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CHIROPRACTIC VALENCIA

Why Live Even One More Day With Crippling Back Pain…When You Don’t Have To? Dear Friend: You’ve tried everything. You sleep with pillows under your legs…tried punishing therapy…you are half conscious from taking pain pills all day…you’ve even tried painful injections that gave you only temporary relief at best…and maybe your doctors are now even telling you that you may need surgery because nothing else has worked. Back pain can turn your life upside down…quickly. If you’re suffering with this miserable condition, you know exactly what I’m talking about. And, if you’re like most back pain sufferers, your worst fear is that the pain will continue to get worse, leaving you unable to work at your job during these difficult economic times…or, even just being able to get through the day taking care of your family… or simple things like being able to be selfsufficient and take care of your own needs. ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS Are you stiff as a board when you wake up in the morning? Is it a

challenge just to bend over and put your shoes on? Have you lost nights of sleep because of your pain? Has your back pain kept you from doing your normal everyday activities?

system… naturally… and, without having to rely on potentially dangerous treatment options.

If you answered yes to any of these questions, back pain has a grip on your life…and, is most likely stealing precious moments…moments you can never get back.

Chiropractic works fast…and it works for most cases of back pain. That means that in just a short period time (often in a few weeks) you could be back to doing the things that you enjoy most in life…pain free and feeling great again.

There’s Good News Though You DON’T have to live with back pain. You CAN be pain free. You CAN stop running from doctor to doctor…trying medication after medication…and, doing exercise after exercise without finding relief. You CAN finally feel “human” again and take control of your life back. Here’s how… Chiropractic actually works by releiving nervous system pressure and muscle tension through gentle adjustments to the spine…fixing structural and mechanical problems that are often causing your pain. As a result, Chiropractic actually “triggers” your body’s own miraculous healing

Here’s the best part…

And, if you’re wondering just who else relies on Chiropractic care, you’re in good company with people like olympic and professional athletes… famous movie stars…top political personalities…and, most likely, many of your neighbors, relatives and friends. Even The Government And Top Medical Researchers Support Chiropractic. Here’s What They Have To Say… °It works fast and is extremely effective. Often, more effective than tradition medical approaches. The prestigious MANGA Report (Ontario Ministry of Health) determined that... Map © 2019 24/ 7 Valencia

QUIROPRACTICO VALENCIA Do you suffer low back pain, neck pain, headaches? Why continue suffering? Chiropractic is a natural solution for your pains and aches vand also to keep your spine in line! Visit your chiropractor Richard Millo in Valencia or Rocafort. You can find us at www.quiropracticovalencia.com Or call us on 96 131 05 22

“Chiropractic care was the most cost effective and clinically effective care for painful conditions like low back pain.” °According to this top research journal...(J Manipulative Physiol Ther) 2000 Jun; 23(5): 307-11. “Patients who received treatment of mechanical neck pain or low back pain had statistically significant reductions in their pain-related disability after treatment”. And these are just two large studies. The list is exhaustive and hard to ignore if you have neck pain or back pain. Now, I want you to imagine for a minute riding your bike again…being able to exercise...enjoying long walks...spending quality time with your family on a weekend...being able to be productive again at work…simply being able to be self-sufficient again... feeling “human” again…and most important…enjoying your life again on your own terms, and without the back pain that was controlling your life. Most people who try Chiropractic are actually amazed to discover that correcting their problems and getting out of pain is often NOT so complex as they might think. In fact, they are astonished when they get results after only the first few treatments, even when they’ve tried every other medical option available without results. After only a few adjustments (sometimes after only one

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adjustment), you may feel immediate relief of pain and the “vice grip” pressure in your back and joints… feel the intense tension melting away in your muscles as tight spasms release…see and feel your ability to bend and move return…and feel your strength and stability finally start to return again.

much more energy and i can feel my body coming back to normal!” -Maria José V. Valencia

In fact, I’m confident that this may actually change your entire life if you’ve been suffering with pain and haven’t been able to find real relief…no matter what you try.

Sincerely, P.S. It’s time to finally get back your life and start enjoying all the important moments of your life again. I’m excited to help you get there.

Just Listen To What Some Chiropractic Patients Have To Say… “Since i’ve started my care, i have seen huge changes in my body. I can move better and feel pain free. I was about to get neck surgery because of a herniated disc, and now I don’t need to anymore!” -Antonio B.Moncada “My changes have been unbelievable. I was suffering atrocious migraine headaches and a lot of dizziness. After the first month of adjustments I have much more energy, I feel much happier and my pains have reduced drastically. It is a new hope for me because I thought I would need to spend my life with tablets, and now I am not using any. I AM SO HAPPY.” -Mari Carmen M. Betera “I have noted changes since the first day. I’m sleeping better. I wake up with

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24/7 VALENCIA FALLAS GUIDE

FALLAS GUIDE Are you interested in folklore? Tradition? Big dresses? If you are, stick around. Valencia has all that and more, during the celebration known as Las Fallas. Read this and consider yourself armed for the festivities.

(La Despertá). You can avoid this by joining a casal yourself, allowing you yourself to be the object of your neighbour’s hatred.

LAS FALLAS

For hard-core Valencianos (nearly all of them). City Hall, not wanting to miss out on the fun, holds its own circus of noise every afternoon during Fallas at two o’clock. The Plaza del Ayuntamiento is stocked with enough firecrackers to blow up a small country, which are then all lit. Loud explosions leading up to a crescendo of painful sonic booms typify a good mascletà. Generally lasting five to ten minutes, the experience will leave you with gunpowder and sulphur in your lungs and bleeding ears, but hey, who cares? You’re only young once.

During the second week of March, you’ll see these large sculptures being set up at practically every street corner. Anything can be represented in a falla; the 10 Commandments, the plight of the crippled, world peace or belly-button lint. These are then ceremoniously burnt (in La Cremá) by proud firemen on the eve of March 19. EL CASAL Think of a friendly neighbourhood association (again, at every street corner) whose main mission, apart from setting up its falla, is to wake you and all your neighbours up at four o’clock every morning. You’ll finally get back to sleep only to be awakened again by its morning marching band

LA MASCLETÀ

LAS FALLERAS Watch out! You could be knocked over by one if you’re not paying attention. More than just a big dress, the fallera’s costume is the non plus

ultra of traditional fashion wear. Covered by enough lace, brocade and satin to bury a man (or fallera), these brave women take part in all the city’s festivities. You’ll see them representing their casals by marching in parades, posing for pictures, making paellas on the street and having nervous breakdowns, smiling all the while. Acute observers will make the comparison between the fallera’s hairstyle and a certain science-fiction film character, but the similarity ends there. These are Valencian Earth girls, born and bred. THE NIGHTLIFE A misnomer, actually. The nightlife lasts all day and night for the first three weeks of March. Valencia doesn’t sleep, and if you think you will, you are mistaken. My advice is to do what bar, pub and restaurant employees do; take copious amounts of stimulants and stay awake. There’s no point in sleeping. No point!

Lola García

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CONTENTS 2 -CHIROPRACTIC VALENCIA 4- 24/7 VALENCIA FALLAS GUIDE 5 - EDITORIAL 6 - PHOTOS BY VICTOR ARANDA 7 - MAP 8 - WHAT IS FALLAS? 10 - VALENCIA CAVAS 12 - TAPAS BAR OF THE MONTH 14 - FOOD 16 - INSTAGRAM REPORT 17/31 - LISTINGS MAR 19 33 - MIGUELETE 34 - VALENCIA FOOTBALL 37 - REPORTAJE WEB 38 - 24/7 VALENCIA PARTY PEOPLE 40 - LAWYER ARTICLE 42 - WHY VALENCIA ? 44 - PHOTOS BY ADRI CASTELLANOS 46 - VALENCIA MUSIC

Editorial MARCH 19

“FIRESTARTER” Yes! In Valencia, they know all about how to start a fire and they damn well know how to put on a party too! The festival of FALLAS is now protected as part of UNESCO’s “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” In plain English, it means that it is engraved in stone and it is official that Fallas is bloody good! Food lovers are in for a treat as we visit the classic Spanish Tapas Bar ‘La Bodeguilla del Gato’ in the historic centre. We have a special ‘24/7 Valencia’ Fallas guide for visitors and our feature writers ask locals: What is Fallas? If you are thinking of moving to Valencia, we have an exclusive interview with an English Speaking lawyer and we also explore the city via the ‘Why Valencia?’ article by Fiona Hurley. We have an exclusive report on ‘Valencian Cavas’ by experts Riki Wigley & Marian Daras. We take a trip to the Miguelete of Valencia cathedral with writer Rachel McClamroch… especially for our readers! Check out a packed March listings of arts, theatre, clubs, pubs, chill out, shopping and more. Spring is coming and life on the street is the norm again.

We dedicate this issue to the late, great Keith Flint of ‘The Prodigy’ who played at the port of Valencia not so long ago… Thank you for all of your support over the years!

24/7 Valencia team “I’m the trouble starter Punkin’ instigator I’m the fear addicted Danger illustrated I’m a firestarter Twisted firestarter You’re a firestarter Twisted firestarter I’m a firestarter Twisted firestarter… I’m the self-inflicted Mine detonator Yeah I’m the one infected Twisted animator…” (‘Firestarter’ by The Prodigy) In memory of Keith Flint (1969 -2019)

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ISSUE 217 / MAR 19 Editor: Will McCarthy Contributors: Altogringo, John Murphy, Owl, Helen Westwater, Victor Aranda García, Adri Castellanos, Carmen Antelo, Yosu Mendoza, Riki Wigley & Marian Darás, David Rhead, José António Marín, Rachel McClamroch, Lola García, Fiona Honor Hurley. Distributed by: Groovy cat Ltd. IS THE DEFINITIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE TO VALENCIA. 24/7 VALENCIA IS RECOMMENDED BY THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, TIME OUT, LONELY PLANET, ROUGH GUIDE, LET´S GO,CNN.COM, BUSINESS TRAVELLER MAGAZINE, FOOTPRINTS, RYANAIR... Views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily those of the editor 24/7 Valencia does not accept responsibility for date/time/venue changes. According to copyright law any reproduction, either total or partial, is completely forbidden without written permission of the editor. All articles, past and present, printed in 24/7 Valencia magazine are copyright of Orange Skies © 2018 Legal deposit: D4562606

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WHAT IS FALLAS ?

THIS IS WHAT THE CITY’S RESIDENTS SAY; CONDENSED FOR YOU BY DAVID RHEAD AND JOSÉ MARÍN The smell of cordite and the sizzle and crack of rockets. The smell of Buñuelos frying in the middle of the night. The smell of the Plaza de la Virgen carpeted with Spring flowers at four o’clock in the morning. The smell of ammonia in the morning when someone has used your doorstep as a bar toilet. Sunny mornings, windy afternoons and chilly nights. The mad rush to get to the Mascletá. The whole city still buzzing at three in the morning. The down time between five in the afternoon and nine in the evening. Burnt out bins and exploded milk cartons. The jumpy feeling of walking round and knowing that at any moment someone is going to throw a banger at you. Nervously jumping out the way of a banger only to find it was a pathetic little “popper” thrown by a four-yearold. Nervously jumping out the way of a banger only to find that it was a cigarette end someone had thrown away.

The constant Fallas soundtrack of Snap, crackle and pop and distant marching bands. The Fallera Mayor waving and weeping. The Mascletá. The overcrowded “VIP” balcony at the Ayuntamiento. The rhythm of the masclets filling the square. The rush and rumble that booms in through your toes and blasts out through your fingertips. Walking for an hour and then waiting forty-five minutes in a hot, crowded square for five minutes of loud bangs. Screaming rockets on sunny blue skies. The “knowledgeable” crowds and the roar of approval at the finale. The first few bars of “El Fallero”. Sunglasses, mopeds and Nobel cigarettes. Beers and Calamares amongst the bustle of a sunny post-mascletá. The bright colours, fun and weird bawdiness of the fallas. Angels and demons. Ducks coming out of teapots. Waiting with five hundred other people at the Torres de Serranos

for the one taxi on duty in the whole city. Long walks home through crowded streets. Moors and Christians in Calle Conde Altea. The lights in Ruzafa. Who pays the electricity bill for the lights in Ruzafa? Paellas in the street. The enthusiasm and rush of activity at the beginning of a midnight paella competition. The smell of burning firewood and melting asphalt. Being too drunk and hungry to care what the paella taste likes by the time it’s finished. Unexpected energetic guests. Street stalls, pony-tailed musicians from the Andes. Buñuelos, churros, porras, waffles and chocolate fried in three day old fat. Silly hats, glow in the dark bracelets and tweetie pie balloons. Human statues and jugglers in the narrowest of streets. The Fallera Mayor going up in a balloon. “Senyor pirotècnic, pot començar la mascletá”. Fourteen-year-old Valen-

cians’ first taste of nightlife. Verbenas everywhere. Tardis toilets in the river. Beer in a paper cup. Agua de Valencia in a plastic cup. Dodgy vodka in a plastic cup leaning over one of those yellow crash barriers around the Falla. Jerusalem, Merced, Mercat, Na Jordana, L’Antiga, Seneca, Calle Quart, Murillo. Porcelain pastels in Plaza Pilar. Arranging to meet five different people at the same time in different places and everyone arriving late, including you. Not meeting your friends but always bumping into your enemies. Traipsing back and forth across the river five times in one night...Falleros selling you flags, plants and oranges at the traffic lights. Falleros blocking off your street three weeks before Fallas has even started, keeping you awake all night and then knocking on your door asking for a contribution. Community spirit. Civic pride. Xocolatá and the Casal. Access only through a friend of a friend. Flags on the balconies. Controlled chaos. German Schalke 04 football fans back again. The way the city magically evolves

into something completely different for five days and then the day after it’s miraculously back to normal, like it never happened. The noon time rush for a pint of Guinness on St Patrick’s day. The Castillo. You never tire of its spectacular colours and thunderous splendour. A couple of quiet beers in Bar Pana while everyone else is at the Castillo. The Fireworks. Those rockets that go down and then go back up again. The bronze palm trees and exploding hearts and stars. Paying twice the price for half the quality. Six Euros for three Patatas Bravas. The pomp and celebration of the Ofrenda and the Mare de Deu. The Falleros swanning around blocking up the streets in their finest, each trying to impress with the biggest and most ostentatious flower arrangements. The Five year old Little Princess falleras all flowers, regal smiles and mini legs. Fifty year old Falleras all tear-strewn make up, black lace and cigarettes. Julio Tormo beaming out to Valencia 24 hours a day from the Plaza de la Virgen. “Estas plorant xi-

queta?” Marching bands all formal airs and traditional music during the ofrenda; Dixieland jazz, “tirate de la moto” on the way home. Greenhouse effect fumes streaming into the air from the fireworks. Five days of everyone walking or taking public transport in a car free city centre. Dancing with your grandma at the Verbena. Dancing with someone else’s grandma at the Verbena. The red and black smoke that rises above the city on the night of San Jose. The firemen. Everyone getting soaked in the Plaza Dr Collado. Trying to see six different Cremás and arriving late for each one. The crowd booing the National anthem in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. The feeling that spring has finally come. Out with the old and in with the new. Tired legs and aching heads. A good square meal when it’s all over. And then, on the twentieth, L’apuntá to set the ball rolling again for next year..

