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Fernando Benlliure, Mayor of Utiel was
in the Valencia Provincial Council where
he presented the 2016 Utiel XXI Gastronomy
Fair to take place from the 21st to the
23rd October in the Paseo de la Alameda,
Utiel. At the presentation, Mayor
Benlliure was accompanied by Pilar Moncho,
Provincial Council Deputy of Tourism,
Mercedes Belenguer, Provincial Council
Deputy of Social Services.
On Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the
23rd, the Wine Train will transport
visitors from Valencia to the Gastronomy
Departure of the Wine Train both days
will be at 09:50 a.m. from the Estacion
del Norte in Valencia, with arrival in
Utiel at 11:47 a.m.
The return Wine Train will leave Utiel
at 06:40 p.m. and will arrive in Valencia
at 08:20 p.m.
Tickets cost 10 Euro if purchased on
the Internet website http://www.entradas.com
(write Tren de Vino Utiel in
the little search space), while those
bought at the train will cost 11 Euro, but
there may not be seats available.
This 10 Euro covers the cost of the
train journey from Valencia to Utiel and
back to Valencia, and the train ticket
includes one wine sample at the Fair as
well as three gastronomy samples, one wine
glass, and one pottery dish.
A guided tour of Utiel is also included
in the price.
30 exhibitors will have stands at the
Fair this year. and a tapa plus a glass of
wine will cost 2 Euro.
For further information contact the
Utiel Town Hall telephone:
or the Utiel Tourist Office telephone:
96.217.08.79 -
Special programmes
will be organized for Agencies and bus
The XXI Utiel Gastronomy Fair is
sponsored by Ritmo Catering and the Tyrius
Housewives Association.
During the presentation, Pilar Moncho
announced that Valencia had just been
named the World Food Capitol 2017.
Photo below: all the
participants raise a glass of
sparkling wine for the success of
the Utiel Gastronomy
A group of British lawyers are
travelling around Benidorm in the
Valencian Region of Spain, and encouraging
tourists to put in claims against hotels
for "food poisoning", or "slipping beside
the hotel swimming pool" or a number of
other complaints, the majority with
absolutely no proof. But added to the
tourist claim is a legal bill for 5,000
Euro in some cases, even though the claim
may be for only 500 Euro.
In view of the increase in the number
of these "claims" the Valencia Association
of Hotel Owners has started an
investigation, and tourists may find
themselves not only having to return the
amount they received, but the 5,000 Euro
lawyer fee, along with a strong fine for
presenting a fraudulent claim.
Tourists should be aware that ALL
establishments in the Valencian Region
have what is known as "El Libro de
Reclamaciones" or "Claims Book". This
consists in an official Valencian
Government stamped notebook in which each
page bears a number and has three carbon
copies. Once the claimant fills out this
page, then he/she keeps the top copy, the
establishment keeps the second copy, and
the third copy is sent to the pertinent
Valencian Government authority, who
investigates the complaint.
During his visit to Paterna, Mr.
Moragues saw proof of the high preparation
of the regiment to fight against a
possible NBC threat to the Valencian
Region. The NBC Regiment "Valencia" Number
1 is made up of different scouting units,
of decontamination, the gathering of NBC
samples, and laboratories to analyze the
agents gathered at the scene of attack, in
contaminated zones.
The NBC is also directed to prevent,
neutralize and mitigate adverse effects
caused by the use or threat of the use of
arms or NBC artifacts, or by the emission
of industrial toxic materials (TIM).
The regiment's mission is to boost
other military units to defend against NBC
aggression in any place, either nullifying
or neutralizing their effects through the
identification of aggressors used, the
recognition of contaminated zones, the
establishment of security areas, and the
decontamination of personnel and material
The Valencian Government police force
celebrated its feast day and to
commemorate the day a number of
decorations were distributed to relevant
members of the force, the Civil Guards
(Guardia Civil), the Spanish Army, Navy,
and the NATO forces located in
The ceremony was attended by Ximo Puig,
President of the Valencian Government
(fifth from the left in the second row),
Carlos Moragues, Spanish Government
Delegate in the Valencian Region (to the
left of the President), Pilar de la Oliva,
chairperson of the Valencian High Court of
Justice (in the green jacket next to Mr.
Moragues), Enric Morera, chairman of the
Valencian Parliament (on the right of
President Puig in the above photo), and
Gabriela Bravo, Valencian Government
Councillor of Justice (on his right),
among others.
In the front row are some of the
decorated forces who in 2015 recovered
stolen works of art to the value of 2,8
million Euro, rescued a young boy from a
raging fire, saved a stabbed young women
from bleeding to death, rescued a baby who
had been left in a dumpster, and helped
extinguish 700 forest fires in the
Valencian Region so far in 2016.
Vicente Morata, chairman of the
Valencia Chamber of Commerce (second from
the right in the photo above), accompanied
by M. Dolores Parra, General Manageress of
Internationalization of the Valencian
Government Council of Economy, received a
delegation of Chinese investors in the
Valencia Chamber of Commerce. The
investors were invited to Valencia by the
RIMONTGO Valencian real-estate
Valencia City Hall, through
its Department of Commerce, has
organized a festive night to take
place in the city's Municipal
Markets from 08:00 p.m. to
midnight on the 17th
With the title "Bonic/a Fest"
the markets will offer shoppers
samples of gastronomy, music, and
cultural events.
According to City Hall
Alderman Carlos Galiana, the idea
is to put the municipal markets
on the map and open them to all
citizens who do not already know
of their existence.
From Monday the 12th to Friday
the 16th September a stand will
be set up in the main square of
Valencia offering information and
leaflets regarding the event.
The sponsors will also have
stands in the area, viz., Ford,
Amstel, My Taxi, Mercavalencia,
and Aguas de Valencia.
Vicente Morata, chairman of the
Valencian Chamber of Commerce (extreme
right in the front row), hosted a business
lunch for entrepreneurs with Ximo Puig,
President of the Valencian Government
(second from the left in the front row) as
guest of honour.
Executives from the Chambers of
Commerce in Alicante, Castellon, Alcoy,
and Orihuela, also attended the lunch as
did Rafael Climent, Valencian Government
Councillor of Sustainable Economy,
Productive Sectors, Trade and Labour,
Vicente Soler, Valencian Government
Councillor of the Treasury, Aurelio
Martinez, chairman of the Valencia Port
Authority, Vicente Boluda, chairman of the
Valencian Association of Entrepreneurs,
Vicente Gonzalez, chairman of the
Valencian Confederation of Enterprises
(CIERVAL), and executives from the
Valencian supermarket chain Mercadona,
from Stadler Rail, Ford Spain Motor
Company, the Consum Cooperative, Balearia
Shipping and the Porcelanosa ceramic tiles
Cristobal Aguado, chairman of the
Association of Valencian Farmers was also
there, along with Emili Villaescusa
chairman of the Confederation of
Cooperatives in Valencia, and Manuel
Broseta, chairman of the Conexus
Foundation, together with executives from
the Bankia, Santander, Sabadell,Bankinter,
and BBVA banks.
In his address to the guests, chairman
Morata stressed the three priorities for
the economic prosperity of the Valencian
Region, viz., to attract foreign
investments, undertake infrastructures
(the Sagunto-Zaragoza line - the third
loop of the Mediterranean Corridor,
connection to the ports, the north access
to the Port of Valencia, ZAL, the
entrepreneurial park in Elche), and a just
funding from the Spanish central
Mr. Morata also glossed over the
economic growth of the Valencian Region
(3.7% in the second trimester of 2016),
with a record in exports (9%).
"In tourism we are about to beat all
records" said the chairman "because in the
first six months of this year alone we
have had over 3 million tourists (a 19%
growth compared to 2015), while Benidorm,
the tourism capitol par exellence,
registered over 1,300,000 overnight stays
in the month of July, with an almost full
bookings, while industry increased by over
Sandra Gomez, Tourism Alderperson of
Valencia City Hall, held a meeting with
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism (second
from the left above) and with Antonio
Bernabe, Manager of the Valencia Tourist
Board (extreme right above) prior to
revealing the results of tourist visits to
Valencia City, which are;
- an 11.8% increase in overnight stays
so far in 2016 compared to the same period
in 2015, of which 18.8% correspond to
foreign tourists.
- an increase of 13.3% in the number of
flights to Valencia compared to the same
months of 2015.
Ms. Gomez attributes the positive
results to the fact that whereas in former
times the tourism departments of the
Valencian Government, the Valencia County
Council, and City Hall followed separate
strategies, now they are united as one,
and to this must be added an agreement to
be signed shortly between City Hall and
the Valencia Tourist Board who will manage
this field.
