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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

In November 1936, the most important works from the Prado Museum and other masterpieces of the Spanish heritage such as ‘Las Meninas’, among others, traveled by decision of the Government of the Republic from Madrid to Valencia in order to be protected from bombing that the nation was suffering after the outbreak of the Civil War.
It was a real “adventure” to safeguard some of the Spanish key pieces which is now alive with the exhibition ‘Arte Salvado’ (Art saved) that can be seen at La Nau, the historical building of …

We are informed from Bioparc Valencia that during these days new members were born in the meerkat, sitatunga, thomson’s gazelle and mangabey families. You can visit them from 10 am to 8 pm.
Look how sweet they are!

The Valencia Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) presents From Gaudí to Picasso, an exhibition featuring over a hundred works including drawings, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, from different museums, foundations and private collections.
From Gaudí to Picasso focuses on the early work of Picasso and Julio González, two multi-faceted artists who completed their training during the Modernist period and who went on to occupy prominent positions in the history of 20th Century painting and sculpture.

The Holy Week  is being celebrated everywhere, some people enjoy these holidays relaxing and travelling and some others choose to participate in the celebrations actively and take some time to reflect about their lives. Valencia is one of those cities which live Easter in a peculiar way, specially in the Maritime quarters.

The 2010 season will kick off in a unique setting:  the City of Arts and Sciences, an emblematic architectural and cultural facility. The head of this project is Oxer Sport, the leading company in the organization of equestrian events in Spain. Carles Vilarrubí, President of the company, together with some members of the Valencia Government and the City Council shall organize the event in 2010 for the second time. After the success in the first year, the eyes of the equestrian world shall be on Valencia once …

A festive atmosphere has completely inundated Valencia. In every street, every square and every Casal (festival tent) you will feel the euphoria building up prior to the start of the most eagerly-anticipated event of the year as the final preparations are taking place for the official start of the Fallas 2010.
On Monday 15th March, the official acts get underway for this Festival of international tourist interest with the Plantà infantil and throughout the following days tourists and locals alike will enjoy a whole host of events and activities.

From 14th to 18th April, Valencia’s Luis Puig Velodrome will be transformed into the spectacular setting of beautiful circus show, Saltimbanco, during which spectators will be invited to submerge themselves in the depths of an imaginary city in order to find hope within its multiple realities.

“Las Fallas” wouldn’t be complete without “mascletaes”, which begin on 1st March and continue up to the end of the festivities on the 19th. At 2.00 o’clock each afternoon, Valencians and visitors gather in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento to enjoy the vibrant explosions of more than 100 kg of gunpowder, set off within a five minute period and which create a unique, thunderous rhythm.