VALENCIA CAVAS

A COMPREHENSIVE CAVA TASTING AT PAGO DE THARSYS The bodega opened its doors in 2002 always with the intention of producing ecologic or organic wines with full respect to the environment and their vineyards. No chemicals are used in the vineyards and only the minimum of natural products in the bodega itself. The bodega introduced their first Ecological wine (with the certificate on the back label) with the 2013 vintage of the Vendimia Nocturna and followed it in 2015 with three cavas -Cava Carlota Suria Brut Naturé, Brut and the Millésime 2015. The Merlot Crianza 2014, was released in 2018 and named ‘Argila’. Now more wines sport the ‘ecologic’ or organic label. The Bodega’s strength lies in its cavas but it also produces a full range of still wines. We rely on the wine fairs to keep abreast of new releases and at the beginning of February 2019 we were privileged to attend an exclusive and comprehensive tasting at the bodega, which has put much into perspective.

We began with the Carlota Suria Brut Naturé, ecologic, a 100% Macabeo with 15 months “en rima” (On the lees) and 12% ABV. This is pale yellow in colour, clean, bright with fine persistent bubbles and a good crown. Melon, green apple, citrus notes (grapefruit) and floral notes on the nose. In the mouth the cava is fresh and clean, between fruit and acidity there are notes of bread and this is a wine which will benefit from another year in bottle. The Carlota Suria Brut organic is also Macabeo with 15 months en rima and 12% ABV. It has more colour than the Brut Naturé and is rounder, more floral and elegant on the nose. In the mouth it retains that roundness, is balanced and has a long elegant finish. The Brut Garnacha Rosado, with its terracotta label, is from a family of wines which were quite ‘avant-garde’ when originally introduced. Garnacha is a naturally fruity and expressive variety and this is a ‘rebel’. With 18 months en rima and 11.5% ABV, it is

a bright strawberry colour with long strings of fast rising fine bubbles, an expressive fruity nose with a mixture of cherry, sweets and other red fruit notes. In the mouth it has a lovely attack, excellent acidity balances the fruit and it has a long dry finish. We loved the slightly unruly character of this wine and have in mind a pairing with a good fidueá! The Bodega has a strong reputation for the quality of its top cavas and we were not disappointed by the next four wines. The Chardonnay Brut 2015 Millésime ecologic has 12% ABV and 24 months en rima. Fine, persistent bubbles rise through a pale gold, clean and bright liquid and on pouring produces a good mousse. Floral on the nose initially (jasmine) it has a wonderful fruit mix of white stone fruit such as peach and apricot and notes of patisserie and confectioner’s cream in the mouth. It is immediately elegant on entry, creamy with well-integrated bubbles and a good length.

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The Millésime 2015 Garnacha Rosé is 12% ABV but quite different to its younger brother we tasted earlier! By contrast this is a pale salmon colour, almost onion skin, clean, bright and with fine persistent bubbles rising to a rosary on the surface. With 24 months en rima it is very clean and fresh on the nose, there are ripe red fruit notes of berries such as red currant, raspberry and patisserie evident. In the mouth the sensation is perfect, the fruit, alcohol, acidity and the bubbles are totally integrated, ending with a lovely slightly bitter note in a very long satisfying finish which fills the mouth. Extreme elegance. We moved next to the Millésime 2016 biologic Chardonnay Brut Naturé which has two months in French oak before 16 months en rima. This was the first wine with a deep golden colour, it has fine persistent bubbles and patisserie and light oak notes on the nose together with white flowers on a complex mix of fruit such as peach and apricots and vanilla, cinnamon and hazelnuts. In the mouth it is voluptuous on entry, fresher than you might expect from the nose, but has a long full finish with notes of honey. The last of the Cavas we tasted was the 2014 Reserva Ecologico

Millésime Chardonnay 70% and Macabeo. This has 38 months en rima. Despite its greater age it is a paleyellow colour, clean, bright with fine persistent bubbles. On the nose ripe fruit and a base of white flowers, pan de higo with almonds and patisserie. In the mouth this is beautifully fresh, has an attractive acidity, is very wellbalanced and a long elegant finesse in the finish. To keep, this will develop its flavours in bottle. The final sparkling wine was an espumoso, the Alegria which is a blend of Chardonnay with 14 months en rima and Bronx in the liquor d’ expedition. Pale yellow it has steadily rising fine bubbles and white flowers (jasmine) and ripe papaya on the nose. In the mouth you note the Bronx, an American variety which the bodega grows for their Dulce, the grapes dried in the sun before the wine is made. It has a sweetness, is grapey with tropical notes and is a fun, dessert wine which would suit all tastes. Our relationship with the bodega began with our first visit and blog (https://wp.me/p16pqB-3M). In those days Pago de Tharsys was almost unique in Requena in having a bodega tour, never mind that it could also be in the English language! The Bodega has always been at the

forefront of developing enotourism as can be seen from a visit to their website. VÍ Vid has followed these developments and you can read more about this in our reports on initiatives such as the introduction of the ‘Cocktail range’ (https://wp.me/ p16pqB-xB) the ‘Night Harvest’ which wine-lovers could participate in (https://wp.me/p7dfvi-82), as well as new wine releases such as the Valencia City range.

RIKI WIGLEY & MARIAN DARAS VÍ Vid is a project supporting the development of wine knowledge and gastronomy in the Valencian Community. We run wine clubs, give tastings of Valencian wines in English and support wine-makers and bodegas directly. We can be found in Instagram (@Vivid8402), and through our blog VÍ Vid at https://vvidblog. wordpress.com, in Facebook, (https:// www.facebook.comVivideventos) and in Twitter @vividvinos. Our Valencia Wine Nights tastings in Valencia will start again soon. Article © 2019 24/ 7 Valencia

RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH TAPAS BAR OF THE MONTH EL ARENAL

LA BODEGUILLA DEL GATO What a great name for a tapas bar! This roughly translates as ‘The Cat’s Wine Cellar’ but it does sound cooler in Spanish. Arguably, this is still one of Valencia’s best kept secrets and it is nicely hidden away in a mellow corner of the historic centre…

Over the years, members of the ‘24/7 Valencia’ team have been enjoying their wide variety of classic Spanish tapas. In 2019, we enjoyed some grilled octopus cooked to perfection. We savoured tasty cod tapas and ended with a memorable pumpkin & yoghurt dessert with a very crunchy pastry base. This particular evening of sharing tapas was accompanied by a distinctive ‘Caprasia’ Bobal Merlot organic red wine (from Utiel-Requena) with a long finish. In a modern world obsessed with social media, there is something refreshingly ‘old school’ about a tapas bar

that relies instead on word of mouth to reach the public. The staff was welcoming and the service informative, pleasant & efficient throughout the evening.

The music soundtrack was sensual & superb. A heady and nostalgic mixture of Bossa Nova, French Chanson, Gypsy and Cuban sounds of yesteryear. We sat down with the amiable & experienced Head Chef Eric, for an exclusive interview, before the diners started to arrive. 24/7 Valencia: How did ‘Bodeguilla del Gato’ begin? Chef Eric: It was founded in 1998 by the current owners and it started out as a simple tapas bar with cheeses and tablas but it has evolved & developed into the classic Spanish tapas bar that we know today, with far more

choice than when it began. What are your specialties? They include our ‘Rabo de Toro’ and our famous tortilla, squid and our croquettes. Regarding Valencia, we have ‘Esgarraet’ the cod & red peppers dish of the region. Our tapas come from various provinces of Spain. Our bull’s tail is stewed in the Cordobese style. We prepare our dishes with love, listen to the feedback of our clients, adapt & revise accordingly and always aim to serve the very best tapas that we can. Could you describe the interior? It’s somewhat baroque, charged and warm with lots of paintings, posters and illustrations related to Spain on the whole. There’s something for everybody.

What is different at the weekends? We have six dishes that you won’t find in the carta during the week like smoked salmon tartare, el foie, a crunchy gorgonzola cheese & ibérico ham combination, tasty garlic prawns and more. Any visitors that have stood out? We have a photo on the wall of the famous flamenco singer Enrique Morente in our restaurant with the owners of ‘La Bodeguilla del Gato’ and we have

had a few sports stars over the years. We get a wide range of public from Spain and abroad. A fair number tell us that they have been recommended to try our tapas specialties via pages like TripAdvisor. It is recommended that you book in advance or come early as it can get busy here and not just at the weekends…

LA BODEGUILLA DEL GATO C/ Catalans, 10 Tel:96 391 82 35 Zona Carmen Open everyday from 20.30h to 24h

24/7 VALENCIA TEAM

FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF LA OLA FRESCA

REDUCETARIAN RAGU

When I first arrived in Spain about twelve years ago, generally speaking the only vegetarian option was tortilla or grilled vegetables or bizarrely a tuna fish salad! Thankfully, there’s been some re-education on that one and now Valencia boasts a host of good vegetarian & vegan restaurants. However, as I am one of those less enlightened people who will still look forward to a sizzling roast, or eat meat if it is in front of me, I am neither a vegetarian, flexitarian nor a dedicated carnivore. I can understand all the reasons for giving up meat, but am caught between worrying about intensive farming and nostalgia for traditional animal farming and a love of fine cheeses! Therefore, I am relieved to find I have been released from my state of purgatory by a new movement called Reducetarian. A term coined to encompass a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing consumption of meat, eggs and dairy for a healthier lifestyle & decreasing the carbon footprint and the suffering of animals. So, if you are thinking of giving up meat for Lent for religious reasons or otherwise, here is a traditionally meaty recipe (meat-free) to help you enjoy your 40 days. In my opinion, it is much improved without the meat… but then it seems I’m a reducetarian. I hope you enjoy it!

INGREDIENTS: 2 tablespoon olive oil for frying 150g or 2 cups of Texturized Vegetable Protein T.V.P. 1 onion finely diced 1/2 celery stalk 1 carrot diced 3 garlic cloves crushed 1 small tin of tomatoes or equivalent freshly grated 1 tablespoon tomato purée Sprigs of fresh thyme 2 bay leaves 1 cup of red wine 250ml 1 cup of vegetable stock 1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce Pappardelle Pasta

Spring into Spring - March in La Ola Fresca

Freshly grated parmesan (or vegan equivalent) and parsley to serve.

Thursdays 20:00-23:00h Speak English: Informal language practice Sundays from 11:00-14:00h Brunch: ‘when breakfast meets lunch’ March 5 17:00h Tuesday : Peques y padres ‘Round the world Cook Club’: Cornish Pasties March 23 12-14h Saturday Workshop (in English) Natural Cosmetics March 27 18:00h Wednesday: Geschichten & mehr auf Deutsch Fiesta final March 30 17:00h Saturday : Cook, bake, speak English - Spring recipes

La Ola Fresca

Method Fry 1/2 the diced onion, one garlic clove, add the TVP and season with the tamari. Cook for a few minutes then set aside. Next, fry the rest of the onion the celery and the carrot. Cook until soft, add the garlic and fry for a couple of minutes more. Add the herbs, the tomatoes, the tomato purée, cook for a bit

before adding the wine. Leave to cook for 30 minutes until the sauce has reduced. Season with salt and pepper. With a blender, blend all the ingredients till fine. Add the TVP and cook for another 30 minutes. When ready to serve cook the Pappardelle in plenty of salted, boiling water for 10 minutes or until al dente.

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ARTS & THEATRE

MUSEUMS / GALLERIES CENTRO CULTURAL BANCAJA Picasso. La alegría de vivir Hasta 31/03/2019 Picasso y la paz Hasta 31/03/2019 La expulsión de los moriscos Hasta 31/03/2019

CENTRE DEL CARME

‘DUERMA EN TI. MATERNIDADES ROBADAS’ Desde 12 marzo DONDE GERMINAN LOS SILENCIOS Hasta 5 mayo ‘JOSEP TORNERO. LA DESAPARICIÓN DE LAS LUCIÉRNAGAS’ Marzo JESÚS MADRIÑÁN. MIL NOCHES Y UNA NOCHE Hasta 26 mayo EVREKA. PICHIAVO Hasta 5 mayo XU BING. ART FOR THE PEOPLE Hasta 5 mayo FRAGMENTOS QUE REPRESENTAN AL MUNDO Hasta 26 mayo

CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS

(L’Hemisferic, Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, L’Oceanografic) www.cac.es

CONVENT CARMEN www.covencarmen.com

ESPAI TACTEL

www.espaitactel.com

ESPAI VISOR

JUAN DOWNEY Hasta 22 / 03 / 2019

FUNDACIÓN CHIRIVELLA SORIANO www.chirivellasoriano.org

GALERÍA BENLLIURE

Pintura Moderna y Contemporánea de los Siglos XIX y XX Permanente

GALERIA LUIS ADELANTADO

The Oak and The Reed. Yann Sérandour Hasta 29 marzo Wildscreens. Julie C. Fortier Hasta 29 marzo Boiler Room. Cero absoluto: Lambda. Jose García Vallés Hasta 29 marzo

IVAM INSTITUT VALENCIÀ D’ART MODERN EXPOSICIONES IVAM El dibujado Paco Roca

Hasta 30 junio El espíritu de una época Ignacio Pinazo en la colección del IVAM Hasta 29 diciembre 2019 Las constelaciones de Julio González Entre la representación y la abstracción Hasta marzo 2019 Habitar el Mediterráneo Hasta 14 abril 2019 1989. EL FIN DEL SIGLO XX Hasta 19 Mayo 2019 Soledad y Sevilla El Patriarca Hasta 16 junio 2019 Materia y Memoria en Aub, Hervás y Chirbes Hasta 16 junio TIEMPOS CONVULSOS. Historias y microhistorias en la colección del IVAM Hasta 19 abril Toda la ciudad habla de ello. Pintura española en la colección del IVAM Hasta 16 junio

INSTITUTO FRANCÉS DE VALENCIA http://www.institutfrancais.es/ valencia

CENTRE CULTURAL LA BENEFICÈNCIA www.labeneficiencia.es

L’ IBER DE LOS SOLDADITOS DE PLOMO

Españolas, Coleciones Valencianas, Almansa, Vida Cotidiana, Tirant y Serie Histórica. Exposición “Aventuras en el desierto”.

