Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

Sponge Bob and his friends arrive at the Oceanographic aquarium on December 22 to January 9!
Come and see Bikini Bottom in all its seaweed glory. Plus, from December 24 to January 6 you can meet  Sponge Bob himself at the Oceanographic!
The whole area is amazingly constructed under water. This underwater aquarium holds 45,000 aquatic creatures of 500 species. These include invertebrates, reptiles, birds and fish. Visitors can see the deadly sharks swimming inches away from the protective glass panels. Penguins, sea lions, dolphins, beluga whales, walruses and many more aquatic species move freely in this gigantic aquarium. No aquarium would be complete without [...]

Until 10th October, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia will be hosting Fashion Art, an exhibition that aims to analyse the cultural interaction and aesthetic references between the visual arts and fashion design.
The exhibition brings together a collection of over 40 hand-painted dresses that blend fashion and design with the visual arts. Fashion Art, located in the Calle Mayor section of the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum, is arriving in Europe for the first time, having travelled to several Latin American cities such as Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile, among others.
Artists from Latin America and Spain have used fabrics [...]

Teatro de la Electricidad is at the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe in Valencia until the 13-11-2010.
In front of an auditorium with an audience of fifty or so and on a stage that simulates the laboratory of a scientist/inventor, a scientific entertainer is attempting to improve their understanding of concepts related to physical phenomena that produce electricity.
Bells that ring without touching them, candles that go out with a metallic wand without the need to blow, jumping rings, electric arcs that cross space, or neon tubes that light up on touching their ends are some of the experiences that will literally make your [...]

L’Hemisfèric in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences invites you to dive into the mysterious waters of Arabia, a fantastic adventure that will take you to the lost city of Madain Saleh.
This unique building shaped to symbolise a big human eye is a window to the outside, a balcony that will allow you to glimpse at other worlds and have incredible experiences thanks to the shows, projections and activities held regularly in its facilities.
The projection room, which can seat over 300 people, has a 900 square metre concave screen, 24 metres in diameter, which will allow you to enjoy to the full Arabia, [...]

Science and science fiction come together from the 22nd July to the 22nd February 2011 on the third floor of the Science Museum at the City of Arts and Sciences.
There will be a massive “Star Trek” exhibition which will give visitors the chance to see real props and costumes from this legendary series for the first time ever in Europe, in a meticulously assembled set that will beam them up to the star ship ‘Enterprise’
The replica of the bridge, a flight simulator, models and real objects can all be seen in the exhibition on this series that actually did see into the future [...]

The Umbracle at the City of Arts and Sciences is holding Europe’s biggest ever exhibition of robotic dinosaurs, showing what these colossal creatures that populated the planet for 200 million years were actually like.

Port Saplaya is in the municipal of Alboraya – Valencia.
It has sports, a port and all facilities including a Macdonalds!
There is a selection of Tapas bars and restaraunts along the front and a super little ice cream bar. It is a lesser known beach and often not crowded. It is the perfect hideaway to go and relax on long stretches of golden sands and marine blue sea.

Playa de Malvarossa is the central beach of Valencia.
This is where the locals will come on the weekends and holidays.
The water is gorgeous and the fine sand is great. During the summer weekends the whole of Valencia comes down to this beach. It is a noisy, busy atmosphere but being such a vast expanse never seems crowded.
There are a variety of restaurants all along the beach offering a whole range of foods to suit every type of taste and budget. The epicentre is the main entrance to the beach, a pedestrian square opposite the northern tram stop. This is where most people [...]

Playa las Arenas y Playa de Cabanyal
This beach is the beginning of the amazing sea front of Valencia.
The beach joins with the straights of the America’s Cup Port and it is the closest, the most built-up and the most accessible beach to the city and therefore it is the official city beach for activities and events. Whenever there is a sports event or a public event it generally happens here.
The southern part of this beach is a massive leisure area for promenades, events, restaurants, bars and hotels. The northern part becomes more of a traditional beach  gradually merging into the [...]

Playa de la Devesa
La Devesa is an uncrowded and undeveloped nudist beach, with beautiful sands and crystal clear waters.
It is a favourite for many as it has all the quality of El Saler but none of the crowds. This is beacause it’s off the beaten track and completely undeveloped – car is the best option if you can. If you can’t then you need to travel 10 minutes further on the bus from El Saler and walk for another half an hour. Fortunately, the walk is gorgeous and will add extra enjoyment to your day.
At the entry point to La Devesa you [...]