Valencia

Best Music Festivals in Spain: From Contemporary to Classical (and Everything In Between)

Music Festivals in Spain

Most people reading this article will be looking for the biggest music festivals in Spain which feature some of the world’s most famous artists and bands. A wide range of musical genres can be encompassed in this section ranging from rock and electronic dance music to pop, hip-hop and more. …

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Benicassim Festival 2024

Benicassim Festival

Every year, in the middle of July, the Benicassim Festival – FIB Festival Internacional de Benicàssim) – transforms a small, rather upmarket coastal town north of Valencia on the ‘Orange Blossom Coast’ into Spain’s biggest and best outdoor modern music festival. FIB or Beni, as it’s often known, has been …

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Valencia MotoGP 2024

Valencia MotoGP

Date: 26th November 2023 The Circuit de Valencia is located 20km west of the city of Valencia in the village of Cheste. The racetrack is named after the local champion Ricardo Tormo and hosts the crucial end of season Valencia MotoGP race. In 1999, it became the third Spanish venue …

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Paella Mixta Recipe

Paella Mixta Recipe

Mixed Paella The Valencia region of Spain is the birthplace of paella where the traditional ‘paella valenciana’ is cooked with rabbit, chicken, green beans, butter beans and maybe snails but definitely no seafood. A later creation is the ‘paella de marisco’ (seafood paella) which replaces meat with fish and seafood …

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Agua de Valencia

Agua de Valencia

Spanish Champagne Cocktail As the name suggests Agua de Valencia comes from the Valencia region. Apparently the history of the drink can be traced back to Café Madrid in Valencia in the late 1950s. It seems that a group of Basques who frequented the bar used to order “Agua de …

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