Featured posts on life in Valencia
You’ve probably heard the drums somewhere near the Cathedral, spotted a crowd, maybe caught a glimpse of something enormous being pulled down a narrow street by horses — and kept walking. Next weekend, don’t. Corpus Christi is Valencia’s festa grossa — the big one. Not big in the Fallas sense of international press coverage and…
It’s happened to all of us: you uproot your life, land somewhere new, and in the gap between who you were and who you’re becoming, something unexpected surfaces. For Lana Arcon, a Canadian living in Valencia, it took the shape of a children’s book series. “I had this idea to capture our stay… I didn’t…
Since Monday 12 May, public school teachers across the Comunitat Valenciana have been on indefinite strike — the first of its kind in the region in recent memory, and one that has brought tens of thousands onto the streets. The list of demands goes beyond pay: smaller class sizes, better working conditions, and the restoration…
Our next Pont de Valencia event is at Santo Remedio — and once you hear what goes into a drink there, you’ll understand why we picked it. The bar is run by Aida and Nico, two bartenders with years of serious experience behind the stick. Their foundation is classical cocktail-making — but that’s just the…
Valencia runs on two wheels. Walk through Ruzafa on any given morning, and you’ll count more electric scooters than taxis. They’re fast, they’re cheap to run, and in a city built for cycling, they make a lot of sense. But there are rules you need to know and some of them may l surprise you….
I’m sure you’ve noticed the bronze figure on the roundabout on the Paseo de la Alameda. Looking like an enormous, weird sun-like creature with outstretched arms, it is utterly impossible to miss. It is one of the most characterful pieces of public art in the city. And almost nobody knows the story behind it. Here…