MUSEU DE BELLES ARTES SAN PIO V

Renacimiento Barroco Pintura Gótica La Pintura Académica La Pintura de los Siglos XIX y XX Colección Permanente TENÍAMOS TODO A NUESTRO FAVOR Hasta 31.03.2019

MUSEO DE PREHISTORIA DE VALENCIA

Prehistoria, Cultura Ibérica, Mundo Romano, dinero Exposición Permanente Cabezas cortadas. Símbolos de poder. Hasta 03-03-2019 Historia de Valencia en Ocho Periodos Exposición Permanente MUSEO VALENCIÀ D’ETNOLOGIA

Prietas las filas. Vida cotidiana y franquismo Hasta 27 enero 2019 WIKI LOVES FOLK especial Fallas 2019 Hall del Museu Valencià d’Etnologia. Hasta Marzo 31

MuVIM

L’Aventura del Pensamiento

MAR 19 Exposición Permanente Torre Islámica Exposición Permanente Valencia Según el Pare Tosca Exposición Permanente Madre de los Desamparados Secularización y pervivencia de las formas populares de culto religioso Hasta 31 de marzo del 2019 Las mujeres en los tebeos del franquismo Hasta 2 de junio 2019

PLASTIC MURS

EKDOSEIS PICHIAVO Hasta 18 April 2019

UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA, LA NAU

LEJOS DEL CANON Veintitrés obras del Museo de Vilafamés Hasta 5 mayo SELF-MADE WOMAN Concha Ros Hasta 1 mayo IDEA - IMATGE - UNIVERSITAT RELOADED LABORATORIO DE LUZ Hasta 1 mayo CINC CÈNTIMS VALIA EL LLIBRET! Tesoros falleros de la Biblioteca Històrica de la Universitat de València Hasta 7 abril Antes del Arte –cinquanta anys després Hasta 9 junio Falla Immaterial QUBIT - Experiencia cuántica Hasta 20 marzo

PALAU DE LES ARTS OPERA

Iolanta Piotr Ílich Chaikovski 22, 24, 28, 31 marzo 2019 PALAU DE LES ARTS CONCIERTOS 600 Anys Generalitat Valenciana 7 marzo 2019 CONCIERTO LANG LANG 25 marzo 2019 Auditori

THEATRE / TEATRO CIRCUITO CAFÉ TEATRO www.circuitocafeteatro.com

ESPACIO INESTABLE www.espacioinestable.com

SALA RUSSAFA

www.salarussafa.es Julio César Teatro > Clásico Del 8-10 marzo L’increible assassinat d’Ausiàs March 22-29 marzo El Arte de Conocerte Óscar Cortés Salás Varias fechas

TEATRO OLYMPIA La familia Addams

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS

MAR 19 Hasta 17 de marzo de 2019 Luis Galindo 12 de marzo de 2019 Mentes expertas Looking for Europe 20 de marzo de 2019 Bernard-Henri Levy. Con colaboración de Albert Boadella La magia de Jorge Blass 21 y 22 de marzo de 2019 Nuevas ilusiones El amor está en el aire 23 y 24 de marzo de 2019 Con Bibiana Fernández y Manuel Bandera Paco Ibáñez 25 de marzo de 2019 Through the Years Simon & Garfunkel tribute 26 de marzo de 2019 La culpa Del 28 de marzo al 07 de abril de 2019 Pepón Nieto, Ana Fernández, Magüi Mira y Miguel Hermoso

TEATRO RIALTO

Tirant Hasta 10 marzo Tot explota Desde 22 marzo hasta 7 abril

TEATRO PRINCIPAL MAREMAR 07, 09 y 10 marzo EDUARDO BORT Concierto homenaje 22 marzo EL MURO 29 marzo - 07 abril

TEATRO TALIA

Madre no hay más que una Del 02 de febrero al 08 de junio de 2019 La Celestina Del 27 de febrero al 10 de marzo de 2019 Los hombres son de marte y las mujeres de venus Del 13 al 30 de marzo de 2019 Espejismos Patricia Espej Del 22 de marzo al 07 de junio de 2019 Madre no hay más que una Óscar Tramoyeres Del 23 de marzo al 08 de junio de 2019 Historia de una maestra Un homenaje a las maestras Del 25 de marzo al 26 de marzo de 2019 Siendo franco Diego Peña

Del 29 de marzo al 01 de junio de 2019

Ros 42, Zona Cedro www.deluxepopclub.com

CRÍMENES Y SOMBRAS: EL CINE NEGRO CLÁSICO Hasta 14 de julio de 2019 BÁSICOS FILMOTECA: DIÁLOGOS Y FILIACIONES (II) Hasta 09 de junio de 2019 AGNÈS VARDA, LA MIRADA LIBRE Hasta 19 de mayo de 2019 MENUDA FILMO: “CAVERNÍCOLA” del 02 al 03 de marzo de 2019 TODO KUBRICK Hasta 30 de abril de 2019 TOP MIZOGUCHI del 05 de marzo al 09 de abril de 2019 OTRAS MIRADAS. CREADORAS Y PROTAGONISTAS EN EL AUDIOVISUAL CONTEMPORÁNEO del 06 al 14 de marzo de 2019 SESIÓN GOLFA 09 de marzo de 2019 LA LETRA EN LA IMAGEN: “CUENTOS DE LA LUNA PÁLIDA” del 27 al 31 de marzo de 2019 LOS WESTERNS DE ANTHONY MANN Y JAMES STEWART del 27 de marzo al 15 de mayo de 2019

EL ASESINO

CINEMA / CINE FILMOTECA IVAC 2018

LIVE MUSIC 16 TONELADAS

(Zona Campanar) Calle Ricardo Micó, 3 Facebook 16 Tonelades New rock club and indie disco in the Campanar area, near the Rio Turia.

BLACK NOTE

(Zona Aragón) C/ Polo y Peyrolón, 15 Tel. 96 393 36 63 Top choice for music lovers who love it live - jazz, blues, R’n’B, soul, funk, amenco and rock. See listings. Jazz, blues, amenco, world music, jam sessions and more...

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE

(Zona Carmen) C/ Túria, 62 Tel. 630 455 289 www.cafedelduende.com Great club specialising in authentic amenco music and culture. See listings.

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ (Zona Ruzafa) C/ Sueca, 27 Tel. 96 341 83 78 www.cafemercedes.es

CAFÉ PUB MURNAU

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(Zona Blasco Ibañez) C/Impresor Palmert Lambert, 5 Tel: 96 0 093 67 84

DELUXE POP CLUB

(Zona Plaza Cedro) C/ Poeta Mas y

(Zona plaza cedro) Plaza Cedro,1 Valencia 46022 Tel:963 55 15 58 wix.com/pub-el-asesino Established in 1984 and open again with live rock music and more…

ELECTROPURA

(Zona Ruzafa) C/ Pinto Salvador Abril, 20 See Facebook for more details Acoustic gigs at 19.30h with indie often being the avour.

EL LOCO

(Zona Juan Llorens) C/ Erudito Orellena, 12 Tel. 96 326 05 26, www.lococlub.org El Loco is a dynamic live venue with an eclectic choice of indie, funk, rock, fusion, blues and more. Check some music and dance later.

ELVIENTO BAR

(Zona Cabanyal) C/ de la Iglesia del Rosario, 8 Movil:606 88 20 00 www.elvientobar.com Live flamenco every Wednesday. Live blues every Thursday.

ENVIVO LIVE SHOWS & FOOD (Zona Ruzafa) Calle Sevilla, 27 Movil: 665 42 34 20 Newish, fairly spacious live music venue with friendly owners and tapas choices to enjoy too.

ESPAI MUSICAL SKALA

C/ San Vicente Ferrer n17 LLIRIA, Spain Movil: 651 17 03 73 www.facebook.com/EspaiSkala/ Jazz. Soul, Fusion, World Music and more…

HARDROCK CAFÉ VALENCIA Zona Pl Ayuntamiento) Av, Marques de Sotelo, 6 Tel:962 56 56 53 Live shows every month

JARITÉ ESPAI OBERT

C/Buenos Aires n˚8. (ZONA RUZAFA) Valencia Tel: 658 38 48 59 www.jarite.orgacoustic Acoustic music including tango. Boleros, flamenco, Brazilian, jazz and more…

JERUSALEM

C/ Jerusalem, 55 (Zona Centro) www.jerusalemclub.es Live pop & rock music near the train station…

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS

Jimmy Glass MARZO 2019 7 Marzo 22:30h ESTER ANDÚJAR TRIO 8 Marzo 22:30h TANGO JAZZ 4TET + MARCELO GILLESPI 9 Marzo 22:30h YUHAN SU QUARTET 11 Marzo 20:45h MARK TURNER QUARTET

PROGRAMACION FALLAS 2019

15 Marzo 20:45h SEXPEARE 16 Marzo 22:45h BERTRAND KIENTZ TRIO 17 Marzo 22:45h SANTI NAVALÓN TRIO 18 Marzo 22:30h FIRENIGHT QUARTET

JIMMY GLASS JAZZ BAR

(Zona Carmen) C/ Baja, 28 www.jimmyglassjazz.net Legendary and prestigious jazz club in the classic New York style with an authentic jazz atmosphere, integrated on the international live jazz circuit, where every week you can see famous international live bands from the modern jazz world. Mítico y prestigioso club de jazz de estilo neoyorquino, con una átmosfera auténticamente jazzística, donde pueden verse todas las semanas guras internacionales del jazz contemporáneo. Consulta la web: www.jimmyglassjazz.net

Tel: 96 0011511 www.larambleta.com Fantastic new live venue with great programme of live music and original and alternative theatre.

www.tranquilomusica.com Bringing you the best local, national and international indie bands to Valencia. Keep up the good work!

LA VITTI

(Zona Juan Llorens) C/ Villanueva y Gascons, 2 Tel: 96 327 06 72 www.unacosarara.com Some quality local bands to accompany your Mediterranean meal at this ‘Bistro Musical’ including Jazz, Flamenco, Blues, Fusion, World Music and more...

(Zona Blasco Ibañez) Plaza Xuquer, 3 Tel:963 38 91 51 Jazz jam sessions on Monday and live soul sessions on Thursdays.

MONTEREY PUB

(Zona Carmen) C/ Museo, 10 Jazz jam every Wednesday evening.

PALAU DE LA MUSICA

(Zona Túria) Paseo de la Alameda, 30 Tel. (+34) 96 337 50 20 E-mail: info@palauvalencia.com www. palaudevalencia.com Excellent classical music concerts in the Rio Túria gardens with musicians from around the world. See website for current programme.

LA BULERIA

(City of Arts and Sciences) C/Obispo Jaime Perez, 24 Tel: 96 315 30 58 Live amenco show & dinner. www.labuleria.com

LA CHIMENEA DE ZAIDIA

Calle Ruaya, 3, (BARRIO ZAIDIA) Movil: 688 92 70 59 lachimeneadezaidia.wordpress.com Live music with flamenco and fusion bands and more…

LA EDAD DE ORO

(Zona Juan Llorens) C/ San Jacinto, 3 Tel. 649 255 048 Live music every Thursday & Friday.

LA MUTANT

(Zona Puerto) C / Joan Verdeguer, 22-24 www.lamutant.com Live music, theatre, performance art and more…

LA RAMBLETA

Bulevar Sur, esq Pío IX (Next to Parque La Rambleta) (Zona Jesús)

UNA COSA RARA

WAH-WAH

(Zona Blasco Ibáñez) C/ Campoamor, 52 Tel. 96 356 39 42 / 645 792 674 www.wahwahclub.com National and international indie-rock & pop in a student zone...

CLUBS

Zona Alameda AZZA VALENCIA@ PALAUALAMEDA

C/Arquitecto Mora, 2 palaualameda.com/espacios/azza/ The new “place to be!” From house to 80s to hip-hop to indietronica, depending on the night. Cocktails galore and dancefloor!

Zona Aragón CARIBBEAN’S ARAGÓN

KAF CAFE

(Zona Benimaclet) C/Arquitecto Arnau, 16 961131706 - 663 702 960 lk kafcafe.blogspot.com Atmospheric, literary café-bar with regular live gigs and jams.

MAR 19

PETER ROCK

(Zona Carmen) C/ Plaza Vicente Iborra 4 Tel: 96 0914304 / Mobile: 601320634 www.peterrock.es Hard rock and blues bar/pub with live music every Sunday from 21.30h.

PETER ROCK CLUB

C/ Quart, 26 (Zona Carmen) www.peterrockclub.com Facebook: PeterRockClub Concerts, Live music in the Barrio del Carmen with the emphasis on ROCK!

ROCK ISLAND MUSIC BAR (Zona Benimaclet) Calle Enrique Navarro, 8

MATISSE CLUB

(Zona Plaza Cedro) C/ Ramon de Campoamor, 60 www.matisseclub.com Live music with very eclectic programme.

THE HOPS

(Zona Patraix) C/ Beato Nicolás Factor, 32 Movil:671 305332 Live rock, indie, jazz and world music.

C/ Bélgica, 5 House and pop, good mix of DJs and popular with students of all nationalities!

Zona Blasco Ibañez LA3

Avenida Blaso Ibañez, 111 Indietronica, hits, rock & pop, urban sounds… New location for this legendary club!

Zona City of Arts & Sciences L’UMBRACLE

Av. Del Saler, 5 www.umbracleterraza.com Fantastic terrace! Quality cocktails. Commercial music. Popular with the get dressed up crowd. Open from 18h until 7am Thursdays to Sundays MYA (el Club de l’Umbracle) is downstairs and open Thursdays to Saturdays with commercial house music a fixture.

Zona Ruzafa LATEX

C/Carlos Cervera, 23 Movil: 678 64 49 41 Electronica, Funk, House and more in the hip barrio of Ruzafa.

PICCADILLY DISCOTECA CLUB

C/ dels Tomassos, 12. Valencia. One of 19

MAR 19 the wildest and most fun clubs in Valencia.

OVEN CLUB

Gran Vía Germanías 31 Valencia 46006 Movil: 687 24 55 49 Electronic club in the hip barrio of Ruzafa.

XTRA LRGE PLAYGROUND Gran Via Germanias, 21(esq Cadiz)

Zona Juan Lloréns LA EDAD DE ORO

C/ San Jacinto, 3 Tel. 649 255 048 Live music and its classic mix of pumping sounds...from rock & roll to house! Open 22.00h until 4.00h, Thursday to Saturday.

MAGAZINE CLUB

Pza / Perez Escrich, 18 Magazine has become an essential part of the rock’n’roll scene in Valencia.

Zona El Carmen GONG

C/ Concordia, 3 (near C/ Caballeros) www.facebook.com/gongvlc Subterranean spot in El Carmen to satisfy the underground explorer.

GO BAR VLC

( Up! Hostel@Main train station) C/Xativa, 24

KRAKEN

C/ San Dionisio, 3 Feel ‘heavy metal’ and like hard rock? Plenty of like-minded souls in a loud bar. Rock on!

MR MONKEY VLC

C/ Alta, 11 Excellent cocktails and electronica DJ sessions…

MONTEREY PUB

C/ Museo,10 Jazz Jam sessions, rock & roll and more...

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS nights, live amenco every Tuesday @23h. English language nights Thursday @20h with Britpop music till late. Funky and friendly club.

SLAVIA

Plaza San Jaime, 8. Slavia is a long-established classic of the Carmen scene. Open since 1996, with an ample selection of cocktails, gins and beers.

ÚNIC

Plaza Sant Jaume, 1

VIBORA SAVAGE ROCK’N’ ROLL CLUB C/ Quart, 47

Zona C/Jesús FUNKADELIA

C/Marques de Zenete, 5 Movil:625 358 401 Music bar with Soul, Funk, Jazz, Reggae, Blues and Afro music. Co- lourful interior and friendly Spanish and English owners. There will be live music of all genres with DJs in between the sets. Tapas will soon be available. The specialist DJs on Fridays and Saturdays from 23.30-- 3.30h. Private parties, cocktails and montaditos available. Fiestas privadas, cocteles y montaditos.

Zona Canovas UPPER CLUB

Gran Via ques del Turia, 40 www.upperclub.es

BOWIE DISCOTHEQUE

C/Marti, 4 Naughty and nice with classic disco for people who love to dress up and stay out late!

