Valencia’s Botanic Garden
Right outside the city gates lies the University of Valencia's outstanding Botanic Garden (Jardín Botánico). Even if you're not a huge fan of plants, the garden is indisputably worth both…
Right outside the city gates lies the University of Valencia's outstanding Botanic Garden (Jardín Botánico). Even if you're not a huge fan of plants, the garden is indisputably worth both…
Ah... Fallas is over, the monuments burnt, and we can finally get back to life as norma.... WHA?! You mean this is still a holiday?! That's right, largely forgotten in…
We visited all the most important monuments of Fallas 2008, and are recording some of our images here, so that we'll always remember the monuments, even after they've been burnt…
Yesterday, we went to the bullfights in the Plaza de Toros. Towards the end of the very first fight, a cocky matador named "El Califa" tried and failed to finish…
(What is Fallas? Read our description of the festival) We’re archiving the most important and best Fallas monuments of 2008, so that we can always look back on and remember…
After a year in Western Ireland, what a relief it was to finally go to a decent theater, populated with people interested in watching a film rather than tweens interested…
Fallas Valencia is loaded with events, and today we went to see the start of the traditional Vintage Car Rally. I hope they weren't searching for the keys to their…
From the 9th of February to March 15th you can get a sneak preview of the Ninots (Valencian for dolls or puppets) before they’re paraded through their neighborhoods and finally…
There are a series of free concerts during Fallas, on the 14th, 15th and 16th of March, taking place in the Turia riverbed near the Serranos Towers, and in the…
This morning, we took the first of what will likely be many trips to Valencia’s brand new zoo, the BioParc. I had been skeptical: partly because I dislike zoos and…