Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

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 [...]

Las Torres de Quart are the remains of the ancient medieval walls of Valencia, along with the Torres de Serranos.
Other gateways to the city of Valencia, are the missing doors of San Vicente to the south and the Puerta del Mar to the east or to the port. The doors disappeared in the nineteenth century with the rest of the wall surrounding the Old City to provide work for unemployed workers and to enlarge the city.
The Quart Towers were built by “professors in the noble art of pedra (stone)” Francesc Baldomar and Pere Compte between 1441 and 1460. The works also involved Jaume [...]

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 [...]

Plaza del Ayuntamiento
The Plaza del Ayuntamiento is the largest and probably most important plaza in Valencia.
Home to the city hall (ayuntamiento) and the magnificent central post office (edificio de correos), the Plaza del Ayuntamiento also serves as the centre for the Fallas celebrations
The triangular shape of the plaza is amazing. At its southern end, where it’s widest, there’s a large area which is the site of many mascletàs during the year, the largest and most spectacular held during Fallas. It is surrounded by bountiful flower sellers, who always have a huge array of flowers, bringing a real old fashioned street feel [...]

The Towers of Highlands (or Door of Highlands) were constructed at the end of 14th century.
Their initial function was to serve as fortification, a fact that testifies to their heavy walls and their solidiness, but they were generally used for ceremonies and official entrances for important personalities that visited the city, the main reason why they are considered to be the main entrance to the city of Valencia.
Their name seems to come from the fact that they are located approximately to the northwest, therefore, they were the natural entrance that communicated with the ways to the Highlands (the Camino Real of Saragossa, that [...]