I was recently enjoying “A TU GUSTO” Valencia Restaurant Week dinner menu … it was amazing! so if you come to Valencia, still are on time to enjoy it! Last day on Sunday …
You can book at www.valenciacuinaoberta.com
I leave you some pics (just from some starters) and the Menu. And only 30 euro per pax! (drinks not included)
5* GL Hotel Las Arenas in Valencia has been chosen through Internet as the best hotel in Spain with 90’6% points of the possible 100%. This evaluation has been done by “Reviewpro” a company specialized in Online Reputation Management.
The hotel offers 253 luxury rooms directly at one of the best city-beaches in the World (according to Lonely Planet ranking.
Friday, 14th of June, a very special Gala Dinner “LA JOYA DE LA CORONA” at the Malferit Palace in the City Centre of Valencia.
An unforgetable experience with the elegance and glamour of an ancient ball from the beginning of the 20th Century. Dress code: gala dinner or Britanic Empire.
Cava and cocktails will be served at the main halls of the IBER Museum with old live music. In addition, people could have a special Indian gastronomic experience with the best wines of Bodegas Godeval and Bodegas Corral. The event is organized from IBER Museum and Café las Horas. Information on the menu:
The Royal Marine Juan Carlos I in Valencia has lived this weekend another amazing event, being the departure city from “La Route des Princes”- http://www.routedesprinces.fr/en/- a competition between 9 international teams.
Thousands of locals and tourists came to see the boats departing and enjoyed a day full of activities.
Including these activities: a Giang Valencian Paella cooked on site by “Galbis” for 2.000 people, traditional “Dolçaina i tabalet” music from the group “Va de Bo” and a great “Mascletà” (fireworks).
Congratulations to the Organizers… it was a great atmosphere!
Valencia, again, incredible but true!
Sorry, it’s a long time that I did not post … during this time a big amount of articles about Valencia have been published worldwide … let me share with you a few of them (click images or links to read full articles):
Valencia at Vokrug Sveta- leader travel magazine in Russia with over 250.000 copies distributed at many Russian speaking countries (6 pages)
Valencia at main Czech newspaper- called Denik- with over 200.000 copies and near one million readers. Full page article was published every Thursday in last April (also one about Fallas at the end of March)
Valencia- as a destination for “honeymooners”- being only European destination included in this article from ”Wedding Times”, a free supplement that is slipped into the Times of India newspaper, and has amazing readership. It goes national and reaches far corners of India. The journalist came last Fallas to Valencia.
No sé muy bien como titular esta entrada, la otra opción era “lo positivo no vende”.
Dejadme explicarme … en cuánto cambia la temporada estival a invernal de conexiones aéreas son habituales los artículos de medios de comunicación valencianos criticando la reducción de rutas (algo habitual debido a la disminución de la demanda en esos meses en cualquier aeropuerto) o incluso criticando que se pierdan rutas de compañías aéreas que quiebran. A veces hasta el aventurado periodista se atreve a afirmar que no se hace nada para mejorar la conectividad del Aeropuerto de Valencia.
También es frecuente oir que no tenemos casi conexiones … bueno … más de 50 rutas internacionales directas a 20 países extranjeros no son pocas- que claro, contra más azúcar, más dulce.
Bueno, cómo ya llevo unos años liado con estos temas, puedo aseguraros que tanto por parte de AENA (la gestora del Aeropuerto de Valencia) como por parte de Turismo Valencia y otros actores, la labor es incesante y frutos ya se han conseguido con nuevas rutas como New York, Moscú, Kiev, Estambul, etc.
Y como los medios valencianos parece que no lo ven tan relevante o noticiable (insisto, parece que lo bueno no vende)… pues aprovecho que tengo este blog y os lo cuento: Turismo Valencia el pasado lunes, ante más de 1000 delegados de Aerolíneas y Aeropuertos de toda Europa, fue la primera Entidad de una ciudad europea en obtener una “Mención Especial” (“Highly Commended“) por su excelencia en la comercialización del destino (“For its Excellence in Marketing Destination”).
Esa misma noche y al día siguiente decenas de profesionales del sector aeronaútico nos felicitaron por el galardón.
Cuesta mucho conseguir un reconocimiento internacional de ese calibre para que a nivel local se pase por alto… al menos espero que nadie más se atreva a decir que no se hace nada… criticar siempre es muy fácil.
En fin … una sonrisa y a seguir trabajando. Siempre positivos.
As I informed you in my previous post Valencia Tourism was nominated for the Routes Europe Marketing Awards which were given last Monday night at the Gala Dinner in Budapest.
It was an exciting moment… the Awards are judged by a pannel of five Airline Network Specialists and they decided to “Highly Commend” Valencia Tourism for its “Excellence in Marketing Destination“.
This is- no doubt- in recognition of the effort and the approach to Airlines to achieve new routes and the support to maintain the existing ones performed by Valencia Tourism. To define this interactive model, working with Airlines, Airports, Tourism Industry, Media and focusing on Travellers (not just tourists) we have used a diamond.
Valencia Tourism is the first city Tourism Organization getting this award in Europe. Other awards were for two islands: Tenerife and Malta.