According to this future agreement, the
new Tourist Board will admit
representatives from the private sector,
but City Hall will play a leading role on
the Board of Directors.
The Tourism Autonomic Secretary
Francesc Colomer expressed similar terms
and highlighted the increase of
collaboration between the Tourist Board
and Valencia City Hall, and said,"the city
should be a first class reference and
tourist host" and he added that the
agreement to be signed in the near future
will support this.
Enric Roig, City Hall Coordinator of
the Department of Economic Sustainable
Development was also present at the
meeting (extreme left above).
Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government, and
Francesc Colomer, Valencian
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Tourism, held an intensive work
meeting (photo above) to
coordinate the latest statistics
on the tourism industry in the
Valencian Region, and they later
met with members of the press to
pass on this information below
(photo left).
Tourists from the rest of
Spain went up by 19%, the number
of British tourists increased by
23%, those from France by 47%,
from Italy by 26%, while visitors
from Germany and Scandinavia also
increased, but President Puig
stressed that even though there
was a 12% rise in tourism
rentability in 2015, there is no
reason to be complacent.
There will be more involvement in
tourism by the different Valencian
Government º9w, and the tourism
departments from the Valencia County
Council and Valencia City Hall, and in the
coming weeks a new Tourism Law will be
debated in the Valencian Parliament.
In upcoming months new courses will be
established in the Valencian Government
Tourism Centres for Professional Training
(CdT's), as well as upgrading courses for
CEO's in the tourism industry, and
specialized courses in universities
throughout the Valencian Region.
Finally, an Online Marketing campaign
will be launched targeting tourists from
China and other emerging tourism
Monica Oltra, vice-president of the
Valencian Government, accompanied by
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism (extreme
right above), were guests of Enrique
Palanca, Mayor of Puebla de Farnals (left
above), at the inauguration of the new
installations at the Puebla de Farnals
Accessible Beach.
The new installations consist in an
awning covering 24 seats enabling
physically challenged or elderly people
sit with their feet in the water, and
there is also a ramp leading into the sea
with bannisters on each side to hold
Other equipment includes an
amphibious chair with floater
wheels and a mesh seat so that
when the specially trained worker
at the accessible beach drags it
into the water, the sea bathes
the occupant of the chair. This
amphibious chair was invented by
students at the Mechanical
Department of the Polytechnic
University of Valencia.
There are also crutches with
suction cups that do not sink
into the sand, and a walker with
special wheels to cruise easily
over the sand. All points have
toilets and showers.
vice-president Monica Oltra
revealed that the Valencian
Region boasts 80 accessible
points distributed around 46
beaches located in 58 coastal
municipalities with installations
that cost Euro 240,000, which
means that 80% of the Valencia
Region is covered.
In 2015 a total of 45,000 people with
special needs used these accessible
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy of
Valencia, Terra i Mar, of the Valencia
County Council, accompanied by Mario
Sanchez, Mayor of Requena, presided the
reopening of the historic tunnels in
Requena, thanks to a grant of 75,267 Euro
by the Valencia County Council that helped
fund the overall cost of the renovation
that amounted to 194,540 Euro.
Also attending the opening ceremony
were Maria J. Martin, Tourism Alder person
of Requena Town Hall, Javier Berasaluce,
provincial deputy, Pepe Simo, municipal
architect of Requena, and the municipal
archivist Ignacio Latorre who explained
the process of the restoration of the
tunnels, as well as politicians from
neighbouring towns and members of various
These tunnels date back to 1706 when
the town of Requena inhabited by Bourbons
was besieged by German and English
soldiers commanded by Carlos Hugo de
Windant, Count of Peterborough, from the
13th June to the 1st July, during the War
of Succession to the Spanish throne, The
besieging army built the tunnels to enable
them gain access to the town and topple
the battlements. Requena finally
surrendered on the 1st July.
The tunnels were also prepared to be
used as air raid shelters during the
Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 but as
there were no air raids over Requena they
were not used for this purpose.
August - free tickets available at
the Tourist Information Office in
Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30 a.m.
to 02:00 p.m. and from 05:00 p.m. to 08:00
Sunday the tunnels will be open from
10:30 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
Monday the tunnels are
Elena Cebrian, Valencian Government
Councillor of Agriculture and the
Environment, met with members of the
Denomination of Origin CHUFA or Tiger Nut,
and visited some of the areas where the
nut is grown, accompanied by Francesc
Espinosa, chairman of the Chufa
Denomination of Origin, by Antonio Gimeno,
vice chairman, and by German Alcayde, the
Manager of the Chufa Denomination of
Origin (photo above).
The Tiger Nut, a ground nut that in all
of Europe is only grown in Valencia, to
date has only been the basis for a
delicious nonalcoholic milk type drink
called Horchata or Orxata, but in recent
times it is increasingly being used as an
important ingredient in modern cuisine,
and even as the basis for several types of
For more information and recipes using
chufa, visit the website - http://www.chufadevalencia.org
let your holiday
the scenery
Light fires only in places
that are prepared and
Fires are prohibited with a
level 3 pre emergency
Always extinguish cigarette
butts and matches
Phone 112 if you observe a
forest fire
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, accompanied by Elena Cebrian,
Valencian Government Councillor of
Agriculture and the Environment, signed an
agreement yesterday whereby the local
media, that includes press, and radio and
television stations, will carry out a
campaign to prevent forest fires
throughout the Valencian Region.
Because of a lack of rainfall, all
forest areas in the Valencian Region are
extremely dry and a non-extinguished
cigarette butt or a lighted match thrown
carelessly from a car window, may result
in a devastating fire that can spread very
quickly over the whole area.
When parking please pay attention that
there is no dry scrub or grass underneath
the car, as this can catch fire from the
heat of the undercarriage.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, spoke on the phone to Simon
Manley, British Ambassador to Spain,
regarding the status of British Residents
in the Valencian Region post Brexit, who
extended an atmosphere of normalcy both to
British residents in the Valencian Region
and Valencian residents in England.
"After speaking with the Ambassador of
the United Kingdom in Spain," said
President Puig, "I wish to stress that
British citizens who live in our land have
the same rights today as they had
yesterday. I wish them all the best".
The British Ambassador was received by
President Puig in Government Palace last
May, and with their present conversation
open the way to discuss the different
measures they will adopt over the coming
months because of Britain abandoning the
European Union,
Monica Oltra, vice-president of the
Valencian Government and leader of the
Compromise Political Party (third from the
left above), lunched with ladies of her
party as part of her campaign prior to the
Spanish Government elections to take place
Other speakers at the lunch were Agueda
Mico, General Coordinator of the Bloc,
Marta Sorli, on the list to represent
Castellon in the Spanish Congress, Paula
Espinosa, who aspires to represent
Valencia in the Spanish Congress, and
Dolores Perez, Compromise candidate for
Valencia to the Spanish Senate.
All of them lamented the lack of female
representation in Valencian politics and
society, and stressed the need for women
to occupy more executive positions in
Pilar Moncho Tourism Deputy of the
Valencia County Council, presided the
Managing Board of the Tourism Patronage,
during which the new Management
Observatory was created to control tourism
activity through 2019 with Divalterra, S.
A. taking over the management.
Plans for the immediate future include
FAM Trips from the Chinese market, a stand
at the British Birdwatching Fair in
Rutland Waters Nature Reserve in August,
the publication of new tourism guides for
beaches, bicycle tourism, nature parks,
social marketing, and the incorporation of
the tourism information offices in the
Integral Programme of Equality, as well as
the continuance of the summer agenda of
"Cinema on the Beaches", and quality
certificates for beaches, along with a new
promotional video.
During the meeting agreements were also
reached regarding grants and annual
November 2017 is the date established
for the fourth summit that will draw the
chairpersons of travel agencies from
around the world to Valencia, and
arrangements are already under way to make
it a success. In the above photo members
of various government bodies held the
first meeting to start the ball
Among the personalities present were
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism - third
from the right, who sits with Juan
Calabuig, Deputy Mayor of Valencia City
Hall on his right, and Pilar Moncho,
Tourism Deputy of the Valencia County
Council (on his left).
Rafael Gallego, chairman of the Spanish
Confederation of Travel Agencies is in the
centre on the left while to his
left is Vicente Blasco, chairman of the
Valencian Hotel Association.
Antonio Bernabe from the Valencia
Tourism Agency is on the left at the other
end of the table, and Pau Perez, manager
of the Valencia County Council Patronage
of Tourism is sitting first on the
In the photo below, Mr. Bernabe, Mr.
Gallego, Mr. Colomer, and Ms. Moncho, hold
a press conference in which they explain
that some 100 associations are expected to
be represented at the Tourism Summit, 85
of them international, and they expressed
the wonderful opportunity this will be to
open the tourism attraction to the
visitors, as well as invite them to
participate in some planned events and
partake of the local gastronomy.
