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Hola Valencia’s Top Five: Festivals

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:September 2, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Well, I bet you've already guessed one of the festivals on our list! Sorry, Assumption Day, it's not you. Here are the five festivals we loved the most during our…

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Bike Trip from Utiel to Venta del Moro

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 20, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Photography
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Through pine forests, almond trees and fields of grape vines, and alongside an old railway track, we recently took a long bike trip from Utiel to Venta del Moro, and…

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22nd Festival of Wine and Sausage

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 16, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals/Food & Drink
  • Post comments:3 Comments

For us, one of the highlights on the Valencian calendar is the yearly Wine Festival, celebrated in the Turia riverbed. The Mostra de Vins i Menjars offers cheap wines and…

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Granada – Bodega Barranco Oscuro in Las Alpujarras

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 1, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/Food & Drink/Photography/Travel
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Midway into our drive through the Alpujarras, we stopped at Bodega Barranco Oscuro, a small family-run winery near Cádiar. It was the off-season, and just after 5pm, so I think…

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Opening Today: Wine Festival in the Turia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 1, 2009
  • Post category:Festivals/Food & Drink/Things to Do
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If you're looking for me between the hours of 7 to 10pm tonight (April 1st), or from 11am to 10pm on the 2nd through 5th, head down to the Turia…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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