Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

Found along the Del Justicia and the Paseo de la Alameda, Puente de la Exposición is better known as the Puente Calatrava, named after Valencia’s favourite architect Santiago Calatrava.
This hyper-modern bridge was designed by him in the mid 90s. It was built on the site of the old Exposición footbridge which was originally built for the Exposición Regional of 1909.
It was a beautiful bridge of reinforced concrete (one of the first built with this material in the city), but unfortunately it was destroyed by the flood of 1957. In its place rose another rather an ugly bridge and finally in the late [...]

Located on the GV Marqués del Turia across to the Plaza de Zaragoza the Puente De Aragon dates back to 1927 although it wasn’t finished until 1933.
Designed by engineers Arturo Monfort, José Gabriel Burguera and Leyda, this bridge owes its name to the old railway station of Aragon, now defunct.
It extends from the Gran Via Marques de Turia towards the port and because of its construction, it became the Sea Pedestrian Bridge. It has six arches of 25 m and is 167 meters long. It is 30 meters wide with a central driveway and hedged sides along with four sculptures by the [...]

The Puente del Reino is just over 220 meters in length and links two of the major routes within the city – the Reino de Valencia Avenue and the Avenue de France.
The bridge creates direct access from the city centre to the port area. The bridge – the longest and widest in Valencia, has four lanes in each direction and was the seventeenth bridge to be built in the city.
Perhaps the most outstanding part of this project are the four gargoyles, placed in 1999 – completely Gothic-inspired that mark corner entrances. They are known as the “bridge watchers” or the “guardians of [...]

The Puente de las Flores is situated between the Paseo de la Ciudadela and the Avenida de la Alameda.
The most prominent features of its design are the simplicity of its shape and total aesthetic compatibility with the River Turia gardens. In 2002 it was reconstructed with new sidewalks replacing temporary pontoons that failed weight tests.
It is an amazing ‘blooming’ bridge, a living, breathing display of floral beauty. Countless thousands of Euros are spent each year by the local government to painstakingly maintain this splendid sight. The bridge features wooden walkways, cycle paths and access to traffic. The many cosy benches that have [...]

The Plaza de la Virgen sits on the site that once was the forum of Roman Valencia.
It is home to many beautiful buildings including the Palacio de la Generalitat Valenciana, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken and the Cathedral of Valencia (where it is believed that the Holy Grail is kept) and whose bell tower is known as the Torre del Micalet.
In many of the excavations that have taken place in the vicinity of the cathedral remains have been found of the Arabs and Visigoth. It is a plaza full of history and amazement. It is the perfect place to shop [...]

Sala Parpalló was created in 1980 and forms part of the chain of museums belonging to the Regional Council of Valencia.
When it started it was the first public space devoted to showing modern and contemporary art in the city of Valencia.
Sala Parpalló has just had its first quarter century anniversary and has reopened its doors in a new, singular space – the old refectory of the Trinity Convent (15th century). It continues to maintain its focus of showing the finest modern and contemporary art works.
The dialogue it has between both new and established artists, the commitment to new languages and exhibition [...]

Puente del Real is located on the spot of the early Reconquista, which was a wooden bridge that served the Convent of Santo Domingo.
This bridge is said to have suffered successive interventions from its original site shortly after the conquest of Valencia. Its mission was to facilitate communication between the Royal Palace and the Puerta de Montesa.
It suffered complete devastation in the flood of 1957 and plans were made to build a stone bridge and with grants from the cemetery of the convent of Santo Domingo in 1595 work began. Three years later, the bridge was finished. It was rebuilt in stone with [...]

Jardínes De Ayora
The Ayora Gardens are beautifully laid out, tranquil and peaceful and have a beautifully constructed modernist small palace, which was built in 1900.
The City council of Valencia bought the grounds of the Gardens of Ayora 1976 and began a long restoration and cleaning process of the gardens which had been left to go to ruin.
The garden has a calming atmosphere, perfect just to walk and relax, it has leafy vegetation, with great rubber plants, jacarandas, olive trees, eucalyptuses and much more.
The garden itself is split into four different zones:
The old part but, enclosed by a stone wall, is [...]

The Jardines del Real, more commonly known as the Jardines de Viveros, is a delightful Valencia park featuring fragrant rose gardens, shady pine trees, statues to admire and benches to sit back and revel in the atmosphere.
These gardens are locally known as the Breeding grounds because in 1903 they were  given to the city council of Valencia to provide breeding grounds for trees. The gardens emphasize the range of the palms, with hundreds of species and also boasts numerous sculptures and monuments, splendid rosaleda, a bird house built in 1933, a pool and a park, as well as small zoological area.
It is a [...]

The Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia was founded in 1567.
Throughout 200 years it was an orchard of medicinal plants for Medicinal studies. Until the 19th century it occupied diverse locations in the city of Valencia. It was in 1802 when it definitively located it to the University in the Orchard of Tramoyeres, outside the walls of the city, in the environs of the convent of San Sebastián, near the Towers of Quart.
Throughout the 19th century botany classes were held and the acclimatization of plants of agricultural interest was studied. During the 20th century, the Botanists underwent a long period of [...]