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/featured/exhibition-del-color-al-bn-pasando-por-la-madera/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/featured/exhibition-del-color-al-bn-pasando-por-la-madera/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:13:48 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/exhibition-del-color-al-bn-pasando-por-la-madera/ The Botanical Gardens is currently presenting/displaying the sculptural exhibition “DEL COLOR AL B/N, pasando por la madera” roughly translated as “OF the COLOR TO the B/N, happening through the wood” by the Valencian artist Luis Creek.
Visit the gardens to see a game of colours, textures and shades that cover all and also emulate and characterize, emblematic personages from the history of the cinema, through moving bodies carved in wood. Decomposed abstraction and pieces form the work of this artist and designer, strongly influenced by the MGP art.
Start date: [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/featured/exhibition-del-color-al-bn-pasando-por-la-madera/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/featured/photographic-exhibition-%e2%80%9cfirst-ladies-women-in-emergency-situations-%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/featured/photographic-exhibition-%e2%80%9cfirst-ladies-women-in-emergency-situations-%e2%80%9d/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:48:02 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/photographic-exhibition-%e2%80%9cfirst-ladies-women-in-emergency-situations-%e2%80%9d/ The women are the first to suffer when the power of the army ruins a society. At the same time, they are powerful: they assure the survival of their family and assume the main sustenance tasks and refuge. For that reason, these women are our “First Ladies”.
Histories of these “First Ladies” have been picked up by three famous Dutch photographers in three contexts, women who have been affected by the war or the insecurity of it:
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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/torres-de-quart/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/torres-de-quart/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:20:29 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/torres-de-quart/ Other gateways to the city of Valencia, are the missing doors of San Vicente to the south and the Puerta del Mar to the east or to the port. The doors disappeared in the nineteenth century with the rest of the wall surrounding the Old City to provide work for unemployed workers and to enlarge the city.
The Quart Towers were built by “professors in the noble art of pedra (stone)” Francesc Baldomar and Pere Compte between 1441 and 1460. The works also involved Jaume [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/torres-de-quart/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/city-hall-plaza/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/city-hall-plaza/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:35:53 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/city-hall-plaza/ The Plaza del Ayuntamiento is the largest and probably most important plaza in Valencia.
Home to the city hall (ayuntamiento) and the magnificent central post office (edificio de correos), the Plaza del Ayuntamiento also serves as the centre for the Fallas celebrations
The triangular shape of the plaza is amazing. At its southern end, where it’s widest, there’s a large area which is the site of many mascletàs during the year, the largest and most spectacular held during Fallas. It is surrounded by bountiful flower sellers, who always have a huge array of flowers, bringing a real old fashioned street feel [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/city-hall-plaza/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/things-to-do-in-valencia/beaches/las-arenas-beach-beach-of-cabanyal/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/things-to-do-in-valencia/beaches/las-arenas-beach-beach-of-cabanyal/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:23:03 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/playa-las-arenas-playa-de-cabanyal/ This beach is the beginning of the amazing sea front of Valencia.
The beach joins with the straights of the America’s Cup Port and it is the closest, the most built-up and the most accessible beach to the city and therefore it is the official city beach for activities and events. Whenever there is a sports event or a public event it generally happens here.
The southern part of this beach is a massive leisure area for promenades, events, restaurants, bars and hotels. The northern part becomes more of a traditional beach  gradually merging into the [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/things-to-do-in-valencia/beaches/las-arenas-beach-beach-of-cabanyal/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/nightlife-and-music/flamenco-en-cafe-del-duende/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/nightlife-and-music/flamenco-en-cafe-del-duende/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:53:23 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=470 Originating in 1998 and answering the demand of many flamenco enthusiasts, it soon became a popular venue where fans of flamenco could enjoy their favourite music.
Over the years since opening it has become a point of reference for flamenco lovers and people becoming interested in the music and nowadays there is a varied and multi-cultural audience.
CAFÉ DEL DUENDE
Entrance is €7.
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The old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park that allows cyclists and pedestrians to traverse much of the city without the use of roads. The park, called the ‘Garden of the Turia’ (Jardí del Túria/Jardín del Turia) boasts numerous ponds, paths, fountains, flowers, football pitches, cafés, artworks, climbing walls, an athletics track, a zen garden and more. The [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/things-to-do-in-valencia/turia-riverbed-parks/feed/ 1 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/valencia-cathedral-catedral-valencia/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/valencia-cathedral-catedral-valencia/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:35:32 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=634 Centrally located on the Plaza de la Reina, this is the religious centre of Valencia and one of the city’s landmarks.
Many centuries ago, it used to be a mosque, but when El Cid conquered the city, it became a Roman Catholic cathedral. Later the city was re-conquered by the Muslims as part of the Arab Moorish invasion of Spain and the South of France. The cathedral again became a mosque.
Later, when the Christian King Jaume I  re-conquered Valencia it reverted to a Christian cathedral. The Miguelete bell tower (El Miguelete) is a hexagonal Gothic tower towering over Plaza de la Reina. [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/valencia-cathedral-catedral-valencia/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/valencia-travel-guides/valencia-valencia-travel-guides/museum-of-natural-science/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/valencia-travel-guides/valencia-valencia-travel-guides/museum-of-natural-science/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:14:14 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=479 It’s not a very well known museum and therefore rarely crowded. So much so it doesn’t even have its own website!
It is a home to an enormous collection of ancient fossils and large dinosaur skeletons so the Museum of Natural Sciences appeals to all ages. With large and spacious exhibition halls, other museum attractions include informative displays about evolution, together with prehistoric information about the Valencia area.
Museum of Natural Science
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