This month we walked along a very charming path that connects a peeling wall covered in graffiti with the old channel of the Túria, our river, the one who gives name to the street. Following the general trend of the Valencian street scene, Neighborhood stores have also been disappearing there., No trace remains of the slot machine factory, from the armory or the Vidal Bar that served as a town casino. instead, The street has been drifting towards the queen of hospitality (Ana Eva, Malachite…) and other interesting projects such as dance and theater schools, a flamenco tablao, a bar that is a cat shelter or a foundation dedicated to offering animal therapies. It is well worth letting yourself be carried away by the current of the Túria and its golden tributary, El dr. Sanchis Bergon, that smells like puppet wood, and cinnamon and cumin from the delicious Moroccan cuisine.
VINYL EYE
– Turia, 35
Arturo opened the doors of Vinyl eye in March 2017 to serve you immediately t-shirts printed in high definition with designs by Valencian artists such as Disneylexya, David Limon, Chete Sanchez o Barbi, who thus find a new format to sell their art. You can get a t-shirt printed with art for €25 (2 x 40€) in a matter of minutes, Delightfully packaged like vinyl, thanks to the fact that they have everything they need in the back room: plain t-shirts, a printer, a dryer and an embroidery machine. Besides, the artists' original work is also on display and for sale. Until now, The designs have responded to a specific theme that changes every six or seven months: they started with music (you will find illustrations of The Beatles aplenty, but also David Bowie or Amy Winehouse), They continued with urban art, later the cinema and the next will be designs related to the world of comics. The hanging dividing wall is renewed every other Friday with the work of a new artist who joins the project and occasionally hosts activities such as the screening of documentaries., the first video art competition, acoustic concerts… A different store.
STUDY{H}AC
– Turia, 7
There is also space for design on Túria Street. study{H}ac is a studio founded in 2003 by José Manuel Ferrero, specialized in interior architecture and product design. Although they work mainly abroad, For example, they have been responsible for designing the lobby of the One Shot hotel on Colón Street or the Linda Volley to Rio perfumery on Gran Vía Marqués del Tuira..
BOTANICAL COWORKING SPACE
– Turia, 53
The hosting company VADABO set up a coworking three years ago in the premises that previously housed the Ismos advertising agency. They work on it, quite stable, 24 companies (three foreigners) of all kinds: advertising and communication agencies, bio consulting, an architect, of video editors, an online travel diary… Each one with its own large table and shelves, and sharing a meeting room in the back, which is also a canteen, very bright, like the rest of the place. Perfect environment to work, a pleasure, oye.
BAMBALINA
– Dr. Sanchis Bergon, 20
The Bambalina theater company needs no introduction, carries from 1981 created and imagined through his puppets, they are authentic works of art. And they are created here, in a small street parallel to Túria that coincidentally shares with another Valencian puppet company, The Star. This is the nerve center of the company, Here they have the workshop where Jaume Policarpo designs and manufactures the puppets, the warehouse of all the material and the offices, who handle all production. Over the next few months they will tour with The Celestina (winner of four Valencian Performing Arts Awards in the past 1 October) y Kitty Power (best youth montage, family or children in the latest edition of the MAX) for the Mostra de Titelles de la Vall d’Albaida – which they themselves founded –, the Arniches Theater in Alicante, El Escorial, Rioja, Toulouse...
LEOLO BOOKSTORE
– Turia, 50
Leolo is a must from Túria street, and Valencian bookstores in general. Bárbara opened this bookstore specialized in children's and youth eight years ago with the intention of mixing the playful and the educational, emphasizing gender values., environmental… So, in addition to books in Spanish, english and german, you can find wooden toys of all kinds. Plastic is scarce around here and there is little battery, and every month activities such as book presentations are organized, storytelling in different languages and crafts. A world of fun and learning for the little ones!!