CHILL OUT

C/ del Rosario, 30 Móvil: 637 86 05 28 Very popular hangout for the alternative crowd with tapas and beer at good prices.

BAR WORK IN PROGRESS C/ Marti Grajales, 13 Tel:96 071 57 89

BODEGA LA PESETA

C/ Cristo del Grao, 16 Móvil: 637 86 05 28 Attractive, bohemian interior with crowd to match. Tortilla is a speciality.

LA BATISFERA

C/ Carlos Ros, 32 Tel:96 2045846 www.labatisfera.com New and already popular! Books, magazines, bar, drinks and music! Multi-space in the hip barrio of Cabanyal from the good people of Ubik Café..

LA FÁBRICA DEL HIELO

C/ Pavia, 37 Set in the increasingly hip barrio of Cabanyal. Art space with café-bar, art exhibitions, live music and more.

Zona Calle Jesús CRACOVIA BAR

C/ Alcira, 25 Tel: 963 287 456 www.cracoviabar.com Groovy café-bar with healthy cuisine, art exhibitions, live gigs, DJ and more!

Zona Cánovas BLUE LINE VLC

C/ Serrano Morales, 2 Valencia Tel:960 72 68 77

Zona El Carmen

Zona Plaza Ayuntamiento BASTARD COFFEE & KITCHEN Avenida Marqués de Sotelo 9, 46002 Valencia. Teléfono:963 510 746

FEDERAL

C/ Embajador Vich, 15 Tel: 96 0617 596 www.federalcafe.es

MOON BAR

C/ Musico Peydro, 39 Movil: 697 188 398

SOFARTCAFÉ

C/ Musico Peydro, 7 Movil: 684047434

Zona Botanico LO DE PONXE EN EL KINTO PINO RADIO CITY

C/ Santa Teresa, 19 Tel: 96 391 41 51 A legendary club in Valencia’s old town. Free, eclectic disco Monday - Sunday

Plaza Rojas Clemente, 5 Tel: 96 00394 Alternative taberna with vegan food and good value too…

Zona Cabanyal BAR LAPACA

ANITA GIRO

Pintor Domingo 7 (near the small garage next to the Quart Towers). Reservations: 961 133 418. Facebook anita.giro Why ‘Anita Giro’ you ask? Indeed, the name is a play on words of the Bonnie Tyler song ‘I Need a Hero.’ Now that’s a good sign!!! Set on a side street of the old town, it is only a stone’s throw from the Torres de Quart so pretty

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS damn easy to find…‘Anita Giro’ is somewhere that has really earned its stripes. Various members of the ‘24/7 Valencia’ team have been popping in regularly for a beer and their mostly Mediterranean tapas with an international touch over the years. It’s a liberal mix of clientele, tasty cuisine and it has a rather distinctive buzz that sets it apart from its generic counterparts. Incidentally, it’s LGBT-friendly too. Open Saturdays from 12:30 PM. VERMUT on SUNDAYS from 12.30pm

BEAT BREW BAR

C/Murillo, 22 Friendly welcome. Excellent Coffees, teas, infusions…

BUENA ONDA

C/ Murillo, 9 Tel:96 0881730 Spanish & Italian tapas, craft beers, cosy setting near Torres de Quart…

amplio, interior relajado, tapas y cócteles. Bohemio, literario, y abierto a todos.

CAFÉ MUSEU C/ Museu, 7 Tel: 960 72 50 47 Facebook Café-Museu Bohemia at its best.

CAFÉ DEL NEGRITO Plaza del Negrito 1, 46001 València Tel. 96 391 42 33 Mov. 665 13 05 28 Classic Carmen hangout. Liberal 30-somethings, arty crowd, lots of people wearing glasses!

CAFÉ TERTULIA 1900 C/ Alta 4

CAFÉ L’ABADIA

Plaza La Reina, 18 Tel:96 392 26 90 Beautiful terrace with sweeping view of the cathedral…

MAR 19

ESPAI SEDA

C/ Hospital, 7 Tel:96 1 063 165 Lovely setting! Newish Gastrobar with Lounge & impressive Café Terrace.

LA CAVA DEL NEGRET

C/ Calatrava, 15 Tel: 96 392 33 01 Tel: 963 923 301 lacavadelnegret.com/ A classic in Valencia. Cosy cafe-bar located in the emblematic Plaza del Negrito.

MONTEREY BAR & DISCOS C/ Baja, 46B (Barrio del Carmen) Tel: 96 3917 929 www.montereydiscos.es info@montereydiscos.es www.facebook.com/montereybardiscos montereydiscos.bandcamp.com/ Monday –Friday 17h-01h Saturday 12h-15 / 18h-01.30h Sunday and holidays: 18h-01h

RIVENDEL RESTO BAR C/ Hospital, 18 Tel: 96 392 32 08 www.rivendelrestobar.com

CAFETÍN

CAFÉ LISBOA Pl. Dr. Collado, 9 Tel. 96 391 94 84 An excellent café bar in one of Valencia’s most atmospheric plazas. Good mixed crowd of students, locals, visitors and a very popular terraza. Open 09.00h and all day until late. Lots of bocadillos, coffees and beers. Barça and Levante football on TV at the weekend. A legendary cafe-bar that is 36 years old. Set in the historic centre. Breakfast, lunch and dinner available everday. Salads, sandwiches, Snacks, Montaditos, Desserts. Fine choice of cocktails including Mojito, Daiquiri, Bloody Mary. Agua de Valencia, Sangria & Paella too. Warm interior and beautiful terrace. Un clásico del centro histórico, terraza

(Café.Cocktail. Bar) Plaza San Jaume, 2 Movil: 652 38 32 28 cafetin.valencia@gmail.com Situated in the heart of the barrio del carmen in Valencia with more than 30 years of history. This is a relaxing, agreeable and welcoming place where you can enjoy the best of teas and coffees. Specializing in AGUA DE VALENCIA. Un lugar tranquilo,agradable y acogedor donde disfrutar cada dia de los mejores tes y cafés.Especializados en el AGUA DE VALENCIA (LA MEJOR) hecha de forma tradicional, con una amplia variedad de COCKTAILS

CHRISTOPHER LEE

C/ Pinzón, 17 Movil: 664 422 202 Cocktail specialists since 1971. Hidden away and with a distinctive vintage interior, just a stone’s throw from the Torres de Quart.

COCOA VALENCIA Tel: 960 03 35 18 C/ San Vicente Martir, 45

SANT JAUME

C/ Caballeros, 51 Tel. 96 391 24 01 Valencia Café society par excellence. Set in what may be the best corner of the centro histórico, this long established café bar has a cosmopolitan crowd, lots of room upstairs and one of the best terrazas in the city. Watch the characters stroll down C/Caballeros. Sant Jaume es un clásico del centro histórico con unas de las mejores terrazas en Valencia.

TETERIA TISANA

C/Moret, 4 (just off C/Roteros) Music includes: Ultra-mod, ye-ye, Garage, Britpop 60s. Freak-Beat

THE LOUNGE CAFÉ-BAR

Estameñeria Vieja 2 (behind La Lonja) Tel: 96 391 80 94, www.theloungecafebar.com 21

MAR 19

TROMBON

C/ Moret, 10 (near Plaza del Carmen)

Zona Ruzafa LA ESCUELA

C/ Denia, 32 Tel:96 3 289 145 www.laescueladeruzafa.org Urban hip! Distinctive & attractive multi-use space. Bar plus different rooms with a nice open-air terraza at the back…

LA TAVERNAIRE

C/ Dénia, 18 Tel: 605 838 299 Bohemian cafe-bar, vegetarian dishes, live music Wednesdays.

LA PINÇA

C/ Pintor Salvador Abril, 34 Tel: 96 3 25 05 82 / 693 593 037 Arty and welcoming café-bar.

UBIK CAFÉ

Calle Literato Azorín 13 Valencia www.facebook.com/ubikcafe Mon-Tues: 17h - 01:30h Wed-Sun: 12h - 01:30h Thurs: 12h - 02:00h Fri-Sat: 12h - 03:00h Emblematic of the buzzing barrio of Ruzafa. Wonderful, spacious and welcoming cafe-bar/ second-hand bookshop. Spanish & Italian tapas, beer, wine, bohemian crowd, friendly atmosphere. Closed Monday.

Zona Plaza Xuquer ROCAFULL CAFE

Pl. Xuquer, 14 www.rocafull.tk A key meeting point of the ‘indie’ community.

Zona Benimaclet CAMINITO

C/ Santo Espíritu, 14 Reservations: 601 169 069 / 601 244 546 Great tapas bar with big terrace and deservedly popular with local bohemian crowd...

LA OLA FRESCA

Calle Músico Magenti 11, Benimaclet Reservations: 610026305 A ‘cafecito’ with a big heart and a fa-

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS bulous terrace • Speciality in brownies and homemade cakes • world food cooking Juice therapy • local artesanal beers • fairtrade tea and coffee workshops and special events • Sunday BRUNCH Facebook: La Ola Fresca Valenbisi: 116 Comidas del mundo, servicio excelente, sabroso y actividades cada semana.

Zona City of Arts and Sciences LA PEQUEÑA PASTELERIA DE MAMÁ

Carrer del Poeta Josep Cervera y Grifol, 14, Valencia Delightful bakery of the highest quality with cakes and teas to savour. Lovely staff with lots of experience and acoustic live music sessions too!

Zona Puerto LAZOTEA SKYBAR LOUNGE

to 03.30am with Wednesdays and Tuesdays featuring ‘get naked’ parties. Every Friday parties with Dj. Saturday show with DragQueen. Closed Monday. Uno de los pubs gays más populares de Valencia. Lunes cerrado, jueves noche karaoke, viernes estas preparadas por Dj, sábado noche show de Drag Queen.

LA BELLA DE CADIZ

C/ Cadiz, 54 Facebook labelladecadiz54 Set in the hip barrio of Ruzafa, this friendly café-bar has a terraza and an international vibe and an incredible collection of camp antiques in the very spacious interior.

LA PECERA

C/ Cadiz, 86 Tel: 639 517 703 Popular with lesbians in evenings. Open to all.

Plaza del Tribunal de Las Aguas, 5 Av. Del Puerto junto al Puerto de Valencia – Hotel Alazanas

TERRAZA MALABAR

Edi cio Veles e Vents Movil: 682 613 446 / 677 72 53 21 Sunsets, Beers & Music. Chill out to different sounds including Soul, Funky, House, Downtempo, Ambient, Flamenco, Funky, Hip-Hop, World, Indie and live music too...

GAY / LESBIAN Codigo G

Gay Discoteca & Club (Zona Ruzafa) Carrer dels Tomassos, 14. A Gay disco, next to Russafa market. 3 floors with House, Disco, Guateque, Pop, Petardeo. http://codigog-club.blogspot.com.es/ https://www.facebook.com/codigog

NUNCADIGONO

CROSS

PEKADO

C/ Juan de Mena, 7 (Zona Botanico) Facebook Cross Valencia www.crossvalencia.com Just 2 minutes walk from Torres de Quart in the tranquil Botanico barrio. Cross is one of Valencia’s most popular Gay Clubs. Open each night from 22h

C/Doctor Monseratt,28 The latest gay sex-club with rooms, showers, labyrinths, videos, slings, contacts, S&M, bears, fucking, sex, glory-holes, motor bikes. Fiestas Sex’ every Monday (Slip or Naked) and Friday from 22.00h. Each month: ‘Fiesta Slip’ 1st and 3rd Thursday from 22h (jockstrap/ swimwear) ‘Fiesta Naturista’ 2nd & 4th Thursday from 22h. (naked) Free cloakroom service and free condoms and lubrication, ask at the bar. Every Friday Porno/ Live Show. Happy hours todos los dias. Open every day from 13.00 pm to 04.00 am. WEDNESDAYS COMPLETE BLACKOUT PARTY MIERCOLES FIESTA APAGÓN TOTAL Gay sexbar. Cuartos, duchas, laberintos, videos, slings, valencia, contactos, gay, nuncadigono, bar, sm, bears, sexo, motos. Pl. Vicente Iborra, 9 Tel. 96 392 41 39 The seven deadly sins are served after you enter the gates of hell of this restaurant.

QART CAFÉ

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS C/ Guillem de Castro, 80

SANT MIQUEL Pl. Sant Miquel, 13 Tel. 96 392 31 29

SPARTACUS

C/ Flassanders, 8 Gay sex shop

TRAPEZZIO CAFÉ

Pl. Músico Lopez Chavarri, 2

TRADITIONAL PUBS

ZONA ABASTOS GEORGE BEST

C/ Alzira, 12 Great name, good beers, indie music. The fifth Beatle would surely have approved. Where did it all go right?

C/ Danzas / Cajeros (Near La Lonja) Tel: 961 054 050 Facebook: the market cerveza artesana

TYRIS ON TAP

Taula De Canvis, 6 (near La Lonja) Tel: 96 1 13 28 73

ZONA CANOVAS PORTLAND ALE HOUSE

C/ Salamanca 10 Yes! Valencia’s rst true American pub, run by a friendly American team with draft beers available, sports and an increasingly mixed crowd of locals, visitors and English and Spanish speakers.

ZONA EL CARMEN BEERS & TRAVELS BAR

Plaza Manises, 3 Tel: 96 392 60 50 Zona Carmen Facebook Beers and Travels Bar www.beersandtravels.com ‘Beers & Travels Bar’ is a traditional pub set in the heart of the old town and just a stone’s throw from the legendary Torres de Serranos. At the pub, you will nd 13 different drinks on tap, which includes beers from Ireland and ‘Maleoc’ cider from Galicia. Check out their ‘O’Hara’ Red, Pale Ale and Black beers.

BIRRA & BLUES BREW PUB VALENCIA Av. Maria Cristina, 12 Tel: 96 392 56 41 Zona Centro Valencia 46001 www. birraeblues.com

FINNEGAN’S

Pl. de la Reina Tel: 96 392 28 62 www.finnegansofdublin.es

LLÚPOL CELLER CERVESES

C/ Moro Zeit, 2 Valencia Movil: 639 03 60 06 Fantastic selection of craft beer, vintage interior, drink in or takeaway. Friendly atmosphere and good music! Near Radio City…

SAINT MARTIN’S URBAN IRISH

Calle Abadía de San Martin, 2 (near San Vicente) Tel: +34963942171 46002 Valencia info@saintmartins.es Our international atmosphere and our location manage to unite the tradition of an Irish pub with a young and relaxed atmosphere. (Find us between Plaza de la Reina and Plaza del Ayuntamiento, just off San Vicente street).

THE MARKET

MAR 19

RESTAURANTS AFRO-CUBAN BABALÚ

C/ Manyans 17 (next to Plaza Redondo) Tel: 96 315 50 40

ARABIC BALANSIYA

Paseo de las Facultades, 3 Authentic Moroccan cuisine in a beautiful and spacious interior www.balansiya.com

DUKALA

Dr Sanchis Bergon, 27 Excellent Moroccan cuisine with a beautiful interior and experienced owners. Set in the mellow barrio of Botanico by the Rio Turia gardens.

