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Shore thing

22 June 2017

Valencianos are rediscovering the breezy joys of coastline cuisine and relaxed eating.

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Mention Valencia and most people think bustling metropolises and sprawling hotel complexes. Travel by sea, however, and the province reveals unspoiled playas, hard-to-reach coves and excellent snorkelling.

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Stairway to heaven

20 June 2018

The co-operative apartment block in Valencia that’s a brutalist triumph, casting a spiritual spell on its devoted residents.

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Standing tall

16 June 2023

The Spanish city’s first residential high-rise signalled that Valencia was on the up. Six decades later, it remains a status symbol.

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Handle with care

16 February 2012

Rosa Lladró is the president of Lladró, the Spanish porcelain company begun by her father and uncles in the 1950s. Having ducked a manufacturing downturn in Spain, she tells Monocle how to combine family and financial…

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Europe

17 February 2015

Kicking over the statues in Spain, Istanbul's Tehran trippers and an overdue fix for Balkan rail travel.

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Business

19 September 2013

Mobile banking in Burma, polishing diamonds in Botswana and raising a glass to the whisky industry in Tasmania

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Monocle on Design - London Design Festival and Feria Hábitat Valencia

27 September 2022

We continue our coverage of the London Design Festival and then cross over to international trade fair Feria Hábitat Valencia.

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Architecture

21 September 2017

Brisbane buildings, Hong Kong’s underpasses and Valencia’s design renaissance.

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 354: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia

24 April 2023

Conor Faulkner visits the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia’s best-known piece of modern architecture, to explain its bumpy creation story.

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The Sessions at Midori House - Josh Rouse

4 April 2015

Valencia-based Americana musician Josh Rouse is in the studio to play us tracks from his 11th studio album,‘The Embers of Time’ and chats to Monocle’s Andrew Mueller.

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The Briefing, episode 599

25 February 2014

The latest from Ukraine as the political crisis continues to unfold, we find out why Benjamin Netanyahu has not addressed the Israeli press in over a year, and we also meet Valencia’s paella police.

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The Entrepreneurs - Eureka 199: Closca

29 May 2020

Carlos Ferrando is the founder and CEO of Closca, a Valencia-based company that designs products to inspire change. These include an award-winning collapsible bicycle helmet and the Closca mask (conceived as an anti-poll…

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The Monocle Daily, episode 498

25 September 2013

As the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations grinds on, we take the opportunity to examine the record of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, find out why Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava is causing controversy in…

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Fight to the death

29 March 2016

If the fight between the supporters and opponents of bullfighting in Spain were itself a bullfight, it would seem that the action has entered the second stage, tercio de banderillas, in which the bull’s last remaining…

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Gift guide

17 November 2007

Amanda phones, Tretorn shoes, Leica cameras, iPod Touch, must-have books and magazines, plus wooden skis - our holiday gift guide has it all.