Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

VALENCIA grew alongside the river Turia for many years until the devastating flood of 1957.
It was then decided that living alongside the river imposed a huge risk and the river was diverted. Today, the Turia’s old riverbed is the largest urban garden in Spain.
The old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park that allows cyclists and pedestrians to traverse much of the city without the use of roads. The park, called the ‘Garden of the Turia’ (Jardí del Túria/Jardín del Turia) boasts numerous ponds, paths, fountains, flowers, football pitches, cafés, artworks, climbing walls, an athletics track, a zen garden and more. The [...]

The Oceanografico is a marine structure located in the eastern part of Valencia.
Spread over an area of 100,000 m2, it is home to hundreds of marine water and fresh water aquatic species.
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 a dolphin show and Oceanografico has one of the [...]

Playa Nord is the part of 3 km length and 420,000 meters square of fine sand between the border of the sea and the local urbanisation.
It has crystal clean waters, its sand is fine and there are many facilities including windsurfing.
Miles of golden sands provide a great place to relax.

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 [...]