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Valencia FC’s 100 Year International History

Valencia FC’s 100 Year International History

Valencia FC was founded (where all important organisations should be founded) in a bar, Bar Torino, in the centre of Valencia in 1919. The first president, Octavio Augusto Milego Díaz,…

Valencian Cherry Picking Time

Valencian Cherry Picking Time

Valencia isn’t Jerte it’s true, but a number of villages are renowned for their cherries, and June is the month of cherry festivals in places such as Serra, Aín or…

Sightings on the Trail of the Tiger Nut

Sightings on the Trail of the Tiger Nut

A recent study by the Unidad de Investigación Oftalmológica “Santiago Grisolía” de la Fundación para la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Generalitat (Fisabio), the Centro de Especialidades Monteolivete, the…

Valencia Film Noir Festival

Valencia Film Noir Festival

The 7th edition of Valencia’s Film Noir (VLC Negra) Festival took place from 10th to 19th of May 2019. For 10 days 56 writers and a hundred participants took Valencia…

27th International Magicians Meeting of Almussafes

27th International Magicians Meeting of Almussafes

Magicians from all over the world appeared, and no doubt disappeared, in Almussafes between 28th and 31st of March during the 27th International Meeting of Magicians. It was a good…

Valencian Men: On Top of the World

Valencian Men: On Top of the World

It’s official, the world’s most attractive man is a Valencian Vicent Llorach, from Peñiscola, Castellón has won the Manhunt International 2018 competition held on December 2nd 2018 at Gold Coast,…

Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light

Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light

The National Gallery of London is paying homage to Valencian painter Joaquín Sorolla. 18 March – 7 July 2019 Location: Sainsbury Wing The first UK exhibition of Spain’s Impressionist, Sorolla,…

Valencian Beach in World Top 50

Valencian Beach in World Top 50

A Valencian nudist beach has made it into the top 50 list for the world. Cala de Ambolo (Ambolo Cove) squeezed in at number 47, competing with some of the…

A Year in the Life of a Tree

A Year in the Life of a Tree

We often take trees for granted, until we need oxygen or shade and then we discover their importance, and that some are better than others. If meritocracy is a tree…

Bringing Back Maurice to Valencia

Bringing Back Maurice to Valencia

A project to bring Maurice Reyna back to Valencia has been launched with the participation of Valencia International. And who exactly is Maurice Reyna? In 1960 a British film crew…