BOTANIC DANCE SPACE
– Turia, 65
Botànic Espai de Dansa has been teaching children and adults to move their bodies for forty years, first on Salamanca street and for some time now on Túria street. And here there are no limitations to dancing, neither size nor height, everyone can (and must) dance! The little ones (from three years old) they have fun, The youngest can prepare for the conservatory entrance exams and the older ones without professional aspirations what they do is learn while having a good time and exercising. The school is mainly dedicated to contemporary, but ballet classes are also taught, español, music, tribal dance, capoeira (since the 4-5 years), yoga or pilates. And they are not watertight compartments, you can go from one to another looking for new movements, different rhythms. After all, everything is dance.
BACCHUS'S CUBE
– Turia, 56
Lilibet and her husband opened El Cubo de Bacchus in a local 33 Square meters, right on the front chamfer. But one day they decided that they wanted their clients, besides buying wine, They could take it easy in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. So, since December 2017, in his new house, you can order a drink or open a bottle (3.5€ the corkage) and accompany it with simple tapas that pair perfectly with wine such as sausages, cheese, pate toast, potatoes with mussels or sardines beach. It basically consists of rolling the oily sardines on a bed of crushed quicos. They are very good! They also host different activities: charlas, catas, afternoons of zen stories, speedatingwith wine, book and fashion presentations. They usually close at noon, but if you order it, They prepare a delicious meal accompanied by very good broths.
THE PASSAGE OF THE CATS
– Turia, 28
A little over a year ago this shelter for cats opened, which is also a café where you can have a drink while you pet the cats or let them play with your shoelace in a pleasant and calm atmosphere.. The first Cat Café in Valencia! They are all rescued cats that, after having gone through therapy based on affection and play, look for the right family. So, if you get attached to one and, the most important thing, he becomes fond of you, and it turns out that you are compatible (It may influence whether you have children at home., other animals...), you can start the adoption process. You will start by answering a survey via email, If you pass the test, they will give you a face-to-face interview at your home., and if everything fits, You will pay around €100 to have a feline at home. All animals are vaccinated, dewormed, sterilized, tested and microchipped. And if you just want to spend some time there among cats, you have three types of tickets.: Plata, which includes 60 minutes for €5 with drink included; Oro, 90 minutes for €6.5 with drink and snack included; and Platinum, 90 minutes for €8 with drink and delicacy. Yes indeed, you have to follow immutable rules: photos without flash, mobile phones on silent, nothing to feed them, don't pick them up if they don't want to, wash your hands with disinfectant gel... Here you are the guest.
ACAVALL FOUNDATION
– Turia, 60
Under the premise that animals can improve people's lives, This foundation has been developing therapy programs with dogs and horses for people with functional diversity for eleven years.. They also carry out educational and leisure activities with animals for groups at risk of social exclusion and awareness-raising in educational centers.. Since July they have had a physical headquarters on Túria Street next to La Fábrica de Huellas, and take away in which the tables have turned, This time it is humans who help animals by promoting animal awareness and responsible ownership, respectful interaction and adoption of animals. Dogs are welcome, There is a colony of cats in the back waiting for adoption and a dog library where you can interact with the therapy dogs. Under the heading “Expert Coffee” talks by different specialists will be organized (How to go for a walk with your dog and not die trying) and also courses such as Therapy, animal-assisted education and leisure.
1871 SHIRTS AND MORE
– Turia, 50
In this store we are welcomed by Angela Davis and the famous Rodchenko poster in which the muse of the Russian Avant-garde appears., Lilia Brik, with a worker's scarf and shouting: "Books!”. 1871 refers to the Paris Commune. The message is clear. Here what you will find are hundreds of protest t-shirts on social issues such as environmentalism and feminism., but also about music and cinema with images of Bob Dylan or Star Was. You can also snoop through their collection of movie posters, among his tin toys, or search for other formats with message: mugs, caps, cushions, backpacks, mugs, keychains…
BOCATAME
– Turia, 61
This sandwich shop began its activity on Túria Street a whopping thirty years ago.. It has changed hands a few times but its main raw material, the bread, It is still the Horno San José on the corner of Sanchis Bergón. They have it white, black malt and for celiacs. Always great! The other secret of Bocátame, hidden at the back of the premises, is the manicured terrace that is invaded with pleasure by the branches of the neighboring Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia.
