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8 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 756 views
Art in the streets of Valencia

Between 10th and 21st February, and under the slogan “Reality and
Fiction”, the VEO Festival will celebrate its 8th edition. The event
allows young artists to create their own productions that explore
the creative process and create new theatrical languages. The
main role is interpreted by the urban areas in which the artists’
works are contextualized. Thus, Valencian Gabi Ochoa will
represent his work, Mi camiseta, tus vaqueros sus zapatos, at the
IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno) and Campanar
Market. Benicalap Park will be the setting of Les gûmes, in which
mutant creatures will build a new world. …

Headline. Special Events. Sports. Top 10 Valencia. Travel

4 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 571 views
33rd America’s Cup starts tomorrow

The 33rd edition of the America’s Cup, the world’s oldest sailing competition, will be held in Valencia from 8th February. However, the sporting and cosmopolitan atmosphere will disembark in the city a few days before that. On the 5th February there will be a welcome party for the whole America’s Cup family, the official competition dinner will be on the 6th and on the 7th the opening ceremony will take place with a mascletà (firecracker) display by the Caballer pyrotechnics company. The Swiss from the Alinghi team and the North …

Headline. Special Events. Sports. Top 10 Valencia. Travel

3 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 943 views
Prepare your agenda and choose the things you like most

February marks the start of this year’s large-scale events. Whilst the first of this season’s Formula One practice session will take place between 1st and 3rd, the 8th will see the start of the 33rd America’s Cup between the American BMW Oracle team and the Switzerland’s Alinghi and which will create an atmosphere of sporting fair play throughout the city’s Royal Marina and beaches…

General Information. Headline. Special Events. Top 10 Valencia

2 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 626 views
Valencia Fashion Week starts today

Today starts the Valencia Fashion Week until 4 February in Feria Valencia, where it will be presented next fall-winter collections, 24 prêt-à-porter proposals. The protagonists will be the most relevant local designers and an important share of the national designers.
As in previous editions, there will be a non-stop parade, with 7 emerging designers: Asta Masiulyte, Lola Cuello, Blanca Beyer, Retal Reciclaje Creativo, Georgina Vendrell, Loolah and Susana Escribano.

Headline. Special Events. Sports. Top 10 Valencia. Travel

2 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1,048 views
33rd America’s Cup launches its website

The official website of the 33rd America’s Cup has been recently launched at www.americascup.com.
The site offers a comprehensive array of useful information of the opponents, explanations, exclusive news, images… all the essential details about this close encounter between two cutting edge multihulls.
One of the most important features of the page is that during racing, and for the first time, the races between the fastest match racing yachts ever will be broadcast live for free.
You can also follow the news on Twitter and Facebook as well.
Visit it at www.americacup.com
The official website …

Fallas. Featured. General Information. Headline. Music. Special Events. Sports. Top 10 Valencia. Travel

11 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 2,216 views
Top world-class events 2010 in Valencia (updated)

During 2010 Valencia will remain as host of important international events such as Formula One, Global Champions Tour, MTV Winter, Las Fallas and many others in the media, cinema making, sports and fashion landscape.

Headline. Special Events. Sports. Top 10 Valencia. Travel

4 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 735 views
Valencia gets ready to host the 33rd America’s Cup

After two and a half year battle in court, the sailing race for the America’s Cup, the oldest sporting competition in the world, will come back to sea in 2010. The 33rd edition will start on 8 February in Valencia if the defending champion Alinghi from Switzerland, and the challenger, the American BMW Oracle Racing, do not continue with its legal war.
The two contenders have already invested in the arms race about 430 million dollars to convert the America’s Cup in what has always been: a competition of the …