I’m sorry, Valencia. I think you’re just about the best city in the world, and holding onto your culture is a noble goal. But trying to keep straight the multiple spellings of place names is slowly driving me insane. Officially, signs are all in Valencian. This can lead to great confusion for tourists, whose maps [...]

This is the first post highlighting a few youth hostels in Valencia. These posts will be very similar to our category for Valencia B&B — where we recently highlighted the ABC Bed and Breakfast. We used to live right around the corner from the Red Nest, located on La Paz. If you choose this hostel, [...]

I am a total sucker for the promotions that the various Spanish newspapers run. Yes, it’s a naked attempt to increase readership, but there are often some great deals to be had! Today’s offer with Levante (my favorite Valencian newspaper) is good enough that I felt like sharing. For €3,95 you can buy aviator sunglasses [...]

H&M is one of Europe’s largest clothing chains, selling decent fashion at reasonable prices. And now they’ve landed in Ground Zero of Valencia’s shopping zone: Calle Colón (occupying the spot where Habitat used to be: location). H&M stands for Hennes & Mauritz, and could be considered the IKEA of fashion. In fact, it comes from [...]

Lacking a little culture in your day-to-day life? Feel like jamming out to some bongo drumming? Getting sick of Spanish paella and arroz del horno? All valid reasons to head down to the Festival of Nations (Feria de las Naciones) starting today and running through June 7th. During the next two and a half weeks, [...]