ANA EVA
– Turia, 49
Also with a beautiful interior garden patio, Ana Eva, the other veteran restaurant on the street, This year he turns a whopping 35 springs. He was the pioneer on this Túria street and is at another level. We are talking about a restaurant that offers vegetarian and vegan cuisine of its own creation cooked in the oven or steamed., even the croquettes! They offer three different types of tasting menus (normal, vegan and gluten free) and the menu – always with seasonal products – changes every day. You have to try the chickpea pate, tofu and dried tomato with black olives, carob flan and corn cake with dulce de leche and almonds. Also the bread, rye, wheat and malt, self-made, has no waste.
THE STAR PUPPET THEATER
– Sanchis Bergon, 29
The Valencian painter Maite Miralles and the Extremaduran actor Gabriel Fariza founded the La Estrella puppet company in 1978, a whopping forty years ago! Four decades bringing the universe of puppets closer to the family audience through characters like Bombalino, Cuchufleta and Coscorrito, that have entered the childhood of many Valencian children without eating or drinking it. In 1995 They inaugurated the first puppet theater in Valencia in El Cabanyal (Los Angeles, 33) and in 2008 opened this Sala Petxina that fills the little heads of the children with imagination every week. 250 spectators. They have received recognitions such as the AVETID d'Or 2007 for a thirty-year professional career in the field of performing arts, but none like that of a loyal audience that has never stopped attending the school and family functions that they schedule throughout the year..
DUKALA
– Sanchis Bergon, 27
A few steps from the Horno San José we come across the Mecca of Moroccan gastronomy in València serving the best couscous, tagines and teas at a more than reasonable price (25€ approx.) from 2009, year in which they left Sogueros Street in the Carmen neighborhood to settle in Extramurs. On the menu you will also find saffron lamb, chicken stew (light and crispy filled brick sheet), pestiños, fruit and nut eclairs, briouat (almond and honey puff pastries), honey cinnamon chicken, delicious hummus served with fine toast for the wait and, very important, wine and beer list. The environment, the decoration (with horseshoe arch) and the service, with Juan at the head, They are always impeccable. You will come back and come back…
CARMELO GARCÍA DRESSINGS
– Dr. Sanchis Bergon, 23
Carmelo García has been a goldsmith since 1984 and he has had the store and workshop on Túria Street for ten years.. His is a delicate and meticulous work on platter or silver that ends up converted into combs., chokers, BRACELET, handles, bangles, KNOWLEDGE, buttons, buckles and dressings, not only fallera or valenciana. They deal with regional clothing in general, whether Alicante, Aragonese or Murcian. You may not be enthused by the baroque and ornate nature of these pieces., but it's hard not to appreciate the art and the know how from a true metal craftsman.
AT GRETA
– Peter Bonfill, 7
La Greta is only five years old but it is already a classic in the area. The pleasant atmosphere and cozy decoration with restored furniture accompany a very varied menu that can feed vegetarians., vegans and celiacs. Suggestions? Well, the ham toasts with brie cheese, the falafel (the shrimp one no longer exists, but it was delicious), mango salad, radish and spinach, the meatballs, pumpkin hummus with warm nachos, homemade vegan burgers or red wine cheek, cooked patiently for six hours over low heat.
THE MALACHITE
– Turia, 52
La Malaquita is another of the restaurants on Túria Street that you have to try. Its entrance porch is ideal for hot days and for smokers, but inside there is much more. Cozy light and decoration invite you to sit in the chairs, each of his father and mother, and to snoop around in a scarce but well-crafted letter from which we make some suggestions: honey ribs, cooked croquettes, Malachite lasagna and duck gizzard salad. Very, everything very rich.
