We offer our experience on unique day trips in and around Valencia, Spain.
26 Aug 2009
On Wednesday, September 16, Vino Valencia hosts its first Wine Event at The Ginger Loft.
With the monthly Vino Valencia events we want to create an environment for people who are interested in wine and networking. Every month we match 3 quality wines with tapas.
RSVP’s via the Vino Valencia website (http://www.vino-valencia.com).
We look forward to see you there!
Vino Valencia team
27 Apr 2009
from pietbos.me:
Today we participated in an organised trip to Bioparc, a zoo where the animals live in a much less restricted environment than a traditional zoo with cages.
We enjoyed our time very much and saw many animals in the specially designed areas of Madagascar, Equatorial Africa and the Savannah. In the “amphitheatre” there was a “show” with birds, giant ones even condors that were flying closely over the gathered audience. As one can understand it is much more difficult to train a bird than let’s say a dolphin, and it was truly amazing!
Bioparc Valencia, just one of many things to do in Valencia, Spain!
8 Apr 2009
Over the weekend we visited two great events that were held in Valencia.
On Saturday we went to the Turia riverbed were the 21st edition of Mostra de Vinos, a wine fair was held, traditionally the week before Easter.
And on Sunday we visited the tourism fair Turismo Comunidad Valenciana (TCV) in the Feria Valencia, the international trade- and conference center.
Our special attention went to the hall were most of the cities and villages of the Comunidad Valenciana were represented and we have become quite inspired by all the pittoresque pueblos (villages), the (ruins of) castles, waterfalls, nature and more.
Also we have made contact with quite a few vineyards in the area, and in the next few weeks we will spend our time mostly in the province to develop interesting routes for you, the visitor to Valencia.
1 Mar 2009
Fallas is Valencia’s biggest yearly festival. It lasts from March 1 until March 19 with the highlights taking place between March 15 and March 19.
The history of Las Fallas is adequately described here:
Legend has it that the history of Las Fallas begins with medieval carpenters. During the short, winter days they, among others, used planks of wood known as parots to support the candles that they were forced to burn in order to see well enough to work their trade in the gloom. When the days began to lengthen enough to make these candles obsolete, in joyful welcoming of the spring, these carpenters would burn the parots.
The full program is available at the official tourist information website.
If you are in Valencia during the Fallas 2009, we wish you a lot of fun!
19 Feb 2009
Recently we launched a new website that – like Valencia Day Trips – is focused on the visitor to Valencia.
The name of the website is Eat In Valencia and its (ambitious) aim is to list all restaurants in Valencia.
We have divided Valencia in its postcode districts and listings include information such as GPS location, smoking/non-smoking, credit card acceptance, cuisine, specialties among others.
Eat In Valencia also has a forum where visitors can leave reviews and share tips and our guest writer Ivan Larcombe each week writes a story with interesting and useful information for your visit to Valencia in Valencia Insights.
If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter to receive regular updates on new restaurants, you can do so here.
It will be an ongoing project for the next couple of months to gather all the information for the online profiles of all restaurants in Valencia.
27 Jan 2009
Valencia receives more tourists than cities like Madrid, Barcelona and Seville with almost 3.5 mio bednights over the year 2008.
In a recent article in Que it was said that “the capital of the Turia had an average hotel occupancy of 69.5% over 2008″.
The average stay in Valencia has gone up to 2 nights average, a number that in our opinion is still a bit too short, but since numbers are rising every year, we guess it is a good sign.
It is bypassing cities like Barcelona, Amsterdam, Berlin and Lisbon and in the top 5 of tourist destinations in Europe.
With big events planned for 2009, such as the Formula One, the Global Champions Tour (equestrian), ATP Tennis and some of the major trade fairs in Europe, Valencia is looking to sustain its grip on tourism.
The America’s Cup has committed itself to return to Valencia in 2010.
6 Jan 2009
We found a video of Rough Guide’s Julia Bradbury visiting Valencia during “Las Fallas”. It gives a good impression of Valencia and some of its many highlights, such as the Holy Grail, City of Arts and Sciences, Agua de Valencia and more.
8 Dec 2008
The Valencian Tourism Board has come with a promotional video about the city.
Check it out here and you can also visit the interactive website.
28 Jul 2008
Welcome to Valencia Day Trips.
With our website Valencia Day Trips we plan to organize day trips in and around Valencia, Spain.
We pride ourselves in offering unique combinations between culture, nature and (local) life.
Valencia Day Trips is a sister website of Beijing Day Trips, a company established in November 2006 in Beijing, China.
In the next few months we will start updating this website with our unique day trips in and around Valencia, Spain!
Thanks for your patience.
