Last Mascletà – Fallas 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXbhbaoySU&feature=emb_title This is the craziest thing I have seen - Best Mascletà Ever! I couldn’t even hold the camera still.

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Mascletà – March 1st, 2008 – 2pm

Starting today, the true craziness of the Las Fallas begins to unfold. From now until the end of Fallas, every single day will be celebrated with fireworks, dance, drinking and…

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Valencian Vocab: Mascletá

Last Saturday, I was awoken at 8am by the sound of rifles and church bells. The guns fired every five minutes and the bells sounded uninterrupted for an hour. I…

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Hola Valencia’s Top Five: Plazas

The one thing Valencia has more of than church bells? Plazas! Every corner of the city is the Plaza de Somethingorother. Here are our favorite five, in no particular order:…

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Our Lady of the Forsaken

This weekend, always on the second Sunday in May, Valencia celebrates its patron saint, Our Lady of the Forsaken. The city's most insane religious procession takes place on Sunday morning,…

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This Was Fallas 2010

What is Fallas? This will be our final post about Fallas 2010 and then we'll shut up about it... for 3 months or so! Below, you'll find links to all…

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