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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…

Bionictile: the Air that we Breathe

Bionictile: the Air that we Breathe

It is not a question of luck or coincidence that BIONICTILE was declared runner up in the 10th WALL STREET JOURNAL” Environmental awards of 2013. The product created by the…

Josep Renau: Back to Berlin

Josep Renau: Back to Berlin

An exhibition in September and October 2014 of works by the Valencian artist Josep Renau serves to remind us of this great artist; the man who commissioned Picasso’s Guernica.  …

A Valencian Couple in Zurich

A Valencian Couple in Zurich

Valencia International throws caution to the wind to bring news about some Valencians, Borja Lopez and Maria Ferrando, who have gone to Zurich, Switzerland, not to hide millions of Euros,…

Rising Stars: Plumeti Rain

Rising Stars: Plumeti Rain

While northern Europe looks through its wet windows dreaming of a few seconds of sun, Laura Peña sits at her computer wishing it would rain. Laura and her partner Pablo…

LA MASIA DEL VINO: The Church of Good eating

LA MASIA DEL VINO: The Church of Good eating

La Masia Del Vino makes quite a visual impression when you slip inside from the pedestrian street where it is situated just behind Valencia’s MUVIM Museum and the main library,…

AIDA: More & Books

AIDA: More & Books

A Little second hand bookshop behind leafy Viveros Park describes itself as Books&More, which is quite an understatement because AIDA, a Spanish NGO with premises in Valencia, Segovia and Madrid,…

LA VITA È BELLA: Bring on the Minstrels

LA VITA È BELLA: Bring on the Minstrels

The first thing that strikes you on entering this Italian restaurant just off Valencia’s main square is the decor. It’s pretty hard to keep your eyes on the menu (or…

When Valencia’s Brothel Got the Green Light

When Valencia’s Brothel Got the Green Light

There is an old joke, not so funny when you think about the high standards of journalism to which we all adhere, about the Pope arriving at JFK airport and…

Jordi Machí: Artistic Heaven in Lebanon

Jordi Machí: Artistic Heaven in Lebanon

Jordí Machí travelled the world in search of success, paintbrush in hand, until his arrival in Lebanon in 2012, initially to visit a friend. A chance meeting with a Beirut…