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April 2010

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30 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 181 views
Around the world in 80 seconds

Around the world in 80 seconds is a project done in only 3 weeks by Romain Pergeaux & Alex Profit. This route is a tribute to the famous Jules Verne’s book “Le tour du monde en 80 jours“. The making of the video, pictures of the trip and an interview of Alex Profit can be seen at www.tourdumonde80.fr
The tour included stops in London, Cairo, Mumbay, Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco, New York and London.

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28 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 289 views
Great video summary on Valencia by Five Travel

Valencia has been one of the top destinations that Five Travel has visited some time ago. The video is presented by Julia Bradbury who shows the most attractive parts of the city, such as the City of Arts and Sciences, the Holy Grail housed in the Valencia Cathedral, the biggest European street festival, Las Fallas and its mascleta, Valencia’s queen drink, the Cafe Madrid’s Agua de Valencia and all the Flamenco soul of Radio City, among other peculiar attractions.

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27 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 353 views
Are you an Erasmus student coming to Valencia?

Recently the students of CEU (Universidad de San Pablo) have launched their university lip dub to promote it. In a single shot, it catches all the energy and a genuine spontaneity of all the Faculty of Humanities’ students involved. 

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15 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 391 views
Ideas, special promotions and opinions of Valencia restaurants

Today we’re going to write about a very useful site we came accross a couple of days ago, www.eltenedor.es which provides a real on-time restaurants reservation service in a simple way, taking advantage of great promotions.
You can book in any of the 4000 resturants in Spain and France including the most creative ones of Valencia such as Oleo, A tu Gusto or Sushi Club, among others.

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13 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 366 views
Augmented Reality in tourism

In this post, we’ll take a brief look at what is augmented reality and how it is making the tourist’s experience better.
Augmented reality blurs the line between what is real and what is computer-generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and even smell. Everyone from tourists to someone looking for the closest restaurant can now benefit from the ability to place computer-generated graphics in their field of vision.

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9 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 181 views
Valencia International Kite Festival

Are you a fan of outdoor activities? In Valencia you have the chance to take part in the Valencia International Kite Festival. On 10th and 11th April, the waterfront of the capital on the River Turia will be turned into a huge area to let your imagination fly and enjoy a pleasant day with your loved ones.

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7 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 213 views
The Silk Exchange of Valencia, a World Heritage Site

Valencia’s Silk Exchange (La Lonja de la Seda) is one of the most revered buildings in Spain. It was constructed by the architect Pere Compte and is considered the most important civic building in the Valencian Gothic style. The buillding is a 15th-century indoor marketplace with a cathedral-like rib-vaulted ceiling and amazing twisted spiral pillars.