http://www.alifeinvalencia.com Guide to Valencia Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/oscar-meyer-hot-dog-eating-valencia/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/oscar-meyer-hot-dog-eating-valencia/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:21:21 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/guinnes-world-records-hot-dog-eating-valencia/ Valencians, Falleros and visitors to Valencia will all be at the hot dog eating event t on Saturday 12th March from 11.30 am at Puente de las Flores (The Bridge of Flowers) in Valencia.
The aim of this event is to get the the highest concentration of people in history, eating hot dogs at once. Success will result in an entry to the Guinness World Records.
Set in the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Oscar Mayer brand in Spain, the hot dog eating event will be hosted by TV comedian Flipy [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/oscar-meyer-hot-dog-eating-valencia/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/ninot-parade-valencia/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/ninot-parade-valencia/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:00:14 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/ninot-parade-valencia/ Leaving Calle Játiva at 22:30 (that’s Spanish 22:30 so be prepared to wait a little longer) via Marqués de Sotelo past the beautiful Post Office building – Correos – up to the doors of City Hall/Ayuntamiento on Plaza del Ayuntamiento, which will house the main ninot of Fallas 2011.
The arrival of the committee parade in the square will trigger a fantastic colourful mascletá (firework display, Spanish style).
Some of the subjects covered by this years ninot entries are the local festivals and traditions, the circus, film, stories and Chinese cuisine; [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/ninot-parade-valencia/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/mtv-winter-festival-2011-valencia/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/mtv-winter-festival-2011-valencia/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:03:44 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/mtv-winter-festival-2011-valencia/ On the 12th of March, Valencia will hold the fourth MTV Winter Festival’s edition at the impressive architectural complex of The City of Arts and Sciences.
The last three MTV Winter Festivals have seen the likes of The Cure, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and HIM. This time the headline acts are My Chemical Romance and SUM 41 with special DJ sets from Orbital and UK band Groove Armada. Supporting band will be Welcome Dinasty – winners of a recent rock contest.
Last year around 40.000 people enjoyed the free concert. [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/news-headlines/mtv-winter-festival-2011-valencia/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/free-valencia/estadio-mestalla/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/free-valencia/estadio-mestalla/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:03:10 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/estadio-mestalla/ It is also renowned for its steep terracing and being one of the most intimidating atmospheres in all of Europe in which to play.
In the near future, the team is expected to move into the Nou Mestalla, a state-of-the-art stadium with a seating capacity of 75,000, located in Valencia, but due to the Valencia CF’s financial crisis, it’s unknown when the stadium will be completed.
On 20 May 1923, the Estadio Mestalla was inaugurated with a friendly match that [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/free-valencia/estadio-mestalla/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/free-valencia/nou-mestalla/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/free-valencia/nou-mestalla/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:55:27 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/nou-mestalla/ The stadium will have a capacity of 73,200 when finished. and will replace their current stadium Estadio Mestalla. Designed by Reid Fenwick Asociados and ArupSport the cost is estimated between 250 and 300 million Euros. The ground will have a futuristic exterior, clad in aluminium with an interior of wood and is being built on the site of a former factory in the neighbourhood of Benicalap.
The plans for the new stadium were unveiled in 2006 and on the 10th November 2006 former president Juan Soler and the club unveiled details about the [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/free-valencia/nou-mestalla/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:32:16 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/colon-market/ It was designed in 1914 by Francisco Mora Berenguer (1875-1961) who studied at the School of Architecture in Barcelona and had direct contact with the Catalan modernism, especially the work of Gaudí, Puig , Domenech i Montaner and the design ideas of his professors Antonio M. ª Gallissà i Soque and Joan Torras i Guardiola.
Mora’s works were not considered modernist in his day. Mora’s modernism like Domenech i Montaner and Puig [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/fallero-museum/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/fallero-museum/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:48:08 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/fallero-museum/ Basically, fallas can be described as satirical monuments. They are models made of combustible materials (cardboard, wood, etc.) that are erected in public squares and at main crossroads and then burnt on the night of 19 March, St Joseph’s Day.
The monuments are made by specialist falleros with the help and encouragement of resident’s committees in all the different districts that spend the whole year preparing the annual [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/fallero-museum/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-almudin/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-almudin/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:35:02 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/the-almudin/ Constructed in the 16th century the El Almudin building in Valencia served as a warehouse. This gave rise to the name “almudin” from Arabic. The structure was used to store the grain for the city.
Originally it would have a much smaller build but it has been expanded over the centuries XV and XVI to take on the appearance it has today. For example, the porch was built in the first half of the sixteenth century and the original building would have had an open central courtyard but  in the early seventeenth century  it was joined by the cover, giving the image of [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-almudin/feed/ 1 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-north-train-station/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-north-train-station/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:59:24 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/the-north-train-station/ It was built between 1906 and 1917 and took advantage of the urban transformation happening in the city at the time to settle in an enormous empty space. It is one of the most important monuments of civil architecture of the city.
The work, designed by architect Demetrio Ribes is part of the modernist style and you can appreciate the influences of the European side of the Secession, a modernism characterized by straight lines as opposed to the more typical sinuous [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-north-train-station/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-valencian-silk-exchange/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-valencian-silk-exchange/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:51:01 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/the-valencian-silk-exchange/ You need to go in and look up and the spectacular structure. It has the most amazing  spiral-shaped columns holding up the roof and an abundance of stone decorations round the doors and the gargoyles.
UNESCO considered La Lonja as a World Heritage Site in 1996 since “the site is of outstanding universal value as it is a wholly exceptional example of a secular building in late Gothic style, which dramatically illustrates the power [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-valencian-silk-exchange/feed/ 0