SAHARA (ZONA CARMEN) C/ del Mar, 52 Tel: 96 394 32 76 Movil: 698 579 148 www.sahararestaurante.com

ASIAN FUSION MA KHIN CAFÉ (COLONIAL ASIAN FOOD)

Mercado Colon / Jorge Juan, 19 Tel:96 352 8132

NACIONSUSHI

ST. PATRICK’S IRISH PUB

Gran Vía Marqués del Turia, 69 Tel: 96 351 36 42 www.stpatricksvalencia.com “A true Irish pub” that knows the craic! Friendly helpful international staff who speak Spanish and English! FREE WIFI to all customers. Open every day from 4pm ‘till late! Lots of events: Live Music every Friday at 23h. Parties with prizes. Open Saturday and Sunday at 13:00h pm. Reservations at info@stpatricksvalencia.com See Facebook for more details!

ZONA CEDRO CRUZ DEL SUR SHAMBALA

C/ de Campoamor Teléfono: 963 55 27 32 Traditional pub with plenty of beers plus tapas and cocktails.Warm interior. Bar de tapas, especialmente salazones, y cócteles con decoración cálida de paneles de madera y terraza.

Marques del Turia, 43 Tel:96 1 67 92 51 www.nacionsushi.com The first of its kind in Spain…

TAO TAO TABERNA ASIATICA C/ Cadiz, 37 Tel: 96 091 2915 / móvil: 615 725 320

FUSION RESTAURANT KAIKAYA

Plaza Ayuntamiento, 10 Tel:96 0446480 www.kaikayarestaurante.com Japanese- Brazilian fusion in the heart of town!

SÉSAME

C/ En Bou (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 391 30 62 Highly popular. The well-travelled French owner proposes a wide variety of creative tapas and dishes with an original Greek & Mediterranean/ Asian/ French and Vegetarian fusion using only fresh local produce.

NIKKEI

Pl. Valencia Club de Fútbol, 5 Tel: 96 930 460

C/ Lepanto, 26 (Zona Botánico) Tel:96 3113 578 Movil:651974299 Attractive & tasty ‘Japanese-Peruvian’ fusion of cuisine in the increasingly hip & understated barrio of Botáncio.

C/ Vinalopó, 11 (Pl. Xúquer) Tel: 96 362 68 67 http://maxmaxvalencia.blogspot.com

C/ Conde Montornes, 23 (just off C/ Mar and corner of Poeta Liern) Tel: 96 394 4443

ZONA Avenida Aragón MANOLO EL DEL BOMBO ZONA PLAZA XUQUER MAX MAX

GREEK EL RINCON GRIEGO

MAR 19 Mobile: 639608867 www.stratosm.es Zona Carmen

HAWAIIAN CITY POKE

Clariano, 4 Tel:96 1029 000 www.citypoke.es

NDIAN / PAKISTANI INDIAN GARDEN

C/ Ángel Guimerá 62 Tel: 962 05 78 33 www.restaurantehinduvalencia.es

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS Plaza Joan de Vila-Rasa, 6 Tel:631 88 93 13 Italian & Mediterranean cuisine with touches of Asia and distinctive interior.

LA PAPPARDELLA

C/ Bordadores, 5 (next to Cathedral) Tel: 96 391 89 15 www.viciositalianos.com Popular Italian restaurant without pizza and emphasis on Piadinas and pastas.

Great! Finally, an authentic Japanase taberna in Valencia run by a Japanese & Valencian couple!

MEXICAN AMEYAL

Conde de Salvatierra, 39 Tel: 96 3205 837/ 96 3 236 153 www.ameyal.es

LA MORDIDA

C/ del Mar, 10Tel:96 004 47 12 Colourful interior and tasty cuisine.

LA VENGANZA DE MALINCHE

Calle Burriana 47, bajo izquierdo, 46005 Valencia Tel:963 32 87 44

TAJ-MAHAL (ZONA AV. PUERTO)

ZONA ARRANCAPINS

C/ Dr. Manuel Candela, 20, Tel: 96 330 62 64.

ITALIAN ZONA BOTANICO LA FORCOLA

C/ Borrull, 29 Tel: 963 155 909 www.laforcola.com

ZONA EL CARMEN ANÓMALO RESTAURANTE

C/ de la Crau, 4 (Zona Carmen) Movil:699587148 /679580624 Charming, family run restaurant with intimate setting. Highly experienced & talented Italian chef from Rome and lovely English speaking host. Just a stone’s throw from Torres de Serrano.

AL POMODORO

C/ del Mar, 22 Tel: 96 391 48 00, www.viciositalianos.com Very popular, good value, great pizza.

BACCO D.O.C.

C/ Derechos 29, bajo (1 min from La Lonja) Tel: 96 391 19 65 This is the real deal. Bacco D.O.C. is a distinctive and authentic Italian restaurant in the centre of the historic Barrio del Carmen. It is original, good fun and it is baroque! It has a stunning cave-like interior of “bejewelled and mirrored” stalagmites and stalactites, tasteful lighting, lots of nooks and crannies and three floors. Restaurante muy distinto, con el interior como una cueva. Muy romántico para parejas. Carta extensa de pizzas y pastas.

BAJAMAREA

C/Baja, 12 Tel:960713859 / 6956 15692

CIAO BELLA

C/Corona, 8 Tel: 96 105 65 81 Spacious & classy restarant, with historic interior with authentic Italian cuisine with experienced hosts from Rome.

LA CASA DI SOPHIA

LA STRADA

C/ Quart 17 Tel: 96 392 41 77 Excellent! Hip pizzeria and pasta restaurant just a brief stroll from Torres de Quart. 8€ daytime menus, around 15€ at night. Salads, antipasti, piadine, italian tapas, pizza, pasta, meat and sh dishes. Wines from many regions of Italy.

ZONA CANOVAS DON SALVATORE

C/ Conde de Altea, 41 Tel: 96 334 13 04 www.donsalvatore.com Spot the Valencia footballer!

LAMBRUSQUERÍA

C/ Conde Altea, 31 -36 Tel: 96 334 07 53 lambrusqueria. wordpress.com/about.George Clooney did eat here!

PALARDI CAFFE RESTOBAR

C/ Cuenca, 31. Come and chill on our terrace, in this new friendly cafe bar. Copas, cócteles, coffee and great food. Every Thursday is the day of “ Burger and Beer”. Closed Mondays. Fridays is Fish Friday. Fish and chips. English and Spanish spoken. Every Wednesday, Menu de TACOS (Chicken or Vegetarian) 9.95€ Relajate en nuestra terraza y bar acogedor. Copas, cócteles y buena comida. Cada jueves es el día de “haburguesa y cerveza”. Cerrado los lunes. Hablamos castellano e inglés. facebook.com/PalardiRestobar

MEDITERRANEAN

JAPANESE KOKURA AUTOMATIC SUSHI Plaza Pere Borrego I Galino, 10 (C/Alta con Na Jordana) Tel: 96 3 911 102 www.kokura.es

MOMIJI

Mercado de Colon Tel:960 709 175 www.momji.es Quality Japanese cuisine in upmarket surroundings.

RAMEN KUMA

Pintor Salvador Abril, 6 Tel: 963 11 94 29 Homemade & authentic Japanese cuisine in the hip barrio of Ruzafa.

TORA (TABERNA JAPONESA) C/ Pedro III El Grande , 13 Tel: 96 311 94 29

BON GUST

C/ Corretgeria, 40 Tel: 96 3 155 063 www.restaurantebongust.com “We are a small Mediterranean cuisine

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS restaurant where we enjoy fusing the different flavours of the world. We like to treat your palate with an abundance of flavours so that eating becomes a special experience. Our chefs, one of them vegan and the other carnivore, have created an explosive mix that delights our diners. Among our Mediterranean cuisine we also have an Italian touch because we are a truly complete restaurant, with a varied and exquisite menu. Share our food as a couple, as a family or with friends and enjoy our fruity cocktails. In our menu we also offer a succulent list of tapas to share. Enjoy spring & summer nights on our terrace and under the stars in the center of Valencia and throughout the year. We are a little taste of paradise on the Mediterranean in the historic centre of Valencia! Don’t miss it!”

PERUVIAN & MEDITERRANEAN SIMALÚ

C/ Caballeros, 10 Tel: 96 1 93 03 57 www.simalurestaurante.com Classy Peruvian restaurant of the highest quality in terms of product and presentation. This is authentic Peruvian cuisine with real avours of the land.

PORTUGUESE CAFÉ PESSOA

C/ Literato Azorin, 2 Tel: 96 341 75 14 Great! An authentic Portuguese café bar with lovely cocktails and trendy interior.

LA CONSERVA Literato Azorin, 18 Movil: 697 95 52 94

SPANISH / VALENCIAN ZONA ALAMEDA ÀTIC RESTÓ @PALAUALAMEDA

Calle Arquitecto Mora, 2 Tel: +34 963 545 176 palaualameda.com/espacios/atic “Showcooking in the sky.” Combining the traditional with the vanguard.

PÍLSENER

Alameda, 38 Tel:96 3 370 211 Upmarket restaurant that specializes in fish dishes.

ZONA CABANYAL CASA CARMELA

Isabel de Villena, 155 Playa de Malvarrosa Tel:96 3 710 073 / 616 954 842 Specializing in authentic paella cooked over wood. Established in

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BAR ALMUDIN

1922.

LA ALEGRÍA DE LA HUERTA

Paseo Maritimo, Modulo 6 Playa de Malvarrosa Tel:96 3 550 507 / Movil:665 87 03 39 Typical Valencian cuisine. Emblematic, family-run restaurant for over 40 years.

O’DONNELL CABANYAL

(Menjar i Buere) C/ Marino Sirera, 14 Tel: 963 54 77 57 www.odonnellcabanyal.com Seafood specialists by the sea. Rice & meat dishes and good selection of wines.

ZONA CENTRO LLISA NEGRA

C/ Pascual y Genís, 10 www.llisanegra.com Creative cuisine with excellent product. World-famous chef Quique Dacosta’s latest restaurant opens this November 2018!

EL POBLET

C/ Correos, 8 Valencia Tel: 961 11 11 06 www.elpobletrestaurante.com/ Beautiful presentation with excellent product. Very popular with locals, inspired & run by chef Quique Dacosta’s Michelin star restaurant in Denia…

C/ Almudin,14. Near Plaza del Virgen. Tapas bar since 1932. Rice dishes, tapas, wines and spirits. Attractive and well-established. An old-fashioned interior with real character. No telephone number. You have to visit in person to make a reservation!

DOS AGUAS

C/ Marqués de Dos Aguas, 6 Tel: 96 251 64 26 Good value Spanish menu del días, great view.

EL ARENAL DEL CARMEN

C/ Calatrava, 6 Tel: 96 009 16 57 Beautiful old building, located in a mellow corner of the historic centre, with lots of space for groups and couples and plenty of attractive nooks and crannies. Fresh Mediterranean cuisine including seafood, Spanish tapas and rice dishes including genuine paella! An ample selction of wines and great Gin’n’Tonics. Cocina mediterránea fresca incluyendo mariscos, tapas españolas y platos de arroz, incluyendo paella genuina! Una amplia selección de vinos y grandes Gin’n’Tonics.

ZONA PLAZA AYUNTAMIENTO ALKAZAR

C/. Mosén Femades, 9 y 11 (Zona peatonal/ Pedestrian street) Just off Plaza Ayuntamiento 46002 Valencia · T. 96 352 95 75 · 96 351 55 51 www.restaurantealkazar.com

HARD ROCK CAFÉ

Avenida Marqués de Sotelo, 6 Tel:96 2565653 www.hardrock.com Enjoy food, music and more…

LOTELITO VALENCIA ROOMS & BAR

C/ Barcas, 13 Tel: 96 206 78 52 Movil: (+34) 656 265 229 www.lotelitovalencia.com You can enjoy breakfast early in the morning, almuerzo around midday, lunch or dinner a la carta or menu as well as enjoy a wide range of spirits & cocktails.

VUELVE CAROLINA www.vuelvecarolina.com C/ Correos, 8

ZONA EL CARMEN 64 Restaurant

C/ Guillem de Castro, 64 TEL: 963 27 01 01 64restaurante.es New! Top quality Mediterranean & world cuisine that marries vanguard presentation with traditional ingredients.

9:00 - 01:30 todos los días

EL BOTIJO

C/ San Miguel s/n www.tascaelbotijo.com Spanish tasca in the Barrio Carmen! Great terraza & excellent service, great variety of delicious tapas, a top ensaladilla rusa and nice cheeses too. Good selection of beers & wines. Kitchen and bar is open everyday from 9h -01.30h. Clasica tasca situada en el Barrio del Carmen, cocina siempre abierta, servicio excelente, gran variedad de tapas, vinos y cervezas.

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MAR 19

24/7 VALENCIA LISTINGS pick the ingredients as well as cooking with an expert chef in one of their 2 restaurants. Check it out! Paella auténtica valenciana con cursos de paella ofrecidos por expertos cocineros.

El bar de tapas más histórico en el centro de Valencia, especialidad en clóchinas, buenas habas y ensaladilla rusa.

KA’RAK (RAQUEL CERNICHARO)

C/ Músico Peydró, 9 Tel. 96 315 45 88 Set in a quiet corner of the atmospheric old town. Run by a friendly and experienced owner, enjoy wonderful homemade Mediterranean cooking.

LA CARAGOLA EL RALL

Pl. Tundidores, 2 Tel: 96 392 20 90 Legendary paella restaurant, prime location by La Lonja and Plaza Negrito. Restaurante legendario de paellas y más arroces. Bien situado entre La Lonja y Plaza Negrito. Terraza encantadora.

EL RACO DE CARABASSES

C/Mallorquins, 1 Tel:96 394 51 15 Authentic Valencian and Spanish cuisine next to the Mercado Central. Dig the arroz al horno!

EL TAP

C/ Roteros, 9 Tel:96 3 912 627 Warm interior. Fresh, quality product in the historic centre.

ESCALONES DE LA LONJA C/ Pere Compte, 3

C/ Mossen Sorell, 9 Movil:615992803 Spanish tapas bar that is a favourite with locals from the barrio. Said to have some of the best croquetas in town! Peter Hook of New Order & Joy Division was lost in the barrio and asked ‘24/7 Valencia’ for directions to eat here not so long ago!

LA BOTIFARRA

Calle Pinzón, 12 Movil: 34 616 75 86 24 http://botifarra.es/ Hidden away in a quiet side street, this is a classic and authentic Valencian & Mediterranean tapas bar of the Barrio del Carmen…

LA CARME

C/ Soguers, 2 Tel: 96 392 2532 30 years old emblematic restaurant of the Barrio del Carmen with Mediterranean dishes and cosy yet spacious interior.

LA PILARETA

C/ Moro Zeit Tel: 96 391 04 97 Every major Spanish city has a tapas

L’APLEC

C / Roteros, 9 (near Torres de Serranos) Movil: 696 119986 Bar - restaurant to go for tapas. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12 noon to closing. Closed Monday. Spontaneous atmosphere, friendly and fun. Home cooking. Drinks and hot tapas with a hint of fun. Easy to nd as it is just a stoneʼs throw from the Torres de Serranos. Nice and spacious interior too! L’ Aplec has a great terrace. Enjoy their homemade, fresh and authetic paella to order in advance for groups. Enjoy classic and original Spanish tapas. Gay & Lesbian friendly. Tapas caseras, divertidas, servicio amable y buenas paellas para encargar. Muy cerca de Torres de Serranos. Auténticamente español y abierto a todos.

