Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

The Hemisfèric is part of Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències.
The Hemisfèric was the first building in the City of Arts and Sciences to open its doors to the public in 1998.
This spectacular construction was designed by the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava, with an ovoid roof spanning over 100 metres that contains the large sphere that constitutes the projection room of the IMAX cinema.

L’Hemisféric
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The Umbracle at the City of Arts and Sciences is a spectacular gardened esplanade with incredible views to the whole complex.
The Umbracle is a vantage point of over 17,500 square metres from which all the buildings, lakes, walkways, and landscaped areas of the City of Arts and Sciences can be viewed.
Its vegetation is characteristic of the Region of Valencia and changes according to the season of the year. It also contains an exhibition of contemporary sculptures by internationally acknowledged artists.
Beneath L’Umbracle is the car park for the City of Arts and Sciences which has room for 690 light vehicles and 20 coaches [...]

Jazz will be taking over Thursday nights in Valencia thanks to the IVAM Blues Festival 2009.
On 18th and 25th June at 11 p.m. the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) will be welcoming two great musical acts.
On 18th June, the pianist Lluís Coloma will be showing his skill in Blues and Boogie Woogie. Coloma, named best Blues musician on various occasions in national and international competitions, displays energy and originality. Then on Thursday 25th June, Raíles Blues Band & Janine Johnson will be giving a concert that marks the end of the IVAM Blues Festival 2009.

Museo Nacional de Ceramica Gonzalez Marti.
The National Ceramics Museum is housed in a 15th century Rococco palace and was refurbished in 1740 on rococo style with a magnificent alabaster entrance.
You can enjoy the luxurious splendour of the rooms, some of which are kept in the original Gothic style of XV century, and others bring you back into the age of salons, orientalism and ballroom dancing. There is even a carriage entrance complete with a few carriages.
All rooms, in addition to luxurious interior, hold fine examples of ceramics. There is even a fully equipped typical Valencian kitchen made 100% of ceramics from top [...]

Try to catch an excellent exhibit called Modern India at the IVAM. Visitors were taken a tour of India’s history, from colonialism to the present day, through the eyes of its artists.
A large, comprehensive exhibit, filled with oil paintings, sculptures, photography, and audio-visual displays, Modern India provided an excellent couple hours of escapism.
If you didn’t get to see it, hopefully the pictures in this post provide an acceptable substitute. The exhibit was split into 6 periods, organized by time. The first two detail the colonial period, when the British ruled, then slowly lost their grip on the subcontinent. Things got psychedelic, as [...]

Welcome to the 75th Ninot Exhibition.

Ninots are tiny figures (compared to the big huge Fallas) which are placed within a Fallas exhibit. They provide some humor, often reflecting on the happenings of the past year.
It’s similar to the Carnival  from Germany and other places from around the world. The exhibit is a nice way to take a closer look at the often beautiful and artistic figures before they’re placed on the streets during La Planta and finally burned on La Crema.
One thing is certain – all the Ninots are burnt, except for the one saved by a public vote. [...]

Music, dance, and Valencia’s emblematic squares and buildings will be converging for the seventh year in a row in a festival that has become a major reference point for contemporary creators.
Experimentation in performance is the starting point for the 17 shows taking part in the Valencia Open Stage Festival (VEO) between 11th and 22nd February.
The Plaza del Patriarca, the Valencia Museum of Enlightenment and Modernity (MuVIM), El Musical Theatre, the Viveros gardens, the Opera House, the Almudín museum and the Plaza del Doctor Collado become a meeting point for actors and actresses looking for new performing experiences.
The Romanian Gypsy Circus, Teatro delle [...]

For Valencia, the 19th March is the day of a great celebration. This is the night of fire – the explosive finale to Fallas.
The celebration starts on the 1st march and from this date through to the 19th March at 14:00 there is an amazing mascletá in the Plaza Ajuntamento. To see this arrive a couple of hours early and find a cafe – it gets very busy. A mascleta is “daytime fireworks” – ear splittingly loud and very smokey but worth seeing!
On the 17th and 18th there is the offering to the Virgin of the Abandoned ones, where the Valencians parade, [...]