A workgroup will also be set up at the
Summit to organize trips related to The
Silk Road that starts out in Xi'An in
China and terminates in Valencia,
Iberia Airlines, the Amadeus Technology
Company, AVIS car rentals, and ALSA
coaches, as well as other companies, will
be sponsors of the Summit.
The College of Superior Silk Art in
Valencia has been upgraded thanks to funds
donated by the Hortensia Herrero
Foundation that comprises Hortensia
Herrero, her husband Juan Roig owner of
the Valencia supermarket chain MERCADONA,
and their four daughters.
The land was purchased by the Silk
Guild in 1492 and the College was built
two years later although a modernization
of the building was carried out in 1776.
At present it contains the oldest and most
extensive archives of the Silk Guild in
Europe that comprises 48 parchments, 660
books, and 97 file boxes of documents.
The College was restored by a team led
by Valencian architect Bernardo Aranda and
restoration expert Javier Catala, with the
Bertolin Group charged with undertaking
the reconstruction, working with a budget
of nearly two million Euro. The three
years restoration involved 68,000 hours of
work, using 7,500 ceramic tiles, 300
books, and 7,200 plates of fine
In the above photo, Hortensia Herrero
poses with her husband Juan Roig standing
just behind her, with Valencian Government
President Ximo Roig on his left, and two
of her daughters, and Juan Ribo, Mayor of
Valencia City is standing to her
The Senior (Alicia Moreno) and junior
(Sofia Soler) Fallas Queens smile beside
the Mayor, while the 84 years old last
silk weaver, Vicente Enguidanos peeks out
between them, and Vicente Genoves,
chairman of the College of Superior Silk
Art is next to him, the Valencian
Government Councillor of Culture Vicente
Marza stands at the front (without a tie),
Deputy Mayor Juan Calabuig grins at the
back, and Jose M. Chiquillo, recently
elected chairman of the worldwide Silk
Road Programme, barely manages to get into
the photo.
Hortensia Herrero
wore a most unusual
dress designed by Marca
de Diego, composed of
front and back
over-panels made up of
silk scarves bearing a
reproduction of the
design from the ceramic
tiles on the floor of
the Hall of Fame of the
College of Superior Silk
The Veles e Vents building located on
the Royal Marina of King Juan Carlos, that
was taken over by the Heineken beer
company, has reopened to the public after
undergoing a renovation to modernize
In the photo above Ximo Puig, President
of the Valencian Government (third from
the left) poses with Richard Weissend,
chairman of Heineken Spain on his left,
while Javier de Andres, CEO of the La
Sucursal Group is to his right and beyond
him is Vicente Llorens, director general
of the Royal Marina. Juan Ribo, Mayor of
Valencia City Hall stands to the left of
Richard Weissend.
The renovated building has a restaurant
on the ground floor, a catering school on
the first floor, and a gourmet restaurant
La Sucursal run by a two-star Michelin
chef on the top floor.
A creation of British architect Sir
David Chipperfield as the seat of the
America's Cup International Yacht Race in
2006, Veles e Vents was part of the "Go
Green Wave" when it joined other
emblematic buildings and monuments world
wide such as the Great Wall of China, the
Sydney Opera House, and the Tower of Pisa,
last March, to celebrate Saint Patrick's
Day, (photo below).
The XII MULTAQA of the Four Cultures
closed in the Silk Exchange (Lonja) in
Valencia with a Declaration of the
Valencia Charter of The Silk Road.
From left to right above - Jose M.
Girones, Chairman of UNESCO in Valencia;
Fernando Palomero, UNESCO representative
in Spain, Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government, Juan Calabuig,
Deputy Mayor of Valencia, and Annick
Thebia, representative of UNESCO,
During the closing ceremony UNESCO
Valencia distributed its annual awards to
the World Tourism Organization and to the
College of Higher Silk Art, Valencia.
In the photo above left, Francesc
Colomer, Valencian Government Autonomic
Secretary of Tourism and Valencian
Government President Ximo Puig, pose with
Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the
World Tourism Organization while in the
photo on the right Valencian Government
President Ximo Puig, applauds Vicente
Genoves, chairman of the College of Higher
Silk Art, Valencia.
13th to
15th May 2016
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Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, was in Castellon where he met
with three mayors and five mayoresses from
Castellon, Benicarlo, Onda, Villarreal, La
Valle d'Uixo, Burriana, Vinaros, and
Almassora, and pledged a budget of 7.4
million Euro as subsidies for 2017 to
establish a Local Cooperation Fund.
Ximo Puig, President
of the Valencian
Government, announced
the Year of Ignacio
Pinazo, an artist who
was born in Valencia the
11th January 1849 and
died in Valencia in
October 1916.
The Year of Pinazo
will start off in July
with an exposition of
his paintings in the
Museum of the
Enlightenment - MUVIM
"Pinazo and the Artistic
Life in Valencia in
September 2016 to September 2017, the
Valencian Institute of Modern Art - IVAM,
will have an exposition "Ignacio Pinazo
and Modernity".
From October to January the Saint Pious
V O. P. Fine Arts Museum and the Bancaja
Bank foundation will exhibit "Pinazo: the
history of the portrait. From Tradition to
In September the Amudin Museum will
hold an exhibition "The Nude and Ignacio
Pinazo" and in May 2017, the Nau Art
Gallery will show "Pinazo and
Photography", while other events are
programmed to take place in the painter's
house in Godella, Valencia.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (second from the left above),
announced a grant of 22 million Euro for
the Volvo Ocean Race that will leave from
Alicante Port in 2020 and another 22
million Euro for the 2023 edition, and
said that through this funding, Alicante
Port will receive important publicity, as
will the Valencian Region.
President Pug announced this after
meeting with Gabriel Echevarri, Mayor of
Alicante, Juan A. Gisbert, chairman of the
Port Authority of Alicante, and Antonio
Rodes, general manager of the Valencian
Region Theme Projects Society - (SPT).
The budget for the 2017 edition of the
Volvo Ocean Race will be adjusted as much
as possible to avoid the deficit of the
event under previous governments.
In President Puig's opinion, the Volvo
Ocean Race should not be a stage for
individual promotion but should serve to
promote sport, Alicante, tourism, culture,
and trade, through the window on the world
the event offers.
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy of the
Valencia County Council, accompanied by
Pau Perez, manager of the Valencia County
Council Patronage of Tourism, presented
the Provincial Tourism Fair that will be
inaugurated in the Valencian Bullring at
06:00 p.m. on Friday the 13th May, with a
demonstration of the Stick Dance from
On Friday the tourist information
stands will close at 09:00 p.m. while the
gastronomy stands will close at 11:00
Saturday the 14th May, opening hours
for the stands will be from 11:00 a.m. to
02:00 p.m., and from 04:00 p.m. to 09:00
The gastronomy stands will open from
11:00 a,m to 11:00 p.m.
Sunday the 15th May, the tourism stands
will open from 11:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
and from 04:00 p.m. to 08:00 p.m.
The gastronomy stands will open from
11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
A total of 50 stands with samples of
their tourism offer and samples of local
gastronomy, will occupy the area outside
the Bullring, while there will be four
zones within the Bullring offering tourism
and culture information on coastal beach
towns, as well as stands where visitors
may buy tapas (food tidbits) and glasses
of drinks, for around 1.5 Euro a
The Valencia County Council has offered
a subsidy of 150,000 Euro to pay 50% of
the cost of the promotional event.
All visitors travelling to the Fair by
the Renfe local trains will receive a
small gift (baseball cap, etc.,by
presenting their train ticket at the
promotional stand of the Fair.
Photo by Abulaila
Juan Ribo, Mayor of Valencia (fourth
from the right in the above photo) and
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism (second
from the right above), presented the
International Scenic Arts Festival Third
Week to take place in Valencia from the
11th to the 19th June 2016, with the
objective of enabling the general public
participate in 28 cultural shows covering
some 30 areas of Valencia City, that will
include 4 street markets.
This is an initiative of the
Association of the Valencian Region's
Scenic Arts Companies (AVETID), with
grants from Valencia City Hall (5,000
Euro), Tourism of the Valencian Government
(10,000), and 20,00 Euro from the
Valencian Government Council of
At the presentation, Mayor Ribo
expressed his ambition that this new
festival will enter the Cultural Circuit
on a par with the Edinburgh Festival.
The following people accompanied Mayor
Ribo at the presentation:
Maria A. Fayos for AVETID, Salva Bolta,
arts director of AVETID, Albert
Girona,Valencian Government Autonomic
Secretary of Culture, and Rosa Perez,
Culture Alderperson, City Hall.