LA LOLA

C/ Subida de Toledano, 8 Tel: 96 391 80 45, www.lalolarestaurante.com reservas@lalolarestaurante.com. This is ‘nueva cocina española’! Authentic live flamenco every week.

LA RENTAORA

Plaza Mossén Sorell, 11 Movil:670 39 63 02 Intimate & tasty tapas bar in a quiet side street of the Barrio del Carmen, with reasonable prices and very popular terraza.

T. 961 043 540 info@escueladearrocesypaellas.com www.escueladearrocesypaellas.com C/Obispo Don Jerónimo 8, 46003 Valencia

LIENZO

ESCUELA DE ARROCES Y PAELLA VALENCIANA

C/ Obispo Don Jerónimo 8 Tel: 961 043 540 www.escueladearrocesypaellas.com info@escueladearrocesypaellas.com Highly popular with discerning customers and for all the right reasons. This is an authentic Valencian restaurant where you not only savour Valencia paella you can also take a certi ed course in order to become pro cient in cooking your own paella! This includes a trip to Mercado Central to

Plaza del Tetuan, 18 Tel:96 352 1081 www.elrestaurantellienzo.com Upmarket and reliable. Excellent tapas with seafood a speciality. Tapas 5€-15€. Menus 27€-55€. bar regarded as ‘quintessential’. Established in 1917, this one is high up on the list in many guides. Veteran waiters serve excellent tapas: habas, ensaladilla rusa and the famous mussels. Open daily midday to midnight just off Plaza Tossal, not hard to nd. Now that’s what we call atmosphere...

LIGAZON

C/ Arolas,11-bajo. 46001-Valencia Telefono de reservas: 961141112

MAR D’AVELLANES

C/ Avellanas, 9 Tel: 96 392 51 66 www.mardeavellanas.com Classy cuisine near Plaza Reina. MARIA MANDILES

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YUSO

Plaza Manises, 2 Tel: 96 04 60 57 info@maria-maniles.com

C / de la Cruz, 4 izquierda and Plaza del Carmen, 6. Tel: 96 315 39 67 The real deal. Valencian chefs and Valencian staff. Superb paella, arròs en fesols i naps, arroz a banda, patatas bravas, salads and more. Near Torres de Serranos. There are now two Yusos, near to each other. La autentica paella valenciana. Cocineros valencianos, una paella estupenda. Ahora hay dos Yusos, cerca de Torres de Serrano.

MARIA MANDILES

C/ del Padre Huérfanos, 2 Tel: 96 315 48 84

MATTILDA

C/ Roteros, 21 Tel: 96 392 31 68 Very near Torres de Serranos so easy to nd. Creative cuisine with highly experienced owner and staff. Mattilda combines succulent tapas and quality cuisine with artistic presentation with a loyal and cosmopolitan clientele. Clean & attractive vintage style interior.

MERCAT DE LA REINA

Plaza de la Reina, 19 Tel:96 3 925 789 / Movil:629381846

TASCA EMBRUJO DEL CARMEN

C/Juristas, 5 Tel: 96 0 014 584/ 695 478 914

OCHO Y MEDIO

Plaza Lope de Vega, 5 Tel: 96 392 20 22 www.elochoymedio.com

RACÓ EL FALLERET

ZONA CÁNOVAS ALFÀBEGA

Guillem de Castro, 114 Tel: 96 064 28 72

SIDRERIA EL MOLINÓN

C/Bolseria, 40 Tel: 963 91 15 38 Asturian restaurant with authentic cuisine including meat dishes, cider, ham, sausages, favada, cheese dishes, lot of wine and more. Restaurante asturiano con carne, sidra, quesos, vinos...

SUCEDE

C/Almirante, 14 Tel: 96 315 52 87 www.sucede.com Upmarket restaurant in beautiful setting with historic Arabic wall as part of the interior, recreating Valencia’s Moorish past.

TABERNA LA SENIA

C/ de la Cenit, 2 Tel: 611 49 76 77 Traditional & modern tapas with some nice wines and pleasant terrace.

C/ Bon Fill, 7 Tel: 96 3 32 24 47 Enjoy tapas and wines in warm surroundings. English and Spanish spoken… C/ Lepanto, 4 (near Torres de Quart) Movil:657 167 924 The real Spain. Tasty and fresh Mediterranean gastronomy with delightful and welcoming & very well-travelled English Speaking Spanish owner Ramonet. Authentic live flamenco gatherings on Wednesday evenings...

C/ Bonaire, 23 Tel:963 76 70 54 Deservedly popular. There are 6 types of oysters available with prices to suit their varied clientele. Friendly atmosphere with cava & champagne...

C/ Alta, 42 Tel: 96 391 7754 The ‘Cooking Revolution’!

ZONA BOTÁNICO LA GRETA

LA HUERTA DE RAMONET

OSTRAS PEDRIN

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MAR 19

TINTOFINO ULTRAMARINO

C/ Corretgeria, 38 Tel: 963 154 599 / 636 429 329 Tinto Fino Ultramarino is a restaurant located in the historic center of Valencia, in the neighborhood of Carmen, a few meters from the cathedral where you can taste tapas and dishes, salted meats, selected sausages and Italian and Spanish cheeses.The warmth of its bohemian atmosphere, seasoned with the freshness of that retro touch, is combined with the flavors of regional, Spanish and Italian dishes. The best tapas and regional dishes from Spain and Italy are mixed with quality sausages that you can also take home.

VOLARE

C/ Roteros, 12 Tel: 96 0 643 540 Very near Torres de Serranos. Quality mediterranean cuisine.

C/ Conde Altea, 30 Tel: 96 3 738 815 Quality and wide range of rice dishes.

CANALLA BISTRO

by Ricardo Camarena

Carrer del Mestre Josep Serrano, 5, 46005 València Tel: 96 3 74 05 09 This elegant and eclectic restaurant offers everything from pastrami sandwiches, smoked eel, and slow-roasted pork that are sure to transport you to different places around the globe.

COCO PAZZO

Conde de Altea, 51 Movil: 717 12 22 35 Set in the cosmopolitan Canovas restaurant where you can enjoy Spanish / Mediterranean tapas and delicious & authentic barbecue ‘parrilladas’ with hamburgers to enjoy too. Good value prices too.

DE CALLE

Conde Altea, 12 Tel: 96 3 951 178 www.de-calle.com Popular with the professional boho crowd. Dine in a chilled out and relaxed ambience with creative, well-cooked cuisine…

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LA PURETA

C/ Grabador Esteve, 34 Tel:96 001 70 61 Healthy bistro cuisine with cocktails and sometimes live music. Menu of the day 12€.

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MAMA RACHA TABERNA

C/Ciscar, 15 Tel: 960 065 558 Tapas with soul with a welcoming interior.

MEAT MARKET

C/ Burriana, 38 Tel:96 3 944 909 www.meatmarketrestaurante.com

MERCATBAR

Joaquín Costa, 27 Valencia Tel: 963 74 85 58 www.mercatbar.es Fab restaurant with quality product and fusion cuisine. Run by legendary chef Quique Dacosta, set in the trendy Canovas zone.

O’PAZO

C/ Conde Altea, 21 Tel: 96 320 11 78 Galician bodega...

ZONA BENIMACLET EL CARABASSER

C/ Reverendo Rafael Tramoyeres, 35 Tel:963 89 14 46 Attractive & arty interior. Delicious tapas with vegetarian options. Popular with locals, which is always a good sign…

PATA NEGRA

C/ Barón de San Petrillo,3 Tel:96 389 09 54 Vintage-style interior, quality Mediterranean tapas and dishes, jazzy soundtrack...

ZONA ARAGÓN

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ZONA PUERTO NEPTUNO HOTEL ON THE BEACH Tel: 96 3567 777 www.hotelneptunovalencia.com Excellent Valencian cuisine with paella, cocktails and menus…

LA SUCURSAL

Veles e Vents Muelle de la Aduana s/n Tel: 96 3746 665 www.restaurantelasucursal.com Legendary restaurant that was once part of the IVAM and is now set in the port area.

C/Palleter, 51 (Zona Juna Llorens) Genuine Valencian Bodega off the beaten track with a bohemian atmosphere and popular with an alternative crowd of all ages and open to all. Run by 2 brothers for over 30 years...

EL BAREZITO

C/ En Blanch, 13 Tel:96 3156525 Good buzz here. A winning combination of tapas & beers with superb terrace in an atmospheric corner of the old centre…

Bombas Gens Centre d’Art Avda. Burjassot, 54 (P1-3ª) Tel:96 3 355 418 www.ricardcamarenarestaurant.com Highly creative chef combines Mediterranean dishes with cosmo influences with this new project in an untouristy area of Valencia. Prices range from 50€ -120€.

ZONA RUZAFA EL RODAMON DE RUSSAFA

C/ Sueca, 47 www.elrodamon.com Hip and happening with tapas from all over the globe made Valencian by a well-travelled staff…

HUERTA Y HUERTA

C/ Cádiz 61 960211173 Mediterranean fusion by chef Ramonet C/ Puerto Rico, 34 Tel:96 3034 739 Creative & tasty Mediterranean cuisine with attractive presentation.

MOOD FOOD

Pintor Salvador Abril, 7 Tel:96 1 050 269 20 Creative and healthy cuisine between 20€-40€ and worth discovering…

2 ESTACIONES

Calle Eolo, 7, 46021 València Tel: 962 06 34 24 www.ginebre.com Our Restaurant offers a different concept of hospitality, with a simple, sensitive cuisine, based on a Mediterranean cuisine where the local and seasonal products are the protagonists of their elaborations. Our cuisine is enriched by bringing influences from other cultures such as Moroccan, Mexican, Peruvian or Japanese that fuses with a small dose of creativity.

BODEGA BAR VALERO

ZONA RIO TURIA GARDENS RICARD CAMARENA RESTAURANT *****

LA FLACA DE RUZAFA

GINEBRE

Traditional Spanish & Mediterranean tapas with a view of Mercado Central.

Calle Pintor Salvador Abril, 28, Tel:96 3 03 46 70 Superb, creative cuisine in the hip barrio of Ruzafa with a highly popular 35€ ‘menu degustación’ that is ticking all the boxes for a growing clientele…

CULLERA CASA SALVADOR

Legendary rice restaurant in Cullera. Tel. 961 72 02 36

TAPAS BARS AL CANTONET C/ Sant Tomàs, 21

647 729 009

BOATELLA TAPAS Plaza del Mercado, 34 Tel:96 3 154 071

EL OLIVO TABERNA

Plaza del Árbol, 4 (end of C/ Baja) Tel: 96 391 70 87 Authentic Spanish tapas in the historic centre. Highly popular with alternative crowd and visitors. Amongst their many specialities you will nd artichokes, homemade croquettes, grilled sardines, fried prawns, octopus, cured ham, a selection of cheeses and much more. All tapas are made in the moment, which means you can take your time over a glass of wine or beer. Auténtico bar de tapas español con dueño de familia andaluza con alcachofas, croquetas, sardinas, opciones vegetarianas y mucho más. Popular con gente alternativa, gente del barrio y visitantes. Excelente terraza.

GASTROMÀNTIC Calixto III, 19 Movil:667 554 161

LA MURTA vines i tapes

C/ Murta, 14 Tel:96 133 69 71 Tasty tapas with liberal & mostly Spanish crowd in the studenty barrio of Benimaclet.

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THAI THAILICIOUS

C/ Almirante Cadarso, 6 Tel:96 3815181

VEGAN

MAR 19 C/Salamanca, 26 Movil:625 35 84 01 Very original burger bar with vegan, sushi and zebra choices.

SHOPPING ZONA BOTÁNICO VINYL EYE

Music textile design C/Turia, 35 Tel: 96 1478033

ZONA CANOVAS ABANICOS CARBONELL Carrer de Castelló, 21, 46004 Valencia

LAURA ASHLEY C/Cirilo Amoros, 66 Tel:96 1 11 58 44

KAÑA MAKAN

C/ Sueca 61, Ruzafa C/ Explorador Andrés, 24( Plaza Cedro) Tel: 960 15 07 96 www.kanamakan.com Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Open From Wednesday to Sundays from 19h - 00.00h Middle Eastern tapas fusion with attractive interior and friendly crowd. Tapas fusion del Medio Este, interior atractivo y compañía agradable.

LA GALERIA JORGE JUAN C/ Jorge Juan, 21 www.lagaleriajorgejuan.com

LE CABINE KHAMBÚ

C/Quart, 41b (near Torres de Quart) Zona Carmen Tel:96 3120 901 www.khambu.com ‘Khambú’ was born in Valencia as a vegan fast food restaurant. We have a great commitment to sustainability. You will find a variety of dishes that will surprise you regarding their texture, taste, smell, colour & appearance. All of this at a price that is affordable with very reasonable options and accessible to all pockets…

(STYLE THAT ROCKS) Cirilvio Amoros, 65 Tel: 960 214 031 Mov: 655 840 553

SANJAHARA(Eva Crespo) C/Cirilo Amoros, 70 Tel:96 0221280

TASTE OF AMERICA

Avenida Reino de Valencia, 6. Tel: 962 06 64 65 www.tasteofamerica.com

ZONA EL CARMEN

MAR D’AMURA

(Zona Cabanyal) C/ Progrés, 159 Tel:96 122 73 24 “Mar d’Amura is both a shelter and an oasis. A place to lunch, dine and converse in peace. Its name is synonymous with the sea, which carries the gentle waves via a distant wind. Also it is the love of the mother, of the mother tongue, unconditional and welcoming. A place for eating, kissing, resting. It is a patio, a restaurant with joyful cuisine and a honeycomb of weekly artists. Sundays has live flamenco and Thursdays has live fusion music. Our house is your house.”

PAN DE QUESO

C/ Serranos, 19 “A touch of Brazil near the Torres de Serranos.”

SANTA COMPANYA

C/ Roteros 21 Tel: 961 100 805

DELICIOUS VEGAN FOOD

C/ Quart, 41B · Valencia · 626 355 997 THE VURGER

C/ del Mur de Santa Anna, 3 Movil: 672 32 62 33 Delightful twist on a fast food burger bar in that all the food is only vegan! The Vurger is well designed and thout out. It’s great fun and the food is very inexpensive and surprisingly good.

ICE CREAM ICECOBAR

Behind Bullring/next to Primark. 622 80 89 79 www.icecobar.es

BURGUER BAR RAINBOW BURGER

AFRIC ART

Avenida Maria Cristina, 4 Tel: 96 315 41 76 www.amilloatlante.com Tibetan bowls, ethnic furniture, organic clothing, tribal masks, a collection of minerals & rocks, decorative items made by hand and manufactured especially for us. www.arteafrica.com Muebles y acesorios étnicos.

KINNARA

Plaza Comte de Bunyol, 1. (C/ Caballeros) Quality clothes shop & very well situated in the heart of the historic centre. Mov: 605 31 63 04

KUPKA

C/ Trench,15 & C/ de los Derechos,19 29

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MADAME BUGALÚ

C/Danzas, 3 Tel: 96 315 44 76 Chic!

