Indiana Jones could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he’d have just gone to the city cathedral in Valencia (location), where there is a grail that a lot of people (Valencians, mostly) believe is the Holy One. To tell the truth, I’m skeptical — everyone who’s ever seen The Last Crusade knows that [...]

Months ago, we wrote about Google’s plans to bring its amazing Street View technology to Valencia, and now that day has arrived. They’ve just announced that Street View is live in 4 Spanish cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and VLC. Our Hood, Through the Eyes of Google Street View allows people to take virtual walking tours [...]

Valencia has called RyanAir’s bluff and, as a result, the World’s Most Obnoxious Airline* is closing its base in the city. 70 weekly flights will be cut, and thousands of penny-pinching tourists will no longer make a trip to the most beautiful city in Southern Spain. It seems pretty clear that RyanAir has been trying [...]

Hungry, tired and in no mood to cook, we decided to walk aimlessly through the Xerea neighborhood of the old town, hunting down a restaurant for a quick, cheap lunch. And, boy, did we stumble onto a great one. Walking up C/ Venerables, we followed the merry sounds of plates clinking and chattering voices, and [...]

The new Fallera Mayor & Infantil have been chosen! May the Reign of Marta commence! Hers will soon become a familiar face in the city over the course of the next year — the Fallera Mayor is an important presence at nearly every official event in Valencia, carrying out her prescribed duties: smiling, waving, and [...]