Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

The annual Spanish Tomatino festival, the biggest food fight in the world.
It consists of overripe tomatoes being thrown into drunken crowds!
The festival drew a record 40,000 people last year. First they wait for the big truck of tomatoes, then when it appears, they go nuts whipping tomatoes at each other. NOT FOR KIDS!

And after, there’s so much juice in the street…

Everything about Orient Xpress suggests a quick meal on the cheap. But forget anything you know about judging a restaurant by its appearance, because Orient Xpress is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

We’ll start with the good – the food is excellent. Far better than I had expected. I started with a salad followed by yaki udon noodles with beef, and both dishes were delicious.

Fresh ingredients in the salad and a perfect blend of spices & sauce in the noodles — and large quantities of both. I enjoyed every bite, and there was no room for dessert. Juergen had Gyoza [...]

The ginger loft is a new cafe-lounge in central Valencia, Spain situated on C/Vitoria, a side street off C/San Vicente Martir between Plaza Ayuntamiento and Plaza de la Reina.
We offer a selection of classic and modern tapas styled dishes, using many International flavours, especially regional Asia. These can be accompanied with some wonderful Valencian Community wines.
For afternoon cafe-time we have homemade cakes, tarts and desserts to enjoy with your Oxfam Fairtrade coffee and a full service bar with premium spirits is always available.
In the evenings things are livened up with a great list of classic and original cocktails, wines, beers, cava and [...]

Museo Nacional de Ceramica Gonzalez Marti.
The National Ceramics Museum is housed in a 15th century Rococco palace and was refurbished in 1740 on rococo style with a magnificent alabaster entrance.
You can enjoy the luxurious splendour of the rooms, some of which are kept in the original Gothic style of XV century, and others bring you back into the age of salons, orientalism and ballroom dancing. There is even a carriage entrance complete with a few carriages.
All rooms, in addition to luxurious interior, hold fine examples of ceramics. There is even a fully equipped typical Valencian kitchen made 100% of ceramics from top [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to the 75th Ninot Exhibition.

Ninots are tiny figures (compared to the big huge Fallas) which are placed within a Fallas exhibit. They provide some humor, often reflecting on the happenings of the past year.
It’s similar to the Carnival  from Germany and other places from around the world. The exhibit is a nice way to take a closer look at the often beautiful and artistic figures before they’re placed on the streets during La Planta and finally burned on La Crema.
One thing is certain – all the Ninots are burnt, except for the one saved by a public vote. [...]

Music, dance, and Valencia’s emblematic squares and buildings will be converging for the seventh year in a row in a festival that has become a major reference point for contemporary creators.
Experimentation in performance is the starting point for the 17 shows taking part in the Valencia Open Stage Festival (VEO) between 11th and 22nd February.
The Plaza del Patriarca, the Valencia Museum of Enlightenment and Modernity (MuVIM), El Musical Theatre, the Viveros gardens, the Opera House, the Almudín museum and the Plaza del Doctor Collado become a meeting point for actors and actresses looking for new performing experiences.
The Romanian Gypsy Circus, Teatro delle [...]

For Valencia, the 19th March is the day of a great celebration. This is the night of fire – the explosive finale to Fallas.
The celebration starts on the 1st march and from this date through to the 19th March at 14:00 there is an amazing mascletá in the Plaza Ajuntamento. To see this arrive a couple of hours early and find a cafe – it gets very busy. A mascleta is “daytime fireworks” – ear splittingly loud and very smokey but worth seeing!
On the 17th and 18th there is the offering to the Virgin of the Abandoned ones, where the Valencians parade, [...]

The easiest and by far the most convenient way to reach London airports is with the Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick Express. Trains normally leave every fifteen minutes so it’s advisable to allow extra time to buy train tickets or collect them.

The Gatwick Express often has excellent deals such as 4 for the price of 2 tickets. The train leaves from London Victoria station and takes 50 minutes to reach London Gatwick Airport.
The Heathrow Express takes fifteen minutes from London Paddington Station to Heathrow Airport. It’s cheaper to buy tickets online for £13.50 adult £6.70 child. A less expensive route is to take [...]