Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

The Lonja de la Seda in Valencia is a late Valencian Gothic style civil building built between 1482 and 1548, and is one of the principal tourist attractions in the city.
You need to go in and look up and the spectacular structure. It has the most amazing  spiral-shaped columns holding up the roof and an abundance of stone decorations round the doors and the gargoyles.
UNESCO considered La Lonja as a World Heritage Site in 1996 since “the site is of outstanding universal value as it is a wholly exceptional example of a secular building in late Gothic style, which dramatically illustrates the power [...]

Nights at l’Oceanogràfic, which is taking place from 16th to 31st July this year, will be a multimedia theatrical show.
This event uses different artistic disciplines to look at the history and cultural tradition of the Mediterranean basin through mythology.
A fusion between two worlds, that of humans and of nature, told through music, light, sound and the exercises performed by the dolphins. The event aims to raise awareness among audience members and convey a respect for the environment.
Open from 8 p.m. until midnight, visitors can walk around l’Oceanogràfic ‘out of hours’ and visit the facilities to see species such as sharks, seals, walruses [...]

The Museo de la Ciudad is dedicated to the history of the Valencia area and stands in the Old Quarter.
It houses an archeological collection illustrating the pre-Roman age and the founding of the city, and a part of the municipal art gallery.
The Museo de la Ciudad is a former palace of nobles, currently housing 15th to 20th century art from the collections of the Valencian government and private homes. Almost all of the painting and scupltures are by Valencian artists. Some are good, some are bad, but all are unknown. If you like art you could find this interesting – it is a [...]

Casa Palau Juan de Valeriola
The Valeriola Casa-Palau in the city of Valencia is representative of civil Gothic buildings dating from the XIV century. Built in the14th century, the palace has outstanding stone arches, typical Romanesque windows and wooden ceilings.
The palace was the residence of the influential gentleman Joan Valeriola, descendant of Arnau Valleriola, the most important financier in Valencia in the 14th century. The last member of the family to occupy the palace was Gaspar, who was related to the Borja family after marrying Anna de Borja, Pope Alexander the 6th’s niece, between the XV and XVI.
Sometime [...]

The Iglesia Santa Maria del Mar is one of the best preserved Rennaisance churches in Valencia. Its origin dates from the early days of the conquest by King Jaime I of Aragon.
It is named in historical documents dating as far back as 1333 and 1392. In the descriptions of this ancient building, there is a visual record from 1563 in which the Flemish painter Van den Anthoine Wijngaerde Grao shows the appearance of Valencia and from the view you can see the church.
There is limited information on this stunning church but it has been recorded that originally it was a single-nave temple 25 [...]

The Museo Del Arroz is found in an old rice mill built at the beginning of XX century in the Cabanyal de Valencia district.
The building was restored by the Town Hall, and the machinery renovated by the Polytechnic University so you can observe how rice used to be treated at the beginning of the century.
The museum aims to show you, in a direct and indirect manner, not just the process of transformation from paddy rice fields unfit for consumption, but also to bring a global perspective of the product to include agriculture and consumption of the grain, rooted in their culture.
Rice has [...]

Museo Del Gremio De Artistas Falleros takes you on a journey of the ninot creation.
The profession of fallero artist is long and hard. The artist has always arranged his work with the orders of decoration, construction of floats and in the last few years, the accomplishment of fair stands and the theming of spaces for for the whole Fallas performance.
With new materials and the collaboration of designers with each other there has been an evolution of the activity of the fallero artist to continue creating decorations that need lasting and resistant construction for the use of the ninots and also to withstand the [...]

The Museu Natural Valencià d’Història is a non profit institution aiming to reach all of society, with the purpose of promoting, exhibiting and studying the natural historical patrimony, with a special interest in the region of Valencia.
Since its creation in 1978, the museum has been managed by the Entomology Foundation TORRES SALA, and maintains two large collections, one of entomology, (the science of studying insects) , the other of malacology (the study of molluscs).
The present exhibition shows us in didactic and illustrated form, the complex natural world of insects and molluscs, respecting at the same time the historical value of these two collections. [...]

The intention of the IVAM, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art, is the investigation and diffusion of twentieth-century art. Its programme of activities offers permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, talks, courses, workshops and publications.

It has two premises: the Centre Julio González, opened in 1989, and the Sala de la Muralla opened in 1991.
The Centre Julio González is a newly-erected 18,000 m2 building, most of which is open to the public. Of the total floor space, 60% is occupied by eight galleries that house both permanent and temporary exhibitions. One of these galleries, with its own separate entrance, shows the remains of the mediaeval [...]

The America’s Cup Building “Veles e Vents” (Sails and Winds) was completed within 11 months of winning the competition in June 2005.
The building and park were the social focal point for the 2007 America’s Cup – the world’s premier offshore racing competition, staged in Europe for the first time in over 150 years following Swiss Team Alinghi’s win over Team New Zealand in 2003.
The building and its accompanying park were successfully opened in time for the preliminary regattas, staged in May and June 2006. The centrepiece of the reorganisation of Valencia’s industrial port, “Veles e Vents” provided a central base for all America’s [...]