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Valencian Bar Holds Guinness Record

Valencian Bar Holds Guinness Record

You would expect a Valencian bar to appear in the Guinness Book of Records for something related to sangria, noise or rice, but the fact of the matter is that…

La Caudalía, Fontanars

La Caudalía, Fontanars

There are times when it doesn’t matter what you eat, so much as where you eat. If you are eating in a good place, and with good company, then one…

Makasa, Moixent, Marvellous

Makasa, Moixent, Marvellous

When you check it out on the Internet and realise that Makasa is situated in an industrial estate, you might have second thoughts about booking a room there. However, the…

Hotel Carmen

Hotel Carmen

The Hotel del Carmen opened its doors in October 2007, although it has changed hands since, and, as its name implies, it is situated on the edge of Valencia’s historical…

Honey Dukes British Restaurant, Oliva

Honey Dukes British Restaurant, Oliva

Valencia’s Costa Blanca is the home of many people from Northern Europe, and for many Spanish people this is a wonderful opportunity to learn and practise English, French or German.…

El Rall: A Net that Fishes the Famous

El Rall: A Net that Fishes the Famous

Christina Olaechea has an interesting family history, which is reflected in the interesting family restaurant that she runs with her husband just between the cathedral and La Lonja, two of…

A Ticket to Ride: Dandy Horse

A Ticket to Ride: Dandy Horse

There are surely few places with such an international history in Valencia as Dandy Horse. The name itself, in English as is much of what you can see in this…

Fluttering in Las Horas

Fluttering in Las Horas

Walking into Las Horas is a bit like walking onto the set of ‘Cabaret’; decadence, glamour and cherubim and seraphim beating their wings like crazy everywhere. I exaggerate of course,…

El Pato Mareao

El Pato Mareao

The name translates as ‘the dizzy duck’, although the word ‘dizzy’ in Spanish can also mean ‘merry’, as in mery after 20 flagons of mead. As the restaurant’s symbol is…

Babalú

Babalú

Babalù isn’t an easy place to find, but it’s an even harder place to leave, mainly due to owner Lazaro’s generosity with the ‘chupitos’, those free drinks at the end…