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Visit to the Americas Cup in Valencia
Posted by Chris in Travel
Saturday we took the train from Gandia into Valencia to finally have a look at the America’s Cup Village at the port there. Last time I saw the port area there was a huge amount of construction and they were restoring some of the old run-down warehouses and port buildings. Of course now I can hardly even recognise the port. What a difference! Its looks great, Valencia really had to step up here and make the village something special and well its a lot better than i thought it would be. It spans out to be really quite large and there are some 32 bars, Concert Area, Area for children, Park areas, Beaches close by too and of course the challengers bases on the left and right sides.
I was lucky enough to see Team Zealand head out with both of there boats NZL 92, NZL 84 out for a practice run. Now Team New Zealand has a hard road ahead, Next week up against Luna Rossa. The Winner gets to go up against Alinghi for the cup.
More photos from the Americas Cup in Valencia can be found here