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10 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 238 views
Ferrari star parade in Valencia

Tomorrow at noon Valencia’s Paseo de la Alameda will turn into a catwalk for Ferrari. This is a preview of what will happen during the four days at the World Finals, the traditional end-of-the-season festivities, this year for the first time held at the Ricardo Tormo di Cheste circuit, from 12 to 15 November.‬
The main road in the city centre will be shut down for traffic to host the exceptional parade of the cars with the Prancing Horse, lead by the F2008, the Constructors’ Championship car from 2008, driven by …

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3 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 222 views
Valencia improves its cyclotourism

What better way to explore Valencia than riding a comfortable bike all along its interesting and charming places? Cyclotourism offers a different experience to discover a city and meet new people, as well.
Valencia is totally flat and there are cycle paths on most sidewalks. By next Christmas, the city of Valencia will have a network of bicycle routes of almost 130 km., which are distributed among bike paths, cycle-streets, and some areas “shared” with pedestrians.

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31 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 289 views
Valencia is the second most admired city in knowledge management

Valencia has won the second prize of the world’s most admired city in knowledge management, which annually grant the international entities World Capital Institute and Teleos, just behind the English city of Manchester.
MAKCi Awards 2009 (Most Admired Knowledge Cities) will be delivered during the second summit ‘Knowledge Cities’, to be held in Shenzhen (China), from 5 to 7 November.
The MAKCI Exercise can be defined as a “knowledge-based initiative whose
contribution to innovation depends largely on human imagination and creativity
and the knowledge assets available at a point in time and context”.
This is …

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31 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 273 views
Bioparc receives Thomas, a gorilla from the Netherlands

Bioparc project for the development and welfare of its gorillas is still being completed. So far, they had a breeding group of gorillas, made up of Mambi, a male silverback, together with the females Dorl and Fossey. Right next to these, in Bioparc there is one space for the group of single male gorillas, where is Jitu, the oldest of all the male silverback. Recently, Bioparc received two young gorillas to be incorporated in this group, Kabuli, who arrived from Germany last week and Thomas, who has come from the …

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30 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 213 views
Valencia is ready to host the ATP Tournament

The official presentation of the Ágora building, the architectural jewel in the Valencia city crown and the venue for the Valencia 500 Open from October 31st till November 8th, took place this evening.
Valencia is getting ready to host one of the most important tennis tournaments in the world and as a taster today, the Ágora building was officially presented. The act was attended by a host of personalities who took the opportunity to see the magnificent building close up. The President of the Generalitat of Valencia  Francisco Camps and the …

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28 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 173 views
The America’s Cup again in Valencia?

The New York Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the 33rd America’s Cup, scheduled in February 2010, must take place in a venue in the Southern Hemisphere as per the strict reading of the competition’s governing document, the Deed of Gift, or in Valencia, Spain, as the only exception to that rule.
“This is a disappointing result as we were certain that Justice Cahn’s May 2008 decision allowed the Defender to chose Valencia or ‘any other location’,” said Lucien Masmejan, Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) legal counsel. “Ras Al Khaimah has put …

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28 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 193 views
Download the Valencia tourist guide on your mobile

When we are tourists, it’s a good idea to have a guide or some guidelines about the places we can visit there and other useful information on timetables and closing days. The official website of Valencia Tourism Convention Bureau offers, among other services, a digital tourist guide to download.
This guide covers a wide range of cultural and leisure activities. Valencian cuisine, exhibitions, festivals, shows, sporting events, guided tours, places to go shopping, where to go out at night and much more, all you need to know to spend a …

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20 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 198 views
Castelló Masters Costa Azahar, top-level golf

The Castelló Masters Costa Azahar golf tournament, taking place from 22nd to 25th October at the Mediterraneo Country Club in Borriol, is now in its second edition, and will feature the best players from around the world.
Naturally, the current Castelló Masters Costa Azahar champion, Sergio García, will be defending his title at this golf tournament, which is part of the PGA European Circuit.

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14 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 245 views
Exhibition: The Irish soldier that changed Valencia history

This exhibition reviews the history of the family who came from Ireland to modernize Valencia.
In 1820 Thomas Trenor Keating, a young Irish immigrant,  landed in Valencia in search of fortune.  “Facta non verba”  has being his motto ever since and today he is recognized as the founder of the bourgeois dynasty that from then until now, has influenced the fate of this city.

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13 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 468 views
Win a trip to Valencia with your own ninot creation

Valencia is working thoroughly to attract Japanese tourists. It is one of the few cities in Spain that has a quality website in Japanese (in terms of translation and content). Valencia has targeted online campaigning for the Japanese market for years, and it is continually improving its content.
The campaign this year is a website in Japanese only, which takes advantage of multimedia content, such as a video of a Japanese girl who has visited Valencia (obviously speaking in Japanese) thanks to the online game “Ninots Contest”.

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7 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 397 views
Michelin starred-restaurants at affordable prices return in November

Turismo Valencia has now opened the registration period for participating restaurants in which will again offer special menus at very affordable prices during the week of 16 to 22 November.
 
The success of the first edition in June has inspired Turismo Valencia to repeat the “Valencia Cuina Oberta-Restaurant Week” initiative between 16 and 22 November. During that week, the best restaurants in the city will offer prepared menus at special prices. Turismo Valencia has now opened the registration period for those restaurants which want to take part in the project, which …

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28 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 454 views
An authentic Valencian paella for Gwyneth Paltrow

In “Spain … on the road again”, Gwyneth is in heaven as the road trip heads to Valencia, a paella lover’s paradise. She regales Mario with the story of her first trip to Spain as the two share a beachside walk and talk.
Meanwhile, Mark and Claudia tour Santiago Calatrava’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences. Gwyneth and Mario cook paella with a Zen Master in the Albufera, the epicenter of rice in Spain. The foursome is reunited over a dinner of unforgettable tapas at local favorite, Casa Montaña. Then, the …

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25 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 315 views
Glamour & MANGO Shopping Night  also in Valencia

MANGO and Glamour team up to organise a big party, the Glamour Shopping Night!  The event will take place in Valencia on 1 October and will last from eight o’clock in the afternoon until twelve o’clock at night.

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