In the middle of the Mediterranean coast, Valencia city, celebrates each year the final days of the winter and the arrival of spring with spectacular fires and pyrotechnics. From March 15 to 19 (the feast of Saint Joseph, day of the father in the whole country), Valencia is given over to a carnival of bonfires, fiesta, fireworks and a healthy dose of satire known as Las Fallas, the fires. Displayed on every corner all over the city are colourful ninots, giant papier-mâché figures… Check our offers
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FALLAS 2010 VALENCIA
In the middle of the Mediterranean coast, Valencia city, celebrates each year the final days of the winter and the arrival of spring with spectacular fires and pyrotechnics. From March 15 to 19 (the feast of Saint Joseph, day of the father in the whole country), Valencia is given over to a carnival of bonfires, fiesta, fireworks and a healthy dose of satire known as Las Fallas, the fires. Displayed on every corner all over the city are colourful ninots, giant papier-mâché figures… -
City of Arts and Sciences Valencia - CAC
Come to the City of Arts and Sciences! The City of Arts and Sciences is a unique complex devoted to scientific and cultural dissemination which is made up of five main elements: the Hemisfèric (IMAX cinema and digital projections), the Umbracle (a landscaped vantage point and car park), the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum (an innovative centre of interactive science), the Oceanográfico (the largest aquarium in Europe with over 500 marine species) and the Palau de les Arts Reina… -
VALENCIA STREET CIRCUIT - GRAND PRIX EUROPE F1
Formula 1 returns to Valencia From 30- TO 25 JULY 2010, Valencia will be once again hosting the Telefónica European Formula 1 Grand Prix for the second year in a row, the eleventh race on the world championship circuit that will bring together the 20 best drivers in the world. The Valencia Street Circuit covers a distance of five kilometres, taking drivers through the Juan Carlos I Marina by Valencia's port to the new area of the city heading out towards El Grao. The circuit includes a swing… -
TOMATINA FESTIVAL: THE TOMATO WAR
On the last Wednesday of August more than 40,000 people, hungry for fun and fiesta, get roped into tomato throwing in the Tomatina de Buñol, a friendly battle in which more than 110 tons of ripe tomatoes fly through the air. Come and enjoy a fiesta that is unique in the world with a curious protagonist that leaves everything red and that cleans and disinfects: the tomato. What a fight the Tomatina is here! Just as every year, on the last Wednesday of August more than 40,000 people, hungry… -
Valencia Practical Information
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION • Longitude: 0º 22' 28" W • Latitude: 39º 28' 36" N • Altitude: 113 metres (Town Hall) • Green spaces, parks and gardens: 8.4 km2 • Average temperature: 18.7ºC • Average relative humidity: 66% • Ave. number clear days per year: 87 • Ave. number days with sunny spells per year: 217 • Ave. number cloudy days per year: 58 • Days with temperature above 25º: 154 • City Population: 800.666 inhab. • Population…