The Oceanographic: Something Fishy in the city of Valencia
British Etymologist Unimpressed by Europe’s largest Oceanographic Park My arrival at Europe’s largest Oceanographic park was not an outstanding success. In fact I seemed to cause a bit of a…
Valencian Architect Inspired ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’.
Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava has never received a contract from the planet Xandar, and yet, according to the credits of The Guardians of the Galaxy, the architecture of this world…
Where the Plazas Have a Name: Rodrigo Botet
It’s one of Valencia’s quaintest squares, and one that has appeared in at least two international films: The Curse of the Pink Panther and The Boy Who Stole a Million.…
Masía El Altet Olive Oils: Among the Best
The World’s Best Olive Oils (WBOO), basing its results on 19 fairs and events worldwide, has determined that among the 50 best olive oils produced around the globe, four belong…
Ford: Valencia’s Other Fiesta
The news that the Ford plant at Almussafes, Valencia had reinstated the third daily shift of production and was producing a record number of cars in the summer of 2014…
Barefoot on the Beaches
Barefoot, bareback, bare everything. If you can tackle the sight of naked men and women and are prepared to grab the bulls by the horns, then Valencia offers not five…
EL KIOSKO
La Lonja is one of Valencia’s biggest tourist attractions and consequently is surrounded by restaurants that cater mainly for tourists. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996,…
A Cool Way to Sell Shoes
“Walking through a little Mediterranean place seeing its painted shutters over white stone walls, where the sun tries to enter and fill with its light a cosy and natural atmosphere.…
Cavanilles
If you move in botanic circles, then you are probably either a sunflower or likely to have come acrosss the name Cavanilles at least a dozen times per pollination. Antonio…
El Cierzo
A Great Place to be Invited to Lunch As a great believer in Darwin’s concept of the ‘survival of the fittest’, I have always taken the view that it is…
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