MANDALA

(Espai Creatiu) C/ Calatrava, 4 Tel: 655 301 390 Facebook Mandala Espai Creatiu Spiritual shop run by a kindly couple...

NEEDLES AND PINS

C/ En Bou, 3 needlesandpinsvintage.com

PANNONICA VINTAGE

C/ Baja, 28 Tel: 696 95 10 55 Facebook: Pannonicavintagedeluxe A cosy vintage store where you can find all kinds of little treasures. From clothing and Antique accessories to a great selection of Import Jazz on Vinyl.

Plaza Miracle de Mocadores, 5 (off Plaza Reina) Movil:630 37 36 03 True artisans. Established in 1970. The real deal when it comes to ceramics from the Valencia community.

LLIRIA SWEET HOME

Plaza Jaime Roig, 1 Tel: 960 629 367 Email: sweethomeliria@gmail.com Facebook sweethomeliria www.sweethomeliria.com

Zona Ruzafa MADAME MIM

C/ Puerto Rico, 30 Impressive! Superb vintage clothes & accessories shop with the slightly mysterious feeling of an enchanted story from a bygone era. Indeed, they now have a vinyl record store installed at the back. Live performances form part of the agenda…

TRINITY VINTAGE

Carrer de Carles Cervera, 19, bajo derecha, 46004 Valencia This vintage clothing store prides themselves on offering unique styles and emphasizes the importance of

PUCHERITO VERDE

C/ Belén, 9 Handmade & independent Valencian craftwork in a little corner of the historic centre…

SEBASTIAN MELMOTH

C/ San Fernando, 17 Sebastian Melmoth is a unique design shop with objects collected from around the world by the globetrotting owners. Art exhibitions and acoustic concerts.

LA NIÑA LOS PEINES

C/ Santo Tomas, 24 Tel: 96 392 52 82 Fantastic hair salon that is renowned in the city where highly experienced professional experts get to the essence of each person’s head of hair for the cut you are truly looking for. Combining health, pleasure and imagination there are a wide range of services, cuts, colours, styles available. They are make up experts who have worked with a number of lm directors, designers and photographers too. There is also an erotic corner for customers... “La Niña Los Peines mueve las tijeras y zapatea, a na el tono de los colores cuidadosamente, mima tu melena mientras te la modela al ritmo de tus deseos. Y en el gabinete de belleza te arregla de la cabeza a los piés. Calidad Schwarzkopf, trabajo cuidado y trato personal ¡Óle!”

ENGLISH CLASSES

SABOTAGE

C/ Purisima, 5 www.sabotagegallery.com Movil:640 285 087

SOHO DEL CARMEN

Calle Derechos 33, Valencia Tel: 96 391 2463

ESPAI SEDA (LA TIENDA DEL MUSEO) (SILK SHOP & MUSEUM) C/ Hospital, 7 Tel:963 511 951 www.laseda.es

TAMALA TIENDA ETNICA Etnic Gallery Shop Calle Baja 17 Valencia 46003 Movil: 672 92 93 00

UNO

UNO, Mercado Central Main entrance Mercado Central. www.facebook.com/unomercadocentral Tel: 963 82 92 51

YUSTE

personal expression through style!

CLASSIFIEDS CRICKET CLUB CRICKET CLUB

Levante CC are a new cricket club based in Valencia that have regular league games with teams throughout Spain and also welcome touring sides to the city. The club train most Thursday evenings at the Camp de Beisbol in the riverbed, start time 8pm. New members welcome. www.levantecc.com Jason: 654071182 Barry: 652291897

DOG DAYCARE KINGCAN

Plaza Almansa 1 bajo derecha Tel: 629506145 Zona Carmen

HAIR SALON

ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLASSES. TRANSLATIONS & INTERPRETER FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH . Movil: 650 639 177 HEALTH CENTRO OBLIVIUM

C/ Hospital n. 6 bajo. 46001 Valencia Tel: 963 926 159 www.centrooblivium.com At Oblivium, we offer different natural therapies: Flotation, Massage, Osteopathy, Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Thai massage, Stone massage, Reiki, Fourhands massage, Lymphatic massage,

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HOSTELS HOME (Zona Carmen)

Pl. Vicente Iborra Tel: 96 391 37 97 / 96 391 62 29 C/ La Lonja, 4 www.likeathome.net Two of the funkiest hostels in town, set in the heart of the centro histórico.

PALACIO DE CONGRESOS*****

MAR 19

Avenida Cortes Valencianas, 52 Tel: 902 14 44 40

LOTELITO VALENCIA ROOMS & BAR

Rooms/ Apartments/Free Wi-Fi C/ Virues, 6 (corner C/Barcas) Tel: 96 306 09 30 www.lotelito.com

NEPTUNO ****

C/ Paseo de Neptuno, 2 Tel: 96 356 77 77 www.hotelneptunovalencia.com

Petit Palace Germanías ***

C/ Sueca, 14 Tel: 96 351 36 38 www.petitpalacehotelgermanias.com

CENTRO URANIUM

www.centrouranium.com uranium.sirio@gmail.com C/Quart 101, bajo, Valencia. Sirio Simó Calatayud Tel: 676 758 709 This is an alternative health centre with classes including Yoga, Chikung, Tarot, Massage therapy, Reiki. Run by the hi ghly trained and experienced Sirio.

PILATES CLASSES

Tel: 687605722 Personal Trainers specialising in Pilates techniques for single or double classes. Reformer in our studio or at your home. Marta & Mike.

QUIROPRACTICO VALENCIA

Do you suffer low back pain, neck pain, headaches? Why continue suffering? Chiropractic is a natural solution for your pains and aches and also to keep your spine in line! Visit your chiropractor Richard Millo in Valencia or Rocafort. You can find us at www.quiropracticovalencia.com Or call us on 96 131 05 22 (VALENCIA) Carrer Antiga Senda d’en Senent 3, 1º 46023 Valencia Teléfono 96 279 24 49 (ROCAFORT) Plaza Mayor, 8 Bajo 46111 Rocafort, Valencia Teléfono 96 131 05 22

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PURPLE NEST HOSTEL VALENCIA HOSTAL ANTIGUA MORELLANA

C/ En Bou, 2 (Zona Carmen) Tel: 96 391 57 73 www.hostalam.com SINGLE/ INDIVIDUAL 40€ (IVA included/ Incluido) DOUBLE/ DOBLE 55€ (IVA included/ incluido) Lovely hostel in the heart of the old centre with comfortable rooms, good service and all modern conveniences.

HOSTAL EL RINCÓN (ZONA CARMEN)

C/ Carda 11 Tel: 96 391 79 98 / 96 391 60 83 Single: 10-13€, Double: 18-24€

QUART YOUTH HOSTEL C/ Guillem de Castro, 64 Tel: 96 3 270 101 www.quarthostel.com

THE RIVER HOSTEL VALENCIA (Zona Carmen) www.riverhostelvalencia.com Plaza del Temple, 6 Tel: 96 391 39 55

Plaza Tetuan, 5 Tel: (34) 96 353 25 61 www.purplenesthostel.com

RED NEST HOSTEL VALENCIA Calle de La Paz, 36 Tel: (34) 96 3 427 168 www.rednesthostel.com

SERCOTEL SOROLLA PALACE****

Av.de las Cortes Valencianas,58 46015 Valencia (ESPAÑA) Tel: 961 868 700 Fax: 96 186 87 05 www.hotelsorollapalace.com

THE WESTIN VALENCIA***** Amadeo de Saboya, 16 Tel: 34 96 362 59 00 www.westinvalencia.com

VALENCIAFLATS CIUDAD DE LAS CIENCIAS Avenida Instituto Obrero, 20, Tel:963 35 67 93 Near City of Arts & Sciences.

HOTELS ALKAZAR HOTEL

C/ Mosén Femades, 11 (peatonal) Tel: 96 351 55 51/ 96 352 95 75 www.hotelalkazar.es

BARCELÓ VALENCIA**** Av. De Francia, 11 www.barcelo.com Tel:96 330 63 44

CHECKIN ****

Avenida del Puerto, 129. Tel 963 44 78 87 www.checkinhoteles.com

HOTEL LAS ARENAS ***** Eugenia Viñes 22-24 Tel. 963 120 600

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YOUR NEW COWORKING IN RUZAFA wayco.es Wayco Ciutat Vella C/ Gobernador Viejo, 29

Wayco Ruzafa C/ Almirante Cadarso, 26

PETER ROCK CLUB: CONCERTS, LIVE MUSIC IN THE BARRIO DEL CARMEN. PETER ROCK RESTAURANT: HARD ROCK AND BLUES BAR/PUB.

EL MIGUELETE ARENAL

STUNNING VIEWS OF VALENCIA! Other cities have glass skyscrapers from which to view the city but Valencia’s towering icon is ‘El Miguelete’. At one end of the Plaza de la Reina, in the Valencia Cathedral, you can walk past the nun manning a sort of gift shop and pay two euros to climb the Gothic cathedral. It took four centuries to build and was the tallest building in Valencia into the 20th century.

If you are lucky enough (or unlucky, depending on the sensitivity of your ears) to be at the top at the turn of the hour, you will be treated to the voice of the Miguel of the Miguelete — five centuries old, as tall as a man and only a few feet above your head. A little bell above it rings first, leading you to think, “Oh, that’s not bad at all,” right before the Miguel resounds its first BONNNGGGG through your eardrums.

The stairs of the tower are narrow and steep, not meant for the physically challenged or the claustrophobic. The walls are scratched with illegible variations on “I was here”, from the 16th century onwards. At the top, you and fellow climbers spill out into the sunlight of an observation deck. The surrounding walls are topped with wire grid— an annoyance to aspiring photographers but understandable for safety.

The whole city can be seen below. There, the extraordinary roof of ‘El Mercado Central’ and there the Torres de Serranos. On the other side of the Miguelete there are the silhouettes of the City of Arts and Sciences and the cranes of the docks. Is that the sea beyond them, or just the hazy underside of the clouds? Except for the high hills to the southwest there seems to be nothing besides the city stretching to each horizon— a

reminder that, while Valencia may not be the largest city in Spain, it is still huge.

Text and photos by Rachel McClamroch

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RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH

VALENCIA EL ARENALFOOTBALL

¡ILLA, ILLA, ILLA; NOS VAMOS A SEVILLA! Valencia Football Club secured a place in this year’s Copa Del Rey Final after outgunning Real Betis 3-2 in two epic encounters, thus finally ending over 11 years of misery and frustration for the club’s fans. They can now support their team in a meaningful final in 2019. Not since the victory over Getafe, at the Vicente Calderón in Madrid on the 16th April in 2008, have the club had the opportunity to win such a notable competition. On that day the Valencia side included the quality of Juan Mata, Villa & Silva and ran out comfortable winners 3-1. This time, Valencia only have to overcome Barcelona to get a prestigious piece of silverware in their centenary season! Betis were a gallant adversary in the semi-final and had the added incentive of knowing the ultimate game had already been designated for May 25th in their very own Benito Villamarin Stadium.The first game in Seville saw Valencia initially in real trouble and staring a very uphill battle in the

second leg. Two goals down with twenty minutes to go and the Betis fans in full voice, the odds of Valencia getting something out of the match seemed scarce.Cheryshev halved the deficit with a slick, near post header and then substitute Gameiro outpaced the Betis defence and poked the ball past Joel Robles, in the second minute of injury time, to send the teams back to Valencia on level-pegging. The return leg at the Mestalla will live long in the memory of the spectators. The atmosphere was electric and the Betis fans played their part in creating a wall of sound that reverberated around the stadium. Joaquín, a former Valencia favourite, had scored direct from a corner in the first leg for Betis. He was in the initial eleven starting line-up… along with two other former Los Che players, Sergio Canales and Andreas Guardado. However, probably the best news for the Verdiblancos was that French defender Marc Bartra had recovered from the injury that had

forced him off the field in the first leg… to resume his place in the centre of the Béticos’ defence. Valencia kept faith with Jaume in goal and Marcelino plumped for Gameiro up front with Rodrigo, leaving Santi Mina on the substitute’s bench. Gameiro has been impressive since the start of the year and the Frenchman is finally showing the kind of form that has seen him have successful spells at Paris SaintGermain, Sevilla and Atlético Madrid. Betis shaded the first half with some smooth intricate passing movements that had the Valencia players chasing shadows at times. The home side came out much the stronger after the interval and eventually got the breakthrough ten minutes into the second half. Great play by Piccini gave Gameiro a wonderful scoring opportunity in a one on one with the Betis goalkeeper. However, instead of shooting the

former Sevilla striker unselfishly squared the ball to an unmarked Rodrigo who made no mistake from a few yards out. A crescendo of noise greeted the ball hitting the back of the net. This was followed by sighs of relief as Valencia fans immediately realised the visitors had now to score three goals to proceed, because of the away goals rule format. Valenciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing comeback in the previous round served to warn everyone that the contest was far from over and the team remained focused until the final whistle, limiting their opponents to just a couple of chances. The final whistle led to joyous scenes and the continuous chants of "Illa, Illa, Illa; Nos vamos a Sevilla" as the team

celebrated their victory with a lap of honour around the pitch. Well into the early morning, fans were still celebrating around the stadium and the city. Information released shortly after the semi-final victory suggests Valencia will be allocated around 23,000 tickets, which will not be enough to satisfy demand. The official capacity of Estadio Benito VillamarĂn is 61,000 but for security reasons there will be only 58,000 tickets available for this specific match. Apart from Sevilla, the other city that Valencia fans would love to visit in May is Baku in Azerbaijan. The Olympic Stadium there will host the 2019 Europa League final and Los

Che are still in the competition along with 15 other clubs. The comfortable 3-0 aggregate defeat of Celtic was rewarded with a two legged tie with FC Krasnodar. The club that is in the South of Russia are arguably based in the most soccer-mad city in the country. It controversially missed out on being a World Cup venue in 2018 despite having had a completely new stadium built in 2016 by local entrepreneurs that has a healthy capacity of 35,000. Currently lying second in their own league, behind FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, they will be a difficult opponent and Valencia will need to be at the top of their game if they wish to progress to the quarter-final stage. Article ÂŠ 2019 24/7 Valencia

VALENCIA FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL CALENDAR Sunday 10 March Girona - Valencia 16.15h Levante - Villarreal 18.30h

Sunday 24 March Veterans game in Mestalla Valencia vs Spain

Thursday 14 March Europa League Krasnodar - Valencia 18.55h

w/e 31 March Sevilla - Valencia Levante - Eibar

Friday 15 March Real Sociedad - Levante 21.00h Sunday 17 March Valencia - Getafe 18.30h Saturday 23 March Eurocopa in Mestalla Spain vs Norway 20.45

On the League front, the team continue to gain ground on the teams above them despite four consecutive draws in February. The first game of March was against Athletic Bilbao and with both teams on the equal amount of points (33) it was a crucial game for both teams. Valencia ran out worthy winners 2-0 thanks to a spectacular right foot volley from Rodrigo and a goal from Gameiro late in the game, as the Basques strived for an equaliser. With games against Getafe and Sevilla

2/3/4 April Valencia - Real Madrid Athletic - Levante w/e 7 April Rayo - Valencia

on the horizon and both teams lying ahead of Los Che in the league table, it is imperative the side keep their shape and form. Hopefully, Marcelino’s squad rotation will start to reap some benefits. Across town, Levante were extremely unlucky to lose against Real Madrid in their last home game. The team from the capital converted two contentious penalties, in between a Roger Marti effort, to land all three points in a

VALENCIA CF Mestalla stadium, Aragón/Facultats metro, lots of buses incl. 9, 10, 12, 29, 30, 31, 32, 41, 79, 80. Tickets on sale from the stadium, club shop (Pl. Ayuntamiento), VCF website. LEVANTE UD Ciudad de Valencia stadium, 11,70 bus, Machado metro, Estadi del Llevant tram. Tickets available at ground on matchday and in advance from club shop (C/Colón), LUD website.

niggling contest that saw both teams have a player sent off. A 4-1 away win against Celta in Vigo, the week before, ensured Los Granotas secured points in February and they still look comfortable enough to stay clear of a relegation battle at the business end of the season.

