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/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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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
Hours: Tuesday to [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/valencia-travel-guides/valencia-valencia-travel-guides/museum-of-natural-science/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/torres-de-serranos/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/torres-de-serranos/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:51:29 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=643 Their initial function was to serve as fortification, a fact that testifies to their heavy walls and their solidiness, but they were generally used for ceremonies and official entrances for important personalities that visited the city, the main reason why they are considered to be the main entrance to the city of Valencia.
Their name seems to come from the fact that they are located approximately to the northwest, therefore, they were the natural entrance that communicated with the ways to the Highlands (the Camino Real of Saragossa, that [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/torres-de-serranos/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/valencia-travel-guides/valencia-tourist-information-offices/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/valencia-travel-guides/valencia-tourist-information-offices/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:45:18 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/?p=1159
Valencia Tourist Office
Plaza de la Reina, 19
46003 Valencia
Telephone: 963 153 931
Fax: 963 153 920
E-mail: infoturistica@turisvalencia.es
Valencia-Renfe (Spanish Rail) Tourist Office
Calle Xátiva, 24 (estació del Norte)
46007 Valencia
Telephone: 963 528 573
Fax: 963 940 284
E-mail: infoturistica-renfe@tourisvalencia.es
Cullera Tourist Office
Calle del Rí o, 38
46400 Cullera (Valencia)
Telephone: 961 720 974
Fax: 961 738 062
E-mail: cullera@touristinfo.net
Cullera Playa Tourist Office
Plaza Constitución s/n
46400 Cullera (Valencia)
Telephone: 961 731 586
Fax: 961 731 586
E-mail: culleraplaya@touristinfo.net
Gandia Tourist Office
Avenida Marqués de Campo
46700 Gandí a (Valencia)
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Valencia’s airport has flight connections to about 15 European countries and 5.7 million passengers passed through the airport in 2008. The airport has one terminal and two runways and a helipad at the southwestern end.
Valencia airport is situated on the A3 highway which connects Valencia with Madrid, as well as being close to the A7, to Barcelona and into France. It is [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/valencia-travel-guides/valencia-airport-manises/feed/ 0