Archive for the ‘Spain’ Category
Spain’s Valencia Region Offers Wide Range of Spanish Immersion Schools
VALENCIA, Spain, July, 2010 – School’s out, time to… hit the books! The sun-kissed region of Valencia on Spain’s Mediterranean coast offers some great options for learning Spanish. Throughout the year, North Americans can choose between 15 schools offering intensive immersion courses for one or two weeks or even months at a time. Immerse yourself [...]
July 23, 2010
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Celebrating the Tomato, Valencia Style
VALENCIA, Spain, July 14, 2010 – Grab your diving mask, your waterproof camera and an old t-shirt. Now you’re ready for the world’s biggest food fight. Every year on the last Wednesday of August, the town of Buñol in the Spanish region of Valencia celebrates the tomato. Some 40,000 participants flock here from around the [...]
July 14, 2010
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BENICÀSSIM HOSTS ALTERNATIVE ROCK FESTIVAL – Prodigy, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, Ray Davies & Vampire Weekend to Perform
VALENCIA, Spain, June, 2010 – A small beachside city in the region of Valencia is gearing up to host Spain’s largest music festival. From July 15 to 18, the 16th annual International Benicà ssim Festival (FIB) will present four nights of concerts featuring more than 100 artists playing alternative rock, electronic, pop and rap music. Some [...]
June 8, 2010
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“Glory of the Baroque” at Three Churches in Valencia, Spain – More Than 300 Artworks Showcase Region’s Artistic Heritage
VALENCIA, Spain, June, 2010 – From now through the end of September, visitors to Valencia on Spain’s Mediterranean coast can view newly-restored Baroque treasures in three churches, which have themselves been restored to their former splendor. Part of a $13.5 million (11 million euro) project of The Light of Images Foundation which recovers the Valencian [...]
June 4, 2010
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Formula One Revs Up in Valencia, Spain
VALENCIA, Spain, May 26, 2010 – Start your engines! This lovely city on Spain’s Mediterranean coast is hosting Formula One racing again for the third year in a row. Practice rounds begin on June 25 in Valencia, with the main event coursing through the city’s streets on June 27. Adding to the excitement, four Grand [...]
May 26, 2010
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Valencia – This Sparkling Spanish City Recreates 13th Century Battles
VALENCIA, Spain, April, 2010 – The Valencia region host some of Europe’s most colorful festivals, almost all of which are free to visitors. The city’s fiery welcome to spring, Las Fallas, in which giant papier-mâché statues are paraded around city streets and then burned in magnificent bonfires, concluded a few weeks ago. Next on the [...]
April 9, 2010
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The Spanish Government Seeks Retired Teachers for English Language Education Project
Vaughan Systems, in collaboration with the Spanish Government, offers English native speakers the chance to teach English for 2 months in 12 different schools. After the success of its pilot program, the government of Castile-Leon with the aid of Vaughan Systems will be recruiting native speakers to enhance the English-learning process of pre-schoolers and early [...]
March 3, 2010
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Spain’s tourism bounces back
MADRID – THE number of foreign tourists arriving in Spain inched up in January from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Monday, ending 18 consecutive months of decline for the key tourism sector.
February 23, 2010
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Adventure in Spain – Flamenco and Fiestas In Moorish Andalucia
ANDALUCIA, SPAIN – Stirring flamenco music and haughty dancing, lively fiestas and the drama of bullfighting all are part of the heritage of Andalucia, Spain’s most southerly region. So is its famous Moorish architecture-and the pueblos blancos, the glittering “white towns” that cling dramatically to hillsides and seaside bluffs. Note: See videos in the Spain [...]
January 2, 2010
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Galicia – Spain’s Northwest Region Invites the World to Year-long Jubilee Celebration
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, December 11, 2009 – Located in the northwest corner of Spain that borders the Atlantic, Galicia is known for its lush green mountains and misty forests as well as dramatic seascapes. This quiet region will be particularly lively next year as 2010 is a Jubilee Year ( when July 25, the [...]
December 11, 2009
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