Expat Valencia – Living and Working in Valencia

Valencia will soon be linked to Madrid on the fast AVE service. The Valencia-Madrid AVE line is 438km long and passes through Cuenca and also connects with Albacete, meaning that all the provincial capitals in Castilla-La Mancha will now have a high-speed train link. The Valencia-Madrid high-speed rail link is just part of a larger [...]

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Las Fallas de San José Las Fallas de San José is held in the week of 19 March when papier mâché figures (ninots) are placed in the streets and squares of Valencia to celebrate of the arrival of spring. On the last day all but one of the figures are burnt in public bonfires. Before [...]

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Summertime in Valencia are hot, but not unbearable because of the cooling of the Med (we love the Med!). Throughout the summer months the average daily temperature is about 30 ºC, accompanied by mild humidity. When the heat and humidity do become a nuisance do as the Valencians do and hop into the Mediterranean Sea [...]

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Negotiations appear to be ongoing between Swiss champions Alinghi and challenger Oracle on the format of the next edition of the America’s Cup, days after the US team won a court ruling in their long-running legal battle. Oracle and its representative, the Golden Gate Yacht Club, “remain committed to negotiate with the Defender, Societe Nautique [...]

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Valencia is no longer the poor relation when it comes to comparing it with its bigger rivals of Madrid and Barcelona. Catalan and Valencian may be the same to some, but people in this neck of the Spanish woods take pride in a culture and city they feel hasn’t been given its due attention. At [...]

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Even though Spain and the UK are in the EU and there is some cover with the EHIC card, it is still important to take out travel insurance if you are holidaying in Spain and useful to take out long term medical insurance if you are planning on becoming an Expat in the Valencia region. [...]

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Budget airline Ryanair, the one that provides you with nothing but the seat and no leg room, has announced that it will be cutting services from UK airports to Valencia. It has used the usual excuse of the global downturn as it’s main reason for snubbing the up and coming Spanish city. There will still [...]

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Spain’s airports have witnessed impressive traffic growth of between 7% and 10% for each of the last five years, but many industry pundits expect 2008 to be the year when growth finally slows down. Total airport traffic passed 200 million passengers in 2007 and at current growth rates Spain could overtake the UK as the [...]

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