As your personal Valencia Guide to experiencing the city like a local, I must fill you in on one of my favourite places to take a leisurely stroll, have a coffee or beer at a street café, or enjoy a meal on a terrace -- Avenida…
Only outside of Spain do people talk about a generic Spanish cuisine. Spaniards themselves are much more apt to refer to the country’s traditional dishes by their region of origin, such as cocido Madrileño, fabada Asturiana and crema Catalana. Spain is not…
A knitting holiday in Valencia, Spain offers the perfect combination of an authentic knitting tradition in a joyful Mediterranean setting. Even before the recent revival of knitting in cities all over the world, Valencia had a rich knitting culture all its…
When you visit Valencia you can’t miss this local treasure. Stepping into the J. Regal Honey Shop at Calle Puerto Rico, 6 in the popular Ruzafa neighbourhood is a genuine blast from the past. This tiny, shoe box of a store…
Valencia, city I have called home for the last 30 years, is a little known treasure that offers much to the traveller. I first came to Valencia as an exchange student in 1979. I’m originally from the US—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—and I…