SOLIDARITY STORE
– Turia, 58
Obra Mercedaria is an NGO that began its activity in 1996 with the aim of helping in the social reintegration of drug addicts, abused women, prisoners and other groups at risk of exclusion. With the reduction of public spending by the Administrations on these matters, they looked for other sources of financing and this solidarity store, active since 2011, is one of them. Here they collect clothes, books, toys, ceramics, sheets and anything that might be useful and they sell second hand items that have been donated, artisan products (earrings, notebooks, decoration, pockets…) and objects made of recycled material made by the users of its integration programs, such as rugs made from torn T-shirts or cork curtains.
SCHOOL OFF
– Turia, 43-47
A “It is transferred” sign hanging in an old gym on Túria Street was the seed of this school that for almost two decades has offered training courses in dramatic art and musical theater (for people who want to develop in the acting world in a more professional way), and interpretation training, audiovisual production, music and other disciplines for all ages and levels. opened, tiny, in 2002, and since then the school has not stopped growing. It has absorbed the adjoining basements, starting with metal carpentry, until occupying six ground floors among which the school is distributed, the theater room with capacity for 100 personas, nine rehearsal rooms and a canteen that at the end of 2018 will reopen its doors converted into a restaurant. Total, 1.500 square meters dedicated to the world of the stage.
Q-ART. ART SPACE
– Dr. Sanchis Bergon, 2
Q-type it, for about five years, the workshop of a couple formed by a painter and a restorer. in here, in addition to painting new work, furniture is bound and restored, sculptures and paintings. We've been snooping around your ramshackle hallway looking for wonders like these.: a quibble (wooden cabinet with drawers where movable type for the printing press is stored) restored that is around €1,800, a boat bed for €700, a mahogany table and a walnut console, both Elizabethan, or a large wooden mirror with a plaster cape gilded in fine gold recovered in the seizure of a Valencian mansion on Cavallers Street. Commercial outlet? Little. But here things are not done solely for economic gain., personal satisfaction and professional challenge also count, and a lot.
ELF COFFEE
– Turia, 62
At Café del Duende you will enjoy the best live flamenco in Valencia from Thursday to Sunday, but be careful, You have to be at the door in time before the show starts because the place is small and there is always a line. If you don't wake up, you stay out. They don't have a kitchen, so they don't serve dinner, but they let you bring in your own food, homemade or from local restaurants. that there are, and very good, We have already told you about some of them. The singing performance, music and dance, which is what we come for, It always meets quality standards because behind it there are professional flamenco groups who give everything on the tablao during an hour of show.. Precio: 10 € with beer consumption, soda or sangria (Yeah, It is also a place for tourists). Café del Duende is the place to enjoy flamenco in Valencia.
THE EXIT
– Peter Bonfill, 6
And wandering here and there we came across this escape room , You know, the live game that consists of escaping from a room with an immersive setting full of enigmas using ingenuity, skill and sense of humor. In less than 60 minutes! You have two possibilities, or escape from the fortress, the worst maximum security prison in the world, or a nuclear bunker in which the cure for the greatest biological threat that humanity has ever known must be discovered.. They also have game modes adapted for children., so everyone is welcome. Let's play!
QUERCUS PUB
– Turia, 44
Quercus Pub took root on Túria Street back in the year 1990, It is by far the oldest nightclub in the area.. Very quiet environment, stands out for its enormous variety of beers of all kinds: IPAs (high alcohol content, and intense bitterness and aroma), Imperial Stout (with a high concentration of alcohol and hops and/or malt), Lambics (made exclusively in Belgium), smoked, artisanal… As special as the German Weihenstephaner Vituso and the Belgian Rochefort. You can also taste homemade vermouth and Odín mead made by hand in Patraix, and with some luck, listen to live music, he rhythm and blues of Crimea Alaria, For example.
