The festivities for Corpus Christi, one of Valencia's most important holidays, get underway tomorrow and run through the weekend. Huge statues, creepy white-robed ladies, elaborately decorated balconies and unfairly burdened…
https://vimeo.com/10321591 The Cabalgata del Fuego, which takes place along Calle Colón at 7pm on the last day of Fallas, is a relatively new addition to the calendar. But what the…
Valencia held its main 2009 Corpus Christi celebrations on Sunday, June 14th. If you like parades, followed by more parades, you'd have found paradise in the city today. The first…
Last year, nasty weather ruined our first Corpus Christi in Valencia, so we're greatly looking forward to this year's celebrations. Acts are scheduled from June 11th to 14th, continuing a…
This weekend, Valencia celebrates a festival in honor of its official patron saint, Our Lady of the Forsaken (Mare de Deu dels Desamparats, in Valencian). Here's a preview of some…
This weekend, the celebrations for San Vicente Ferrer really got underway... we stumbled by accident across quite a few of them. Friday: Paella Street Party in RuzafaAfter a delicious tapas…
Yesterday, we previewed the events which would be taking place on January 22nd, the day of San Vicente Mártir -- Valencia's patron saint. And today, we went out into the…
As part of celebrations for the Day of the Valencian Community, the city was treated to a highly authentic recreation of 1428's civic cavalcade, originally commissioned by Alfonso the Magnanimous…