Visit Valencia: the City of Arts and Science

The City of Arts and Sciences, the futuristic complex designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava, is one of the symbols of the city of Valencia. Calatrava is one of most famous architect all over the world and he decided to project this amazing park as a present to his home city. The scientific city is built up by 5 buildings, hosted in a wonderful space of greenery and water. Visiting the city is a great experience, a fantastic "city within the city". Calatrava said "I am proud of the fact that people can walk through and around the main buildings without paying. It is a city to be discovered by promenading". The works for the last sixth building have just started. Planning a trip to Valencia? Don't miss a visit here: it probably represents the most important city symbol. Here you can read some information about the 5 buildings so that you can plan your visit.

The Marine Park
One of the biggest marine park in Europe, L'Oceanographic hosts thousands marine species (both flora and fauna), including dolphins and sharks. It's a very relaxing experience for families, great especially for kids. Visit the sections dedicated to every marine zone in the World. For a whole visit you need to spend almost 3 hours.

L'Hemisferic
L'Hemisferic is the most attractive part of the park especially for kids. Spend one hour watching the different shows: lie almost horizontally on the floor and watch the hemispheric screen above. It displays 6 or 7 shows every days, it will be a very interesting experience.

Museo de Ciences Principe Felipe
The Museum of Science is hosted by a 3 floored building. Inside, you can find interactive science material about different topics. Some examples are: sport, physical laws, electricity, sciences, planetarium, sound, human body. Some installations are merely for fun, other require brain work and are more challenging. You need more or less 3 hours to visit the exposition. Sometimes they organize also temporary extra sections. The rules there are simple: "pull, push, twist, touch".

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
The Palau hosts 4 distinct auditoriums. The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia is one of the best opera houses thanks to the amazing acoustic.

L'Umbracle
It is the only part of the City to be with free access. Spend 2 hours here, the green promenade is wonderful and it is full of plants from all over the planet.