Monica Oltra, Vice-president
of the Valencian Government,
received Peter Tempel, German
Ambassador to Spain, during his
official visit to the Valencian
As Ms. Oltra was born in
Berlin and speaks German, they
conversed in that language during
the meeting that took place in
Government Palace.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, presided the ceremony of the
Castellon Chamber of Commerce Awards for
Exports, Tourism, and Social Entrepreneur
The Special Award was won by the
Villarreal Football Club; while the Export
Awards went to Cevica, S.L., Macer, S.L.
and Repol, S.L.
The Award for the Best design was won
by The Higher School of Art and Design of
Castellon, with a runner-up Award to
Carmelo Tello and Francisco J. Ayza.
The Accord Award for companies with
less than 50 employees went to Beltran
Hermanos, S.L. while that for companies
with over 50 employees was given to
Guinatur Activa, S.L.
Lasaria Turismo Company received the
Award for Tourism, and Iberalcorense, S.L.
won the Castellon Chamber of Commerce
Internationalization Award.
The Valencian Government,
through the Valencia Tourism
Board, participated in the Polish
Direct Seminar 2016 that took
place the 12th of April in the
Hotel Sheraton in the city of
Warsaw and on the 13th in the
Hotel Ibis Styles in Wroclaw
The Seminar was organized by
Turespaña through the OET (Spanish
Organization of Tourism) of Warsaw.
Francesc Colomer, Autonomic Valencian
Government Secretary of Tourism, stressed
the importance of the Valencian Region
participating in this promotion seminar in
which 64 Polish tourism companies
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Region, attended the football match in the
Mestalla Football Stadium between the
Valencia and Seville Football Clubs.
The International Wind Festival will
take place on the Malvarrosa beach in
Valencia the 2nd and 3rd April when some
150 pilots will guide their kites (many of
them gigantic figures) over the blue sky
reflecting the waters of the
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There is also a competition in which
children learn how to make and fly a
To register a child click here:
The PROAVA Wine Show (MOSTRA DEL VINO)
will be opened at 07:30 p.m. on the 31st
March in the dried bed of the old River
Turia between the Calatrava Bridge and the
Flowers Bridge in Valencia with the
following timetable:
Friday the 1st, Saturday the 2nd, and
Sunday the 3rd, from 11:00 a.m to 10:30
Monday the 4th (Feast of Saint Vincent
Ferrer, Patron of Valencia) from 11:00
a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Entrance to the Mostra is free but for
Euro 10 you can get the following:
1 wine glass (extra ones are Euro 1 per
glass (to take home afterwards).
1 little ceramic dish (to take home
4 glasses of wine - to choose between
red, white, bubbly, etc.
4 helpings of food to choose between
paella, bocadillo, hamburger, a portion of
cheese, or a pastry.
The procedure is to go around the
different stands offering wine, meat
products, bakery products, etc., and fill
your glass and little dish four times -
and enjoy!.
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The above photo was taken during the
presentation of the Wine Fair in the
Valencian Government Tourism Centre for
Professional Training (CdT), Valencia.
Juan Calabuig, Valencia City Hall,
Alderman of Tourism signed an agreement
with Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy of the
Valencia County Council, in which they
jointly agreed to promote Valencia by
negotiating an increase in the number of
flights in and out of Valencian Airports,
attending tourism fairs on the
international market, encouraging visitors
to prolong their stay in Valencia, and
offering "different tourism" such as
adventure tourism, nature tourism, and
cultural tourism, etc.
Photos above and below: on the extreme
left is Antonio Bernabe, manager of
Valencian Tourism of Valencia City Hall,
while Pau Perez, manager of Valencia
Tourism of the Valencia County Council, is
on the extreme right.
All photos are by ABULAILA.
AVA-ASAJA, the Valencian Association of
Farmers and Young Farmers, held a General
Assembly in Valencia, attended by some 200
Cristobal Aguado, chairman of ASAJA
(fourth from the right above), in his
address to the assembly, stressed the
problems caused to the crops by the high
temperatures and dry weather in Valencia
this winter, the damage to the sector
caused by supermarkets selling fruit and
vegetables "below cost" and by the
invasion of foreign insects in the fields
because of a lack of Brussels control over
produce entering Spain from
plague-infested countries.
The number of guests at hotels
in the Valencian Region totalled
1.5 million during the month of
February with 491,141 persons
registered - an increase of 16.7%
when compared to the same period
in 2015, according to data
supplied by Francesc
Colomer,Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of
Overnight stays in hotels in the
Valencian Region in January and February
were 2.819, 937 - an upward trend of 15.9%
when compared to the same period in 2015
with the number of travellers reaching
over 800,000 - or an increase of
Overnight stays attributed to foreign
tourists were 1.2 million up to February -
or a 21,9% increase compared to the same
period in 2015, while 1.5 million
overnight stays were attributed to
Spaniards during the period
January-February - 11.7% more than in
The Valencian Region through the
Valencia Tourist Board is carrying out the
promotion of Congress Tourism at the
MEEDEX Show in Paris, France, the 22nd and
23rd March. This Show highlights the
tourism business offer to attract events,
meetings, congresses and incentives of the
French market.
This show will have around 100
exhibitors, from over 60 countries, and
expects visits of some 1,200 professionals
from more than 150 companies. This is the
second year Valencia is participating
under the umbrella of
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism, stressed
the importance of Valencia participating
in similar shows, such as the IMEX in
Frankfurt in April, the IBTM America in
Tennessee, USA, in June, the IMEX in Las
Vegas in October, and the IBTM World in
Barcelona in November, with a view to
drawing tourists during the off
In 2015, over one million French
tourists visited the Valencian Region, the
majority in august, but with an increase
of 42% in April and a 26% increase in
During 2016, a total of 6 airlines
connect with 7 French airports from the
Valencian Region, with flights from
Valencia airport to three Parisian
airports and other flights from Alicante
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, gave the Award of the
Federation of Progressive Women to Lay
Hoon Chan, chairperson of the Valencia
Football Club, for her compromise in
conquering women's rights.
Francesc Colomer, Valencian
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Tourism, announced that the
Valencian Region will participate
in the 41st edition of the World
Tourism Show in Paris, France,
from the 17th to the 20th
The Nature Destination Show coincides
with the World Tourism Show in the same
location, and the Valencian Region has six
counters inside the Turespaña
Raquel Huete, general manager of
Valencian Government Tourism (second from
the right), attended the presentation of
the promotion of the Saint John Bonfires
(Alicante) in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Francesc Colomer, Valencian
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Tourism, has announced that the
Valencian Tourism Board will
participate in the Valencian
artist Sorolla exposition to take
place in Munich, Germany, the
28th April.
Mr. Colomer had met with
Alvaro Blanco, director of the
Spanish Tourism Office in Munich
during their recent visit to the
Internationale Tourismus Bourse
Fair in Berlin, where they agreed
that Valencia would present its
cultural and gastronomy tourism
offers coinciding with the
exposition, now that Munich is
connected by air with flights
into Alicante.
The Valencia Tourism Board is promoting
Valencian tourism with six counters at the
Moscow International Travel and Tourism
(MITT) Show from the 23rd to the 26th
March. This is the most important tourism
fair in Russia and in the 2015 edition had
1,852 exhibitors from 192 countries, with
stands in 9 pavilions covering an area of
54,628 square metres. It was attended by
32,162 visitors of which 76% were
professionals of the tourist sector.
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism, spoke of
the importance of the Valencia tourism
promotion at this 23rd edition of the
MITT, and highlighted the fact that the
Valencia Tourist Board will attend 48
tourism fairs during 2016, of which 28 are
international shows.
In 2015, a total of 131,748 Russian
tourists visited the Valencia Region where
they spent 227.2 million Euro, with the
Alicante coast registering the greater
number of overnight stays with a
concentration of 64.3% followed by
Valencia City with 21.6%.
Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government, received
the Mayoress of Vall Uixo in
Government Palace.
Francesc Colomer Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism,
accompanied by Raquel Tamarit, Mayoress of
Sueca, visited the area where he expressed
interest in aiding the promotion of the
annual "International Valencian Paella
Competition of Sueca" on international
Mayoress Tamarit also explained other
tourism projects of her Town Hall that
include the project of a museum depicting
the complete cycle of rice cultivation,
harvesting, distribution, and exports.
Autonomic Secretary Colomer also
visited the nearby location of Mareny de
Barraquetes where Mayor Jordi Sanjaime
took him on a tour of the beaches. Mr.
Colomer agreed to advance financial aid to
upgrade them to attract more tourists.