John Howden

Anyone wishing to get tickets for Valencia or Levante games can do so by visiting the box offices at their ground or through their respective websites. www.valenciacf.com www.levanteud.com Article © 2019 24/ 7 Valencia

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During my last year of studying law at Valencia University I decided to head to England to work and to improve my English skills. It was an incredible experience – everything was new; the people, the culture, the scenery, the weather, of course! Also, things were very different from Spain within an employment context – the way that businesses operated, how teams interacted, the fact there were so many nationalities working together. I loved it, although there were some difficult moments. I worked hard and had to deal with situations I never thought I would. Facing these challenges made me better at my job than before and

2 – Describe your law firm and the areas it covers. When I returned to Spain from the UK, I wanted to make the most of my two biggest strengths; my understanding of people and my legal background. This led me to helping expats settle in Spain. One of the first things expats need to sort out is where to live. My company specialises in civil and property law, which includes conveyancing, self-building, buying off-plan, new-build properties, boundary disputes, construction and structural defects. Basically, we deal with all possible legalities associated

with buying or selling property, either as a home or as an investment. Additionally, some of our clients require assistance with setting up all kinds of businesses, whether that’s bars, restaurants or online companies. In order to provide a full service for my clients, we also assist with Family Law matters. For example, I help my clients to draft wills to present to notaries, ensuring their wishes are protected under Spanish law. We handle rental contracts, deposits, trusts, power of attorney and valuations. I am the link between my clients and the professionals they need to deal with; estate agents, relocation companies, banks, surveyors, notaries and anything else in between.

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I also have two partners – one is a specialist in Criminal Law, and the other is a tax specialist. We’re a perfect team as between the three of us; we can offer all the expertise and advice our clients need.

helping expats to settle in all across Spain. While most of our clients are within the Valencian community (Castellón, Valencia and Alicante), I am also able to assist with certain projects in other regions upon discussion, for example the Balearics, Barcelona, Marbella, and Madrid.

people and official ways of operating, the truth is that the world moves faster than the law. It’s a tricky area to regulate because there are so many factors involved, and so many interests related to it. This uncertainty surrounding the rental market is exacerbated by incessant changes in the law, specifically in regards to tourist rentals. My firm stays on top of it, so our clients don’t have to.

can be fraught with Secondly, having lived, worked and surprises The principal issue tends to unexpected be the studied in England for almost five 3 – What are typical day-to-day issues regarding your clients?

language barrier. Many expats arrive having studied basic Spanish, but when they start facing day-to-day situations, they realise mastering the language takes more time, especially when it comes to dealing with complicated and wordy legal matters. Additionally, despite EU regulations applying across Europe, there are still a number of differences between various international laws and Spanish law, and these can be very confusing, especially when trying to comprehend them in a second language. Another significant issue our clients face is who to trust. They are in an unknown land – they need someone on their side, with expert knowledge, who they know has their best interests at heart. 4 – How does your company differ from Spanish speaking lawyers and what are the advantages of working with your firm?

years, and using the English language every day, I am bilingual. This allows me to clearly communicate with my clients, and to explain legal matters in language they can understand. Last but by no means least, having been an expat myself, I understand first-hand the issues my clients are facing. I know what they need, what matters to them, and how they wish to be treated. 5 – What are the long-term potential problems for English speaking clients looking to move to or currently living in Spain, that your company can fix?

Obviously, the most pressing longterm issue my clients are facing right now is Brexit. This won’t just affect the British, the effects of the uncertainty and potential legal changes ahead will be felt across many countries.

6 – Do you have other interests outside of work? Of course! I’ve always been passionate about travel. Living in the UK, Gatwick and Heathrow were so convenient that the option to explore the world was right on my doorstep, and I certainly made the most of it! Lately, after enjoying watching MasterChef with my daughter, I’ve been getting really into cooking. I have always been happy with a simple ham baguette, and while I still am, we’re having a lot of fun trying different international recipes, such as Beef Wellington, Thai curries and Beef bourguignon. Interview by Will McCarthy

But our legal expertise and local knowledge will ensure safe passage There are three factors that make my Additionally, the rental market. How firm stand apart:

people live and travel is changing. While authorities are trying their Firstly, theWorking years of experience I have best clients, to regulate movements of for international wethedeal exclusively

with Spanish Law so you get the help and answers you need whether you’re buying a property, starting a business or facing a Spanish legal challenge. Contact us today to find out how we can smooth your journey. Email: virginia@delacuadragalera.com Telephone: (+34) 680 43 87 75

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WHY VALENCIA ?

WHY VALENCIA ? Why Valencia? ¿Por qué Valencia? It’s a reasonable question, I suppose. Why do I, and others from around the world, choose to live here? After all, the third-largest city in Spain doesn’t normally rate on most people’s “must-sees”. The Lonely Planet guide, in its suggested city-based itinerary, talks at length about Madrid and Barcelona and touches on Valencia to a certain extent but not with the eagerness that it extols the beauties of Seville. Some other guides don’t even mention the city, or slip it into a paragraph in the Catalunya chapter or a side note before the Costa Blanca. Valencia has no ancient buildings like the Colosseum or the Alhambra. Nor does it possess great monuments like Big Ben or the Arc de Triomphe (although the ‘Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias’ is quite impressive). There are no famous museums like the Louvre or the Prado (although the IVAM puts on a good exhibition or two). The town beach isn’t quite Bondi or the Copacabana.

The people are gregarious and the nightlife can be wild, but that is a characteristic of Spain as a whole rather than the mid-Mediterranean coast in particular. It is not the most aesthetically beautiful of cities (although the streets of Carmen can be rather pretty). Arguably, some drivers have little respect for pedestrian crossings…

miss without risk of exam failure, you used the part of your brain. For large decisions, such as who to marry or what career to follow, logic was too blunt a tool. For such choices, you needed to disregard logic and go with your instinct.

If I was to move to Spain, would it not be more logical to follow the majority of expats? My brother’s girlfriend suggested I go to Madrid. My cousin told me Barcelona was the place to be. Sometimes it seems half the British Isles are relocating to the Costa del Sol or the Balearic Islands.

Perhaps I can blame a restless gene…the Irish have always been wanderers. Maybe it was a touch of seasonal affective disorder, a casual suggestion made by a work colleague, a passage from Hemingway, a chance meeting on a bus between Malaga and Granada, the pull of the Mediterranean. Or perhaps it all goes back to the oranges...

And yet, “everybody else goes there” has never seemed like a good enough argument to me. In my long-ago university days, a friend outlined her philosophy about decision-making. For small decisions, she explained, such as what to eat for dinner or how many lectures you could

I suppose my moving to Valencia falls into the category of a “large decision”.

I’ve always loved oranges. In the depths of winter, they brightened the fruit shelves of the supermarket. I would dig my nails deep into the peel and pull it away so that the juice stained my fingernails and my hands smelled of fruit. The flesh in my mouth

was like tasting sunshine. When I was a child growing up in Ireland, oranges usually came from Spain, with a sticky label to denote their city of origin. Sometimes they were from Seville. Other times they were from Valencia. I think the first time I heard about Valencia was in a Sunday Times travel supplement. They published an article about the “smaller cities” of Europe, places that didn’t hold the cachet of Paris or Athens or Rome, but it was worth passing a long weekend. Places like Ghent, like Lyon, like Valencia. However, in the summer I was still a long way from Spain. In fact, I was in Scotland. My employers had announced layoffs in the Irish office, and I had chosen to move to Glasgow rather than the unemployment queue. The Scots are a friendly bunch and there are few places more beautiful than the Highlands in summer. However, the prospect of another murky Scottish winter set me wondering why, if I was going to live abroad, I didn’t choose somewhere in a more favorable latitude. My friend in Ireland knew someone with an apartment on the Costa del Sol, and suggested we spend a holiday there in September. My friend in Scotland was planning to spend a weekend in Barcelona at about the same time. A plan formed: I booked a flight into Malaga and another out of Barcelona. I met a Spanish work colleague in the canteen and told him about my plan, asking where would be worth stopping along the way. “Valencia?” he suggested. He pronounced it the Spanish way. Balen-thee-ah. In September I spent a few days in Fuengirola with two Irish friends. I was good to see my pals again, but

Fuengirola itself did not impress. The phrase book proved useless since most of the bar staff were British and many of the restaurants did not even have menus in Spanish. And towards the end of the week, the sun disappeared. The only place less dreary than the Costa del Sol is the Costa del Sol in the rain. I escaped into Hemingway’s ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’. One of the characters, Pilar, talks of Valencia. Do not malign Valencia, she said, for it was there she ate melon and paella, there she fell in love with a handsome matador (in Hemingway’s Spanish books, there is usually a handsome matador hiding somewhere). I left my friend at Malaga airport and took the bus to Granada. When I failed to understand the rapid-fire instructions of the bus driver, a student translated for me. Her name was Lola; she shared a flat in Wolverhampton with an Irish girl and her English was full of expressions such as “yer man”. She said “oh, you should go to Valencia. I once had a boyfriend from Valencia. It’s a great city.” So that was two votes for Spain’s third city, both from Spaniards. Plus the Sunday Times Section. Plus Hemingway. Plus the sticky labels on oranges. Why not? During my three days in Valencia, something unexpected happened. I have been to more beautiful cities, and more famous ones. I have strolled down the streets of the River Seine and marvelled at the Eiffel Tower, but never felt I wanted to live in Paris. I have stopped to gawp at the buskers on Las Ramblas and looked out from the dizzying towers of Sagrada Familia, but never felt I wanted to live in Barcelona. However, when I sat in the Plaza de la Virgen and watched the children chasing pigeons in the

sunlight, I felt, oddly, as if I had arrived somewhere I had been trying to reach all my life. So I decided that, come what may, I would return. The following month, back in Glasgow, the clocks ticked back one hour and the prospect of dark evenings strengthened my resolve. I returned to Ireland for Christmas, and booked my flight to Spain in January. And so here I am. It’s a story I’ve heard repeated, in many guises, by foreigners here. They come by accident, stumbling across the city along the way. Barcelona is too expensive, with accommodation impossible to find. Madrid is too cold and too frantic. The Costa Blanca is too touristy. They come on the Erasmus programme and find a reason to extend their course. They follow a lover. They follow a friend. They follow the sea breeze. They come in March, following the smell of burning papier-mâché, and stay longer than they planned. Of course, not everyone falls under Valencia’s spell. They find some of the streets dirty and the language barrier too much to cope with. They can’t find work, or they find work and are paid in buttons. They get tied in knots trying to deal with the bureaucracy. They have to reorganize their day to deal with weird closing times and eating hours. They find the chaos of the festivals too much… Those of us who love this city accept these facts, but we love it all the same. So, why Valencia? If you have to ask, nobody can tell you. There is only one answer. ¿Por qué no? Fiona Honor Hurley Article © 2019 24/7 Valencia

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VALENCIA MUSIC

BOB DYLAN PLAYS VALENCIA IN MAY! “Don’t criticize understand.” Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan remains an enigma to this day. He infuriated some literary purists when he was awarded the highly prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature and then reportedly angered the Nobel Prize judges by making an ambiguous excuse for not attending the award ceremony in person. He certainly wasn’t going to make things too easy for his foes or his followers! Like Frank Sinatra, whose repertoire he has covered in recent times, Dylan likes to do things his way. “A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.” Bob Dylan

Indeed, Dylan has been on his “Never Ending Tour’ since 1988. As a young man, Dylan had a fondness for marijuana and “cheap red wine.” Though a very acquired taste, he has perhaps become like a somewhat special vino that is arguably getting better with time. He is not just a singer, he is undoubtedly a living legend and part of that myth is somebody who is bigger than any fad or fashion. He is the words and he is the music. After 38 official albums, for all his musical weaknesses, his strengths are many and the whole remains greater than the sum of its parts. While so many ageing bands and singers get written off in old age as mere nostalgia trips… his reputation as an artist continues to grow through films, awards, poetry, new album releases,

radio shows, box sets and touring. “The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots.” Bob Dylan Dylan never lost the will or need to morph and adapt to his surroundings. He was born Robert Zimmerman in 1941, the Minnesota son of Jewish parents of Ukrainian & Lithuanian descent. Indeed, his paternal grandparents had escaped the pogroms of Odessa in what was then known as the Russian Empire. Perhaps his restlessness comes from way back… Bob grew up with the exciting sounds of rock’n’roll as a teenager in the 1950s with Elvis, Little Richard and

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Jerry Lee Lewis blasting on the radio. However, he was turned on even more by folk music around the time he got to University… reflecting that “the songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings.” Describing his decision to change his name to Dylan, he has sometimes justified it with a love of Dylan Thomas’ poetry as well having the “wrong name and the wrong parents…after all, this is the land of the free.” After a year at college, he dropped out, visited a dying Woody Guthrie in hospital and moved to Greenwich Village where he quickly enveloped himself in the local folk scene. As his star grew, an increasingly interested press and public were drawn to Dylan’s music and words. These were lyrics so different to what had been expected and accepted in popular music before… “And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves

The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow”

Bob Dylan He was the archetypal angry folk protest singer with ‘Blowin' in the Wind’ and ‘Masters of War.’ Then he was the insolent, druggy electric poet of the highly productive ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ and ‘Blonde on Blonde’ era and then the contented family man of ‘Nashville Skyline’ and ‘New Morning’ as the sixties came to an end. His separation from his wife Sara (‘Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands’) in the mid-seventies brought a creative burst with “Blood on the Tracks”, which many see as one of his finest albums. He surprised many when he turned to Evangelical Christianity in the late 1970s and released the albums ‘Slow Train Coming’ and ‘Saved’, which related to his interest in the Born Again

movement. Over the last 30 years, he has released some acclaimed albums including ‘Love and Theft’ and ‘Time Out of Mind’. More recent albums have seen him revisiting the ‘Great American Songbook’ covering pre-rock’n’roll genres not generally associated with him, bringing a more jazzy and swinging feel to his music in concert. Bob Dylan still divides opinions to this day. He just wouldn’t want it any other way! Will McCarthy

Bob Dylan plays Valencia on May 7th at Plaza de Toros For tickets go to: www.ticketmaster.es/event/ bob-dylan-tickets/15051?language=en-us

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