cosmoger 14 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hello Bears,For those of you that attended the pub Bordello's over the days you were in Bucharest, I thought it would be a great idea to have similar style organised bars for Bears to meet up in the city of Valencia.I took it upon myself to organise something for Bucharest as I thought it would give the fans a central meeting point, create a good atmosphere and give us drink promotions in place with food offers. After doing a little research on pubs and bars in Valencia I choose 2 which are located in Canovas district of Valencia (10-15 min walk to Mestalla.Description of areaRight next to the centre, the buzzing Canovas nightlife is the mainstream weekend hub of Valencia, with a multitude of pubs, bars and nightlcubs.Canovas is the vibrant mainstream nightlife hub of Valencia. That is to say it is preferred by people who are not after the alternative or uderground, who, after a week in the office, want to pass a noisy weekend in "normal pop" and surrounded by a general Valencian crowd dressed for the weekend nigthlfie.For the lack of left-right conflict you sometimes find in Carmen, Canovas nightlife is devoid of much pretention. It is a very lively, flamboyant area where Valencian nightlife breathes strong and easy, generally not taking itself too seriously (with the exception of a few places) and placing mainstream music where it is meant to be - as the background to having fun, getting drunk, mating and communicating. This makes Canovas one of the friendlest and easy-going places to go out in Valencia.The first pub I contacted was Portland Ale house owned by an American guy called Mike who when I called was very keen and accomodationg for what I'd asked for.www.portlandalehouse.com (American Micro-Brewery pub)He has offered the followingUse of the bar's music system screens for sports events on TVBeer for Pint Estella damm 2.50 eurosartisan beer 3.00 eurosNormal spirits with mixer or juice 5.00 euros vodka, whiskey, gin, rum. alcohol in each mixed drink.Soft drinks include coke, coke light, fanta orange, fanta lemon red bull .50 cents extraShots/chupitos mixed 1.00; straight shots like tequila or Jagger 2.00 eurosThey will do some free shots for different tables as the night goes on.Capacity is 130 in the pub for special events such as this.25 to 35 seating area outside.Food menu promos:5.00 eurosBLT bacon, lettuce, tomato with ChipsStormin Norman: Grilled ham, lettuce, tomato with ChipsNachos: refried beans, beef, guacamole, cheese,sour cream chicken quesadilla Pizza breadThis bar is approx a 10 - 15 min walk to Stadium Mestalla and only 3-4 euros in a cab.There is another pub just along the road called Gordons who are also willing to accomodate us and are offering the followingwww.gordon10.comThey brew their own beer!Lots of Belgian and speciality beers!Full use of pub and their music systemThe price of the lager beer 2.5 eurosLitre of beer - 5 eurosSpirits with mixers - 5 euros.Sft drinks - 2 eurosOnion rings: 3.80 eurosHamburguers: 3.50 eurosSandwiches: 3.50 eurosPotatoes with sauces: 7 euros serves 3Will post any more info maps etc as I get it.Hope this works as well as Bordello's. Update- Only weeks away now from our trip to Spain so thought I would add a little info on this threadThe american owner of the pub is looking to see if he can get some tickets for the match itself however he thinks they will be readily available to buy at stadium beforehand so not to worry ticketless bears.These bars are not a long walk to Mestalla so if you are going to be based in Benidorm make your way to the Canovas district on the day of the match not far from the city center.Spoke with one of the bar owners and he has told me it was 26 degrees today and the weather should be decent and possibly still warm early Novemeber which is nice.Will update any more relevant info as I have it.Map of where Porland Ale house microbrewery is locatedhttp://www.portlandalehouse.com/PAH/Directions.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Looks nowhere near big enough, same as Bordello's was *edit, the Gordon one*Not an ejoyable experience. 10/10 for effort and organisation for the Rangers fans though mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,665 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 that pub aint big enough for my crew but its a good idea for folk going along themselves who want to meet like minded drinkers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I'll probably spend all day drinking down by the water with the flag strung up somewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelf 1,153 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 pity, i cant get time off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmoger 14 Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 pity, i cant get time off There is 2 pubs very close to each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,665 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 pity, i cant get time off thats good news , i will have a peaceful day without anyone saying, you need to control him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas_Flute 11 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Bordellos was good enough over in Bucharest! The wee barmaids as well were out of this world Didn't help that no-one had heard of the pub and " Bordellos " generally meant brothel over there, we got some strange looks that night asking for it!Helped us later on at night though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelf 1,153 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 thats good news , i will have a peaceful day without anyone saying, you need to control him haha am not that bad, just get a wee bit excited sometimes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markybear 136 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Gd work fella There will be other bars close by I'm sure as there will be high no.s. Nice to hear about the ticket situation aswell. Was the bar owner quite confident about additional tiks being availible? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmoger 14 Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Gd work fella There will be other bars close by I'm sure as there will be high no.s. Nice to hear about the ticket situation aswell. Was the bar owner quite confident about additional tiks being availible?yes they will be available to buy no probs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markybear 136 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 yes they will be available to buy no probs.I'm so glad to hear u say that, rumours where that there would be little availability, also that Valencia TO would not sell to us etc. So that's gd news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnyLoyal 1,136 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Bordellos was good enough over in Bucharest! The wee barmaids as well were out of this world Didn't help that no-one had heard of the pub and " Bordellos " generally meant brothel over there, we got some strange looks that night asking for it!Helped us later on at night though Christ!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Bordellos was good enough over in Bucharest! The wee barmaids as well were out of this world Didn't help that no-one had heard of the pub and " Bordellos " generally meant brothel over there, we got some strange looks that night asking for it!Helped us later on at night though Never noticed them maself.................................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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