Jorge Rodriguez, chairman of the
Valencia County Council, toured Fallas
monuments around the Valencian Region over
the days of Fallas, from the 15th to the
18th March and his final visit was to the
Fallas monuments in Gandia, where he met
with Mayoress Diana Morant, who is also a
provincial deputy of the Valencia County
During his visit, the County Council
chairman was also accompanied by Raquel
Diaz, Senior Fallera Queen and by lluna
Garcia, Junior Fallera Queen, as well as
by representatives of the Federation of
Fallas of Gandia.
The first Falla was erected in Gandia
in 1876 and this year there were 23 Fallas
Angel Garcia, manager of Valencian
Government Railways has declared that the
Valencian Underground (METRO) and TRAM
network transported a total of 2,471,892
travellers during the Fallas Fiestas - the
5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th,
18th, 19th, and early morning of the 20th
March - an increase of 14.5 % compared to
the same period in 2014.
1.822,785 travellers on the METRO and
TRAM did so during the nonstop service
from the 15th to the 19th March and Mr.
Garcia stressed the number of cars that
did not circulate because of this special
service resulting in savings to the public
on petrol.
The Williams Syndrome Association in
Ireland and Spain received a cheque for
30,000 Euro as the proceeds of the Charity
Gala Ball, held in the Hotel Westin Palace
in Madrid and organized by the Irish
Embassy in Spain and the Spanish-Irish
Business Network - SIBN, in Madrid.
Valencian donations for the Gala
Charity Dinner were from the following
The cava for the cocktail, dinner, and
party following the dinner was from the
BEBENDOS Winery in Onteniente.
Chocolates served after the dinner were
donated by Chocolates Valor of
Gifts for the raffle following the
dinner came from the Murviedro Winery who
donated three Magnums of red wine; the
Banco de Sabadell who made a donation of
ten gift boxes each containing two cans of
250 mlts of olive oil; and Valencian
artist Juan Ripolles who donated a
The following companies made donations
of a weekend in Valencia for two
The RENFE Railway Company gave two
tickets for the high speed train - AVE,
The Ad Hoc Monumental Hotel will
receive two guests for two nights.
The Red Tourist Bus offered two tickets
for their tour from the Centre of Valencia
City out to the Albufera Nature Park, a
ride in a boat around the Albufera Lake,
and lunch in a typical restaurant with
authentic paella washed down with
Valencian wine.
This year Valencia joined the Green
Wave celebrated each year worldwide for
the feast of Saint Patrick, Patron of
Ireland. The Veles e Vents and the Palau
de les Arts (Opera) buildings both "went
green" for the 17th March, and thus joined
a long list of other prestigious monuments
and emblematic buildings such as the Tower
of Pisa, the Opera of Sydney, the London
Eye, and the Great Wall of China, among
The publicity around "Going Green" is
far-reaching because Irish Tourist Offices
around the world promote the green
buildings and monuments through Irish
Embassies worldwide and with over 71
million Irish citizens living outside
Ireland, the full publicity benefits for
Valencia are estimated at over 10 million
Veles e Vents
El Palau de les Arts. (Valencia
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, accompanied by Francesc
Colomer, Valencian Government Autonomic
Secretary of Tourism, lunched with
entrepreneurs of the tourist sector in the
Tourism Centre for Professional Training,
CdT, in Benidorm.
Francesc Colomer revealed this week
that the Valencia Tourist Board has
1,300.000 Euro to aid tourist companies
improve competitivity and is directed to
aid singular programmes with tourist
offers and those with innovative tourist
Mr. Colomer also highlighted the 3.2
million Euro available to modernize and
diversify the tourism offer of the
Municipalities in the Valencian
The Valencia Tourist Board intends to
give grants to tourism companies to
rationalize the use of natural resources,
and minimize environmental impact,
investments in technological
infrastructures, and studies towards
sustainable tourism accessibility.
During the present week experts from
the Tourist Board will meet with
representatives of the tourism sector to
explain the grants in detail, and how to
obtain them. Deadline for applications is
the 30th March.
Financial aid will also be granted to
sports and cultural activities with an
international tourism impact.
Saint Patrick's Day in Terra Natura,
Murcia - for more information click -
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (third from the right),
received a delegation of the Valencian
Union of Journalists led by chairman Sergi
During the meeting the difficulties of
the profession were discussed as well as
the possibility of collaborating with the
SERVEF to improve and update the training
of journalists.
Francisco Rodriguez, Valencian
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Agriculture and Rural Development of the
Valencian Government Council of
Agriculture, Environment, Climate Change
and Rural Development, will accompany 34
Valencian wine and cava (sparkling wine)
producers who will attended the Prowein
Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, from the 13th
to the 15th March.
The Valencian Government stand will
occupy 339 square metres in the Spanish
Pavilion and will enable 31 of the 34
Valencian wineries promote their products.
There are 229 wineries registered in the
Valencian Region, and they occupy 65,500
square metres of vineyards.
Wine exports from Valencia in 2015
totalled 173.6 million Euro - an increase
of 11.6% when compared to 2014. Wine for
21 million Euro was exported to France,
13.7 million Euro to the Netherlands, and
13.5 million Euro to Germany, while
exports to China were for 11.6 million
Euro - an increase of 35.6%.
During the Fair, the Denomination of
Origin DOP of Alicante, will offer
specialized visitors wine tasting sessions
under the umbrella of "Monastrell
Alicante, the Mediterranean Spain".
Some 5,000 exhibitors are expected to
participate in Prowein, along with 50,000
professional buyers.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (fifth from the left above) and
his eight Government Councillors gave a
formal greeting to the Valencian Fallas
2016, and intend to push forward the
Fallas Fiestas to have the UNESCO name
them as Immaterial World Heritage.
As part of this objective, there will
be Open House in Government Palace from
the 10th to the 17th March inclusive.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (centre in the above photo) was
guest of honour at the reopening of the
Oceanographic Park in Valencia. The
Valencia Water company AVANQUA, won the
contract last year to run the park, and
after an investment of nine million Euro
and a series of renovations, have now
reopened it.
During his address, President Puig said
"The rebirth of the Oceanographic is part
of the rebirth of the Valencian
Celia Calabuig, Chairperson of AVANQUA
(beside the President above), during her
speech highlighted the new additions to
the Oceanographic such as a new habitat
for giant Aldabra tortoises, a crocodile
house, outdoor penguins, a butterfly cage,
and some morse from the Patagonia. She
also mentioned that a children's play area
has been added.
Juan J. de Torres, General Manager of
AVANQUA Oceanographic is on the left in
the above photo.
Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government (on the left
in the photo), received in
Government Palace, Jon Allen,
Canadian Ambassador to Spain and
Andorra, during his official
visit to the Valencian
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, hosted a meeting of the
Valencian Region Tourism Interdepartmental
Commission that was attended by Francesc
Colomer, Valencian Government Autonomic
Secretary of Tourism and by the Autonomic
Secretaries of all the other government
The work programme for 2016 was
approved at the meeting and they also
reached an agreement to boost the
sustainable territory and inclusive
tourism, as well as to eliminate obstacles
in the path of tourism enterprises and
destinations, that fall under the
exclusive competence of the Valencian
The work programme implies the creation
of three technical commissions that will
implement all the above agreements.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (second from the left), and
Pilar Moncho, Valencia County Council
Deputy of Tourism (second from the right),
attended the premiere of the documentary
film "Rafael Guastavino, the Architect of
New York", directed by Eva Vizcarra, that
was shown in the Mercantile Ateneo in
Rafael Guastavino was a Valencian
architect who triumphed in the United
States of America, and whose works Grand
Central Station or City Hall Underground
Station in Manhattan in New York, are a
testimony to his achievements.
Francesc Colomer, Autonomic Secretary
of Tourism (above right) presided the
ceremony in which Quality Certificates
"Tourism Quality Compromise" of the
SICTED, were awarded in Segorbe.
Mr. Colomer declared that SICTED "is a
step forward of administrations together
with the entrepreneurial sector for
quality improvement in tourism
Pilar Moncho, County Council Deputy of
Tourism on behalf of the County Council
Tourism Patronage has offered the
Valencian Association of Camping Sites to
become members of the Board of Directors
of the Tourism Patronage, with a view to
making the most of their experience as
they have a firsthand knowledge of the
With this in mind, Pilar Moncho and Pau
Perez, Director of the Tourism Patronage,
met in Oliva with Jose V. Frasquet,
chairman of the Associations of Camping
Sites, and with other representatives of
the sector, and said that in the coming
week the general programme for grants
would be published to enable tourism
companies invest in improvements to
upgrade their offer.
