you can mix & match, picking one item of each color to make your own combination. Bread, drink and dessert are included. Ok, let’s step inside: Freshly [...]

La Batalla de Flores from Valencia Blog on Vimeo. LET THE BATTLE RAGE!!! Marking the end of Valencia’s Feria de Julio is the famous flower battle (la batalla de flores), established in 1892. Basically, falleras ride on parade floats, equip themselves with tennis rackets, and allow onlookers to pelt them with heavy little flowers. It’s [...]

Get ready for yet more open-air, original version cinema in Valencia, courtesy of l’IVAC-La Filmoteca and l’Aula de Cinema de la Universtat de Valencia. This time, the films are being shown at the Jardines del Palau de la Música (location)… And the program is great! It’s like a master class in Cinema Classics… Godard, Lubitsch, [...]

The small triangular barraca is a sight which is quickly disappearing from the Valencian landscape. These homes, popularized in Blasco Ibáñez’s novel of the same name, have been popular with Valencia’s fishermen and farmers for centuries, but are now becoming endangered — another victim of modernity. Barraca in El Palmar Barracas are rectangular, about 9×5 [...]