Congratulations Valencia Spain

F or many years, Valencia          was that the host city had to      Spain has been struggling       have excellent weather conditions  to be recognized as the         not forgetting all the other       third most important city after       services that would go along with  Madrid, its capital and               size event. The weather in         Barcelona. It has long been           Valencia is quite warm in summer   notorious for its Valencia Fallas     with mild winters and a nice long  Festival but now, after having        coast line with great sports       been chosen for the Americas Cup      ports in many of the neighbouring  host city and having opened its       cities like Denia, Javea and       latest building in the impressive     Alicante. So, on January 23rd,     ‘City of the Arts and               2003 the ACM ( America's Cup       Sciences', Valencia is becoming       Management ), the only             well-known world-wide.                organization responsible for this                                       event, published its document      Sail along with Valencia           â€˜Terms of Challenge' and on      Spain                             January 27th, 2003 it opened its                                        door for inscription.              On November 26th, 2003, Valencia                                         was proclaimed the official           For the first time in 152 years,   welcoming city for the upcoming       this encounter will be one         Americas Cup 2007. The Swiss team     lasting four years with various    ‘ Alinghi', the winner of the       races, each one being called An    America's Cup 2003, had the           Act, leading up to the climax      chance to choose the headquarters     race of Louis Vuitton Cup in       for the following competition         2007. The points that each team    because Switzerland was obviously     get in Act 1 being celebrated in   at a loss without a sea or ocean      Marseilles will count towards the  and Valencia among others was a       lining up for the main race. This  good option. The main priority        is the first time that these       teams are going to use this           defender ‘Alinghi', and the      format in this particular event.      challengers BMW Oracle Racing, Le  There is going to be an               Defi from France, K-Challenge and  interesting mixture of fleet          the South African Shosoloza. Act   racing ( group of sailboats) and      Two and Three were held ‘at      match-race ( one on one) to           home' in Valencia which let the    produce an exciting visual show,      teams get familiar with their new  guaranteeing good entertainment.      landscape and weather conditions                                        such as the wind and waters of     Marseilles to Start Valencia       the Valencian coast. After Act     to Continue                       Three was finalized in October,                                         there was a champion for 2004      On September 5th, 2004, Act One       with the accumulation of the       of the America's Cup started,         points from the three acts.        exactly from pier J4, where large                                        TV screens were set up so that        When the inscription date expired  the interested public could           on April 29th, 2005 there were a   actively participate in this          total of eleven challenging teams  fantastic happening. The reason       signed up; BMW Oracle from         why Marseille was chosen was          U.S.A., +39 Challenge, Mascalzone  because it had a lot of places        Latino Capitalia Team and Luna     from where the race could be          Rossa all from Italy, Team         watched first hand. The new           Shosholoza from South Africa,      concept that the organizers want      Emirates Team from New Zealand,    to push is the idea of getting        K-Challenge from France, Victory   the public as close to the            Challenge from Sweden, United      competitors as possible so that       Internet Team Germany from         every feels the warmth and            Germany, China Team from China     emotion. In Act One there were        and last but not least the         only five teams signed up: The        Desafio Espanol from Spain. Now,   after Nine Louis Vuitton Acts, it     City                           is time to slow the engines a                                            little and get some strength          Thanks to all its innovative       back. We will see the beginning       tourist attractions, and with the  of three new Acts in May 2006 (       up coming Americas Cup, Valencia   href="http://www.valencia-informa     new flight expansion plans for     tion.com/spain/americas-cup.html"     easier travel to and from this     title="http://www.valencia-inform     bubbling city. Some of the best    ation.com/spain/americas-cup.html     hotels like the Silken Puerta      "                                     Valencia, built right near the     target="_blank">http://www.valenc     port area or the Posadas de        ia-information.com/spain/americas     Espana in the industrial and       -cup.html ).                      Fairgrounds area will make your                                         stay quite pleasurable when in     Valencia, the Most Lively          Valencia Spain.                    About the Author: Peter Wilson has been writing every since he settled in the Valencia Spain region with his family. He wants to bring us closer to Spain at his website http://www.valencia-information.com. Source: www.isnare.com