Francesc Colomer, Valencian
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Tourism, met with Amparo Marco,
Mayoress of Castellon to notify
her that his department will fund
the "Cane Festival" of Castellon,
with a donation of 50,000 Euro,
because " invest in fiestas is to
invest in the heart of the
tourism model that we want for
the Valencian Region."
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, (centre above) received
Johannes Hendrik Matteus Van Bonzel, the
Dutch Ambassador to Spain, in Government
Juan Ribo, Mayor of Valencia City
(above left), proclaimed the call or
"Crida" to Valencian citizens and visitors
in Valencia, to attend the 2016 Fallas
Fiestas that end in Valencia every year on
the night of the 19th of March when over
300 gigantic bonfires or "FALLAS" are
The Fallas Fiesta commemorates the
Medieval tradition when members of the
Carpenter's Guild of Valencia cleaned out
their carpenter shops and burned all the
wood-shavings and bits and pieces of wood
left over from the winter work, on the
19th March, feast of Saint Joseph, Patron
Saint of Carpenters.
The 2016 Fallas Senior Queen Alicia
Moreno is centre in the photo, while the
Junior Fallas Queen Sofia Soler, stands
beside her and Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government, can be seen on the
In the photo below observe a general
view of the balcony erected on the Serrano
Towers in Valencia.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, (centre above) took part in
the Cane Festival in Castellon.
The James I University of Castellon,
Valencia, celebrated its 25th Anniversary
where Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government was guest of honour
(standing above) along with the
Chancellors of other universities in the
Valencian Region.
During his address, President Puig
reminded guests that the James I
University was founded with a view to
strengthening ties between industrial
enterprises and universities to develop
research, and this objective has been
successful in that it has helped to boost
the economy of Castellon, because over
these 25 years the James I University has
generated a total income of 186 million
Euro and created 4,366 jobs.
Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government, presided
the "Important" Gala organized by
the Alicante newspaper
"Informacion" to award
outstanding entrepreneurs in
Valencia Wine will be on offer at the
Central Market in Valencia on Friday 26th
and Saturday 27th February from 11:00 a.m.
to 03:00 p.m. courtesy of the following
Enguera, Nodus, Villar, Clos de la
Vall, Vegamar, La Baronia de Turis,
Cherubino Valsangiacomo, Roure, and Clos
Cor Vi.
The organizers are Valencia Wine
Denomination of Origin and Central Market
Valencia, and the sponsor is Mercedes-Benz
The Bebendos Cellar, a member
of the Valencia Wine Denomination
of Origin, presents its new wines
Martus and Vinotauro, at 06:30
p.m. on Monday the 22nd February
in the headquarters of the
Valencia Wine Denomination of
Origin, Quart Street, 22,
The labels of the two new
wines are designed by the famous
Valencian artist and sculptor
Juan Ripolles, whose monumental
works of art decorate many
corners of the city of
Mr. Ripolles will make a
special appearance at the
presentation of the new
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism, visited
the town of Vistabella del Maestrat, where
he met with Mayoress Belen Bachero, to
discuss tourism ideas and strategy,
especially those related to the
Penyagolosa Nature Park.
They agreed to implement a project to
place signposts connecting six towns,
viz., Lucena, Villahermosa del Rio,
Vistabella, Xodos, Les Useres, and
Atzeneta del Maestrat and over 40 tourism
establishments, creating a circular
There are nine archaeological sites
distributed over a wide area starting with
the Puntal del Llops in Olocau, l Bastida
de les Alcusses in Moixent, the Tossal de
Sant Miguel and the Castellet de Bernabe
in Liria, Kelin in Caudete de las Fuentes,
la Seña in Villar del Arzobispo,
the Castellar de Meca in Ayora, the Tos
Pelat in Moncada, and the Molon in
According to the Mayor of Olocau, many
people know about this historical route,
and the archaeologic site Puntal del
Llops, in Olocau alone, has been visited
by 1,200 visitors with guided tours since
the beginning of this year,with two
archaeologists who from Wednesdays to
Sundays explain the Iberian site to
Olocau, a town with 2000 inhabitants
but whose municipality covers an area of
39 square kilometres and 150 kilometres of
roads, also has the Torres Pardines, the
Penyeta Rosa, and one of the few roman
ovens preserved in the province of
Photo: Abulaila
Berlin 2015 above
The Tourism Patronage of the Valencia
County Council plans to participate in 10
international and 10 national tourism
shows throughout 2016, to promote tourism
from Valencia Province, according to Pilar
Moncho, Tourism Deputy of the Valencia
County Council.
Fitur 2016 below
Jorge Rodriguez, Chairman of the
Valencia County Council (third from the
right), accompanied by Pilar Moncho,
County Council Deputy of Tourism (on his
right), presented a new project "Between
Towns" (Entre Comarcas) whereby 54 tourist
guided routes will cover 54 towns in three
main Valencian areas.
Also present were chairmen of the Man
communities of the following areas:
Vicente Gomar, of the Valley of Albaida;
Txema Pelaez, of the Upper Ribalta; Jordi
Vicedo of the Lower Ribalta; Salvador
Femenia of the Safor, Mayors and Town Hall
officials of the four participating
County Council chairman has called for
coordination between the towns involved to
combine the tourism offers on the coastal
and inland areas.
33 towns are involved in the project
that cover 17 weekends to reveal the
history, culture, traditions, and customs
of the 54 Municipalities, of which 26 are
in the Albaida Valley, 18 in the Upper and
Lower Ribera, and 10 in the Safor.
This project will commence now and
continue till the 2nd of July with a
"Gathering Between Zones" of all the
participants in Tabernes de la
Graciela Oliver, directress of Ribera
Tourism and Natalia Quilis, Tourism
Technician of the Mancommunity of the
Valley of Albaida (in the photo below)
explained the programme beneath the
The programme is as follows:
20th - La Pobla del Duc
21st - Lluxent/Benicolet
27th - Alberic
28th - Fontanars/Pou Clar
05th -Montixelvo/Terrateig
06th - Bocairent
12th - Onteniente/Agullent
13th -
02nd - Algemesi
03rd - La Barraca de Aguas
09th -
10th - Atzeneta
16th - Guadassuar/Benimodo
17th - Albaida/Benissoda
23rd - Benimuslim/Alzira
24th - Castello de
07th - Belgida/El Palomar
08th - Manuel
14th - Sueca/Corbera
15th - Sumacarcel/Tous
21st - L'Alcudia/Benifaio
22nd - L'Olleria/Aielo de
28th - Otos/Benitjar
29th - Carcaixent
04th - Potries/Ador
05th - Rotova/Alfauir
11th - Llombai
12th - Beniarjo
18th - Xeresa
19th - Simat de la
25th - Bellereguard
26th - Barx
02nd - Tavernes de la
MUNICIPALITIES" a meeting of
ALL the participants in
the programme.
The morning excursions start at 10:30
a.m. while the evening trips start at
04:30 p.m.
Euro 4 per day
This includes the morning and afternoon
visits, samples of local gastronomy, and a
welcoming gift.
Photos: Abulaila
Raquel Huete, Valencian Government
General Directress of Tourism, accompanied
by Emilio Bascuñana, Mayor of
Orihuela, hosted the presentation of
certificates "Tourist Quality Compromise
SICTED (Integral System of Tourism Quality
at Destination) that contribute to boost
the economy of the Lower Vega.
Five new companies received
certificates while another 13 companies
renewed theirs. In all, 42 companies in
Orihuela possess these certificates.
Francesc Colomer, Valencia
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Tourism, revealed yesterday that
the Valencia Tourist Board is
participating with two stands in
Turespaña pavilion of the
39th edition of the Reisen Travel
Show in Hamburg, Germany, from
the 17th to the 21st
Reisen in the largest
International Travel,
Caravanning, and Outdoor
Activities Show in the north of
Germany, and targets the general
The 2015 edition of this
Travel Show received 69,000
General Rafael Comas, head of
the General Land High Disposal
(NATO) held a ceremony to say
good-bye to his friends in
Valencia and Ximo Puig, President
of the Valencian Government (on
the left here) was among the
officials who attended the event,
as did Carlos Moragues, Spanish
Government Delegate in Valencia,
and Pilar de la Oliva, of the
High Court of Justice (photo
Pilar Moncho, Valencia County
Council Tourism Deputy, dropped
into the Tourist Information
Office in the centre of Valencia
City (photo left) to raise a
glass of wine with Luis F. Lopez,
Mayor of the inland town of Venta
del Moro, to wish him success in
the promotion of his town over
the next few days.
The Information Office also distributes
pamphlets promoting its upcoming "Cabriel
Fest" with a programme containing a wide
range of activities for all ages.
