Welcome to Valencia!
thisisvalencia.com, is the essential guide, in English, to Valencia, Spain's most exciting city. Everything you want to know! - if you live here, if you are visiting or just passing through- it's all here for you, at the click of a button.
The site is literally packed with information on all the wonders of the city- all the information we can get for you on everything from culture to sport to leisure to events. From High Art and Opera to Formula One and America's Cup,
Valencia is a city that offers everything and more. Restaurants, Bars, Cafés, Opera, Theatre, Music, Dance, Festivals (Oh, the festivals!), Fiestas, Golf and every conceivable Sport, Culture and Arts
If you haven't visited Valencia, then it's time you did - If you are already here - get the most out of the city - with the help of thisisvalencia.com

IF YOU ARE COMING TO VALENCIA ..
See our Valencia Guide (a suggested walk around the city's lovely historic centre and recommendations on shopping eating and nightlife) it's a great introduction to the city -the Guide is available to download here

NEED ACCOMMODATION?

WANT TO BUY OR RENT A FLAT IN VALENCIA?
OR A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AROUND THE CITY ?

WE HAVE A GREAT SELECTION HERE INCLUDING SOME GREAT NEW RENTALS AND A GREAT BARGAIN FOR SALE IN THE CITY CENTRE
 

...and if you are coming and need a short-term rental or a room in some great properties at reasonable prices, let us know, - contact us at info@thisisvalencia.com - with number in party, dates and location,we'll be happy to help!

While we are on the subject of good accommodation, read our review of a delightful B+B in the gorgeous white village of Chulilla nestling high in the Serranos Mountain range just one hour's easy drive from Valencia city centre. We stayed at Casa Serena when we recently visited Chulilla for a midnight fashion show and Jazz Concert - read all about the Pasarela Joven Chulilla here.

NEW Barbara is back with chickens, chocolates and cannon -it's all very funny and it is here

Contact us here if you need more information on anything - this is our main mailbox
And now you can SKYPE US! click the little skype logo right to instant message us if we are online!

There are lots of new restaurant reviews here, so you can make an informed choice about where and what to eat in the city

24/7 Valencia Magazine
our good friends at 24/7 Valencia Magazine now host a pdf version the magazine on their own page - , click the picture of the cover left to go to the page

Get on down to Mercado de Campanar right here in Valencia! Hippest place around full of great shops selling designery finery and a floor full of great places to eat and drink too. Right at the top is Ciné Cité, which has a great selection of films year round in Original Version(VOS). TRAILERS HERE

A NEW INTERVIEW WITH JASON WEBSTER!

Gooru talks to Jason about his new book here and there are a host of new reviews in his columns
NEW Anita Darling column here

MOVIES IN ENGLISH
Good films in Version Original (VOS) at Ciné Cité Mercado de Fuencarral and Babel/Albatross at the moment. See the trailers here

EXPLORE VLC - THE GUIDE
We are proud to present The Guide - what to see and do in Valencia. If you don't know the city - this is the place for you. Excellent walks around the city and much more! Our columnist, Barbara O'Neill wrote very briefly about the Casa Museo Benlliure in a recent column here on Thisisvalencia.com. So moved and impressed by the visit was she that we decided to commission her to expand the piece for inclusion in this section.
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FOOD SHOPPING
MARKETS
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LATEST NEWS
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Welcome to a cold and crisp Valencia.
Februaryis here already! And there is already a whole host of entertainment in and around the city, not least of which is the much talked about 33rd America's Cup - two of the world's fastest and biggest racing multihulls will fight it out on the waters of Valencia from the 08 February.

STOP PRESS

FIB BENICASSIM 2010

FIB organisers have announced first confirmations of the line up for FIB Benicassim 2010 The Prodigy , Dizzee Rascal , Ian Brown , Kasabian, The Specials, and PiL are all set to play the spanish festival on the weekend of 15th -18th July 2010. More as we get it.

Read on for more exciting happenings in Valencia.

23 January - 09 February

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

Lucia di Lammermoor

Still time to catch this tragic drama by Gaetano Donizetti set on the moors of Scotland

23, 26, 29, 31 January and 3, 6, 9 February
 

30 January-19 February

XIV Festival of Flamenco at Palau de la Música

30 January - Diego 'El Cigala'

31 January - a Night of Valencian Flamenco

14 February - Buika

19 February - Miguel Poveda.

01-03 February

Circuito de la Comunidad Valenciana,
Official Formula 1 Test for the 2010 season.

A must for F1 fans and only 25€ for grandstand seats for all 3 days! Seven teams including Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes have confirmed attendance stop press! A proportion of the proceeds from the event will go to Haiti Disaster Fund -

02-04 February
SEMANA DE MODA VALENCIA

Feria Valencia and Mya in Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències are the two main locations for this VIII edition. More

08- 12 February

33rd America's Cup

FINALLY! It is definitely happening. The Official opening is on the 07 Feb. Follow it daily here and on twitter.com/gooruvlc and thisisvalencia.blogspot.com,Read more of the history here.

33rd America's Cup Official Program

Sunday 7 February from 10 am: Opening Event

Monday 8 February from 10 am: First Race

Wednesday 10 February from 10 am: Second Race

Friday 12 February: Third Race (if required)

14 - 25 February: Reserve days

05 February
Estrella Dam

AC 33 Opening Party - doors open 1900h

Tinglado 2, Marina Juan Carlos I. Entry is free

Los Planetas

Nacho Vegas

La Habitiacion Roja

10-21 February

Valencia Escena Oberta - Festival Veo

Street theatre, mime, dance and comedy from a host of national and international names. At various locations around the city and in the streets too.

13 February

MTV Winter at the City of Arts and Sciences.
Arctic Monkeys headline this, the third MTV WInter Festival which is beamed live across the world. Free admission gets you not only the Arctic Monkeys, but the Mystery Jets, Lightspeed Champion, and Fuzzy White Casters!

AND, COMING IN MARCH - LAS FALLAS! ARGUABLY THE MOST EXCITING FIESTA IN THE WORLD- READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE

TRADE FAIRS - FEBRUARY
FERIA DE VALENCIA

CEVISAMA 2010
09 - 12 February
MARMOL 2010
09 - 12 February
FORINVEST 2010
24 - 26 February
TCV 2010 (6th INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR )
26 - 28 February
 

There are bound to be some more surprises this month, we are always telling you that this is the land of 'Pensat i fet' (literally, think and do it!) so keep coming back to these pages for news on what's on in the city and even better, sign up to our regular newsletter here! and keep completely informed. After all, The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Mail reckon we are one of the best online guides to Valencia!

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Explore VLC - The Guide - How to see the most in the
shortest time

Take a look at our heavily updated listings here! The listings are vastly improved. There are new sections, some already fully running and others still building, but over the next few weeks you will see them in all their glory.

We have new shopping listings, all the shopping centres in and around the city, all the street markets and the days of the week they operate. All new restaurant/clubs listings with a guide to price. An out of town section, which over the next weeks and months will grow into a comprehensive guide to the towns and villages in the Valencia Community. There's a new useful information section with really useful numbers. A guide to the naughtier side of Valencia. A leisure section with listings for golf courses and Parks. There are also Gay and Lesbian Listings.

And online now, a small list but building fast - Accommodation in Valencia, short let flats, B&Bs, rooms and small hotels, and in the useful info section, all about living in Valencia.If you have anything to let, rooms, apartments, houses,or have a small hotel or guest house and want to be part of this new section, check out the page and then email us for our excellent rates