Valencia CF was founded in 1919 by people involved in the business of exporting citrus fruits from the region. They played their first competitive match in 1921 at the Algirós stadium before moving to their current home of Mestalla in 1923. Initially the club played in a regional league before …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