Office opening hours are: Wednesday to
Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 02:30 p.m. and
from 04:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m. and
Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00
Jorge Rodriguez, Chairman of the
Valencia County Council, received Rafael
Gimenez, Mayor of Aras de los Olmos, who
seeks funds to carry out improvements in
this Municipality located in the Los
Serranos mountains, such as maintenance of
local roads, and some projects to draw
more tourists to the zone.
One of the main objectives is to
upgrade the road up to the Astronomy
Observatory of the University of Valencia
and of the Valencian Asociation of
Astronomy, located on the muntain
Chairman Rodriguez agreed to study the
requests and contact Aras de los Olmos in
the near future with County Council
Photo: Albulaila
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (centre above), accompanied by
other members of the Valencian Government,
visited the exposition of documents and
posters dating from the years 1928 to 1942
taking place in the Valencian Museum of
the Illustration and Modernity -
Pilar Moncho, Valencia County Council
Deputy of Tourism (centre above) met with
representatives from Terres del Alforins,
viz., (from left to right), Teofilo Fito,
Mayor of Moixent, Vicente Muñoz,
Mayor of Font de la Figuera, and Julio
Biosca, Mayor of Fontanars, to draw up a
joint action plan to promote tourism and
gastronomy in the area.
Deputy Moncho also revealed that in the
coming weeks new funding would be
available to launch tourism initiatives in
the Valencian territory.
Maria J. Amigo, vice chairperson of the
Valencia County Council (fourth from the
right), inaugurated the exposition
"Republican Modernity in Valencia.
Innovations and durability in figurative
art (1928-1942) in the Valencian Museum of
the Illustration and Modernity (MUVIM)
The historical framework of the
exposition includes the aftermath of the
dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera,
the start of the republican regime, the
first and second reform, the first months
of the government of the Popular Front,
the Civil War, and the first years of the
dictatorship of General Francisco
Some 280 pieces make up the exposition
between posters of political propaganda
and bullfights, official documents of the
time, newspapers, etc.
Vice chairperson Amigo was accompanied
by Xavier Rius, Valencia County Council
Culture Deputy, and by Rafael Company,
director of the MUVIM and commissioner of
the exhibition with Amador
Maria J. Gil, directress of the General
and Photographic Archives of the Valencia
County Council, declared that the contents
of the exposition were documentary
patrimony of the Valencia County Council
and at the disposal of everyone.
All photos are by Abulaila
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy
of the Valencia County Council
visited the Valencia Province
Tourism Promotion Office in the
centre of Valencia where the
region of Rincon de Ademuz is
promoting its products from the
3rd to the 6th February.
Ms. Moncho was received by Domingo
Anton, Mayor of the town of Casas Bajas
and chairman of the the Man Community of
Rincon de Ademuz.
As well as promoting the gastronomy
specialties of the area such as Ademuz
apples and dried sausage,the exposition is
promoting the local scenery and nature
Among the tourist gems of the Rincon de
Ademuz are the Hermitage of Virgin of
Rincon de Ademuz, the Fortress Church of
Castielfabib with samples of how people
lived till the XX century, the Nature Park
of the Puebla of San Miguel, and the
fiestas of the zone. There is also
information on the "Escarchon Trail " to
take place in Ademuz the 28th
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencia
Government, inaugurated the Tiles
(Cevisama) and Homes (Habitat) Trade Shows
in the Trade Fair Complex in Valencia.
President Puig was accompanied by Juan
Ribo, Mayor of Valencia, and by Maria J.
Salvador, Valencia Government Councilor of
Housing, Public Works, and Territorial
Vertebration, and Rafa Climent, Valencian
Government Councillor of Sustainable
Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade, and
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencia
Government (centre above), inaugurated the
Artichoke Gastronomy Show in Benicarlo
(Castellon) where the local artichokes
held pride of place.
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy of the
Valencia County Council (second from the
right above), was guest of honour at the
presentation of the Sabadell Bank Cycle
Tour of the Valencia Region that will
start out on the 3rd February in
Benicassim and after touring the provinces
of Castellon, Alicante and Valencia will
end in Valencia city on the 7th February.
24 teams have signed up for the race.
Deputy Pilar Moncho was accompanied by
Isabel Garcia, Deputy of Youth, Sports,
and Equality (on her right), and by Miguel
Torres, representative of the Sabadell
Bank (extreme right) with Angel Casero
from the Sabadell Bank and director of the
Cycle Tour (extreme left).
Francesc Colomer, Valencia Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism, announced
that the Valencia Tourist Board has
published five pamphlets to offer
information to tourists visiting
The pamphlets promote accessible
tourism for physically challenged persons
with the slogan "Enjoy this land without
barriers"; Gay and Lesbian tourism
pamphlets bear the slogan "No matter who
you come with, you are welcome";
gastronomy tourism that highlights the 12
restaurants in the Valencian Region in
possession of Michelin Stars says "it is
time to come to the only place where you
will love the word DIET"; the nature
pamphlet offers 4,000 kilometres of
mountain bike trails through the Network
of BTT Centres, and unique nature scenery
to enjoy leisure and adventure; and The
Silk Road pamphlet is focused on Valencia
recuperating its internationally famous
artistic and cultural heritage, indicating
that Valencia has been named Focal Point
in Spain for the Silk Road and been
declared Silk City 2016 by the UNESCO in
Elena Cebrian, Valencian Government
Councillor of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food, (centre above), presided the
presentation by PROAVA, of a wine
The first phase will include red and
white wine and will take place in Valencia
in March, while the second phase that
includes sparkling wines (cavas) will be
celebrated in May.
Francesc Colomer, Valencian Government
Autonomic Secretary of Tourism, closed "A
Tourism Training Seminar for local
government officials" in Segorbe,
Castellon, where he highlighted the
importance of tourism promotion in all
municipal areas and stressed these cycles
organized by the Valencia Tourist Board in
conjunction with the University of
Valencia, and the collaboration of the
universities of Castellon and
Monica Oltra, vice-president
of the Valencian Government
declared that the government will
promote a new tourism model to
re-launch the image of the
Valencian Region.
The Valencian Government, through three
collaborations agreements said the
Valencia Tourist Board, the Provincial
Patronage of the Costa Blanca, Castellon,
and the Town Hall of Benidorm, agreed to
fund their participation in the stand at
the International Tourism Show - Fitur
The vice-president spoke of the new
slogan "It is time to return" and a new
way of understanding the Valencian Region.
She also spoke of promoting two groups of
people, viz., sexual diversity and
functional diversity.
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy
of the Valencia County Council
expressed her satisfaction at the
excellent results of the increase
of visitors to the Valencia
Tourism stand at the
International Tourism Show -
FITUR, held this weekend in
Deputy Moncho declared that among the
many agreements signed with tour
operators, travel agencies, and the media,
is the agreement to hold the World
Convention for Travel Agencies in Valencia
in 2017.
Other important projects for 2016 are
the funds to aid the promotion of tourism
in inland and coastal towns in the
province of Valencia, and the backing for
tourism entrepreneurial initiatives.
Ximo Puig, President of the
Valencian Government, Jorge
Rodriguez, chairman of the
Valencia County and Maria J.
Amigo his vice-chairperson (seen
here on the left), along with
Anselmo Cardona, Mayor of Llombai
and Carmen Martinez, first
vice-chairperson of the Valencia
Parliament, attended the
Renaissance Market in Llombai,
that dates from the times of the
Valencia Borgias, viz., Lucrecia,
Pope Alexander VI, etc.
Juan Ribo, Mayor of Valencia
city received the Gold Medal from
the Medieval Water Tribunal.
This Water Court is held every
Thursday at the back door of the
Cathedral in the centre of
Valencia, and deals with the
rules and regulations governing
the distribution to local
farmers, of irrigation water from
the canals spread out over the
farming land surrounding
County Council Tourism
Valencia, Terra i Mar will
promote Valencia tourism at the
International Vakantiebeurs
(Holiday Fair) in Utrecht,
Holland, from the 12th to the
17th January 2016, with a space
within the Turespaña
Over the course of the event,
a wide range of pamphlets,tour
guides, leaflets and maps in
Dutch will be distributed to
enable visitors appreciate
Valencian culture, gastronomy,
and activities such as trekking,
along with information on camping
sites and rural lodgings.
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy
of the Valencia County Council,
Valencia, Terra i Mar, met with
Ximo Sola, chairman of the
Hotelier's Union of Valencia
Province, who explained the
projects the Union is undertaking
to promote tourism and training,
while the Deputy for her part
expressed a keen interest in the
projects of the Union to promote
tourism in the region.
Representatives from all the political
parties in the Valencia County Council
were present for the presentation of the
new tourism logo in the Museum of the
Illustration - MUVIM in Valencia.
This new logo, designed by
Didac Ballester, will be used for
County Council tourism
communications all over the
province of Valencia.
Centre below, Maria J. Amigo, vice
chairperson of the Valencia County Council
poses with Pilar Moncho, County Council
Deputy of Tourism (extreme right) and Iris
Lezcano, protagonist of a promotional
video projected during the event.
Francesc Colomer, Valencian
Government Autonomic Secretary of
Tourism, presented his programme
for 2016, and announced a budget
of 38 million Euro for 2016, or a
20% increase in the budget to
promote the Valencian Region.
Funds will be distributed in
the following way; 3.5 million
Euro to upgrade tourism
infrastructures i.e., for the
improvement and conservation of
beaches (280,000 Euro), and sign
posting in the inland areas,
among other projects (530,000
6 million Euro are destined for tourism
in the province of Valencia, 2 million
Euro to promote the Valencian Region
Trademark in Spanish and International
Tourism Trade Shows, as well as foment
tourism by Valencian people around the
Valencian Region. The budget also includes
the promotion of Territorial Theme Routes,
including the Silk Road that will receive
240,000 Euro and UNESCO-Mediterranean that
will be funded with 160,000 Euro, or
400,000 Euro in all.
Other Tourist Routes such as the Holy
Grail Route and the Dinosaurs Route will
also receive funds, while 297,000 Euro are
set aside for marketing and 100,000 Euro
for a study of the position of the
Valencian Region Trademark.
On the other hand, 856,000 Euro are for
"Intelligent Tourism" or upgrading tourism
innovation and 2 million Euro for training
and entrepreneurial boosts.
Mr. Colomer highlighted the ten
strategic plans the Valencian Tourism
Board will undertake in Valencia province,
with the collaboration of the Valencia
County Council and man communities.
Finally 300,000 Euro will be divided
between the areas of the Upper Turia,
Albaida, and the Lower Ribera for them to
invest in improvements in their respective
areas, and this grant will be repeated
over three years.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government, received Peter Spuhler,
chairman of the Swiss Company Stadler
Rail, and Inigo Parra, chairman of
Vossloh, in Government Palace.
Pilar Moncho, Tourism Deputy
of Valencia, Terra i Mar of the
Valencia County Council,
announced that 22 municipalities
and two man communities will take
part in the International Tourism
Trade Show - FITUR 2016, to take
place in Madrid from the 20th to
the 24th January 2016.
Pavilion 7 will house the stands and
displays promoting tourism from the inland
and coastal towns of the Valencian Region,
thanks to funds from the Valencia County
The man objective will be to promote
sun and beach, but gastronomic tourism,
cultural tourism, and nature tourism, will
all have a niche on the Valencian stand at
Photo by Abulaila.
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian
Government (second from the right above)
attended the presentation in the Gothic
Salon of the Town Hall of Morella, of the
"Morelladon Beltrani" dinosaur, unearthed
from a red chalk mine in the area of Els
Ports, one of the most important
paleontological zones in Spain.
Work in the open mine started in the
year 2000 and since then, over 5,000
fossils of different vertebrae have been
recovered, the majority of them from
dinosaurs, but it was not till 2013 that
the new species was discovered in a layer
of red chalk. Some fossilized dorsal
vertebrae of an unusual length were found
that supported the panel of gristle that
converts the "Morelladon Beltrani"
dinosaur in a species to date unknown in
the world.
The Valencian Government General
Directress of Culture and Patrimony,
Carmen Amoraga, also attended the
Morella professor J. Miguel
Gasull, who forms part of the
paleontological research team
from the University of Madrid
discoverers of the dinosaur,
explained that this is an
herbivore creature who lived some
125 million years ago. He weighed
around one ton, was two and a
half metres tall and six metres
long and is related to the
Iguanadon. His peculiarity
resides in the panel of gristle
along his back and which converts
him into a unique species among
those found to the present.
The Kings´ Crown or Roscon de
Reyes, is a tradition in Spain, eaten at
the end of lunch on the Day of Kings, the
6th January. It comes in the shape of a
large ring decorated with candied peel
and/or icing sugar, and can have a variety
of fillings such as fresh cream, quince,
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Who in here thinks the game's instruction manual will be in colors? and I know I double posted but no one would see my post if I edited my last.
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Everything in this signature except for this text was made by Wiired, he is my creator and almighty.
Well hopefully when I get my Wii this will have lots of reviews. Looks like the best TMNT game to date and I'm happy that Ubisoft is making it. I loved PoP:SoT with the wall running and stuff plus the funny ending.
Naruto, Dragonball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Zoids, and Bleach some of the best animes of all time.
Sadly, it seems to only be a one player game. (look at the box on the right)
I'm also 21 and grew up on the turtles, even had the turtle van that transformed into a turtle and a van (pretty much a male equivalent of the Barbie van but with missiles and turtle awesomeness) I also had the sewer/street set... man I should've keep those (stupid ).
I remember playing the nes version with my cousin when we were small. We were almost beating it one day, I think we were fighting shedder, when he got really excited and jumped up and caused the game to freeze ...hmmm I don't think we ever did go back and beat it. This and battletoads were two of the hardest game I remember playing...
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It usually begins with an angry glare. Then the choicest abuses and blows follow. Eventually, it leads to smashed windscreens and broken bones. Sometimes, even knives and guns are pulled out. It may sound like a scene from a B-grade thriller, but situations like these are now a common occurrence on roads across the country. Earlier this month, in Delhi, a restaurant manager died when an airline pilot ran him over after their vehicles scraped each other's at the national capital's posh Khan Market area.
In a similar incident in December, 24-year-old deliveryman Gaurav Kumar lost his life because of a scratch on someone's car. He was pushed so hard that his head hit the sidewalk in a fatal fall. Once rare in India, such cases of road rage are increasing.
Prema Rajagopalan, a sociologist with IIT-Madras, calls the phenomenon a Delhi-specific problem. "Many drivers in the capital are inebriated - either with alcohol or with power - and they are a lot more aggressive than those in Chennai or Bangalore, " she says. "They believe if you have the money, you flaunt it with your big, shiny new car, and you assert yourself forcefully on the road. "
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The problem of road rage goes far beyond the issues of poor infrastructure, inexperienced drivers, the number of cars crowding the highways and inadequate policing. "When people go as far as killing somebody over a petty quarrel, we should know something is terribly wrong with the society, " says Sadhna Vohra, a Delhi-based psychologist.
Vohra points at the increasing stress of urban life and the emphasis on competitiveness as key factors for this phenomenon. "Everybody is under some sort of pressure - at work and at home. You may have to get to office on time or you may lose the plum promotion to a jealous rival. Maybe you have had a fight with your wife or husband. The pent-up rage among residents of most cities, particularly Delhi, is almost palpable. No wonder people lose their cool over trivial issues. " Sometimes, it is the anonymity that provokes antisocial behaviour.
Shashank Jaiswal is a 34-year-old who is only now learning to drive at a Noida-based driving school. "I have never been able to muster the courage to drive a car on Delhi roads, " he says. "Everybody is so aggressive. "
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Does your game company do game jams and do they have to rebuild the code base?
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Posted 10 July 2014 - 04:23 PM
If you work in a triple a studio, do they do annual game jams?
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Posted 17 July 2014 - 02:27 PM
If you work in a triple a studio, do they do annual game jams?
Since 2000 I've shipped games for Interplay, Activision, Atari, and Sega, and I had to google "game jam" just now. It sounds like fun but I've never experienced the sensation of having extra time for such a thing. YMMV
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Posted 17 July 2014 - 04:07 PM
I work at a AAA studio, and in the last two years, we've done (I think) 4 game jams. We often have some amount of structure (like suggested themes that intersect with the type of games we make), and the jams are generally about 48 hours (people end up working two long days on their jam projects).
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Posted 17 July 2014 - 08:17 PM
It was only when they were on the verge of bankruptcy that we had a "Let's save the company with cool game ideas" jam. Half of my office had no work to do, so we brainstormed ideas individually and in groups for two days, then on the third we sat in the board room with anyone who wanted to getting up and pitching their idea to the room. After that, we went and worked on whichever of the ideas that we felt like. There were some interesting little one-man prototypes, or half-a-dozen people pulling out old shelved games and turning them into something new.
Sadly we didn't make anything cool enough to save the company though...
Nowadays I work in an office full of indie gamedev companies, so there's a lot of people who do the global game jam, etc on their own time. I did the Cyberpunk jam recently
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Posted 17 July 2014 - 11:19 PM
We've never done a formal "game jam" at my studio. However we have a tradition for now programmer hires where we have them do anything they want as a first week project. We've had a few cool things come out of that. One of my coworkers once made a skateboarding game with Kratos.
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