SURROUNDINGS
Valencia stands for commerce and culture, cinemas, theatres, museums, music and business. It's the heart of international and vanguard design, one of the most active cities in Europe when it comes to trade fairs and congresses.
La Malvarrosa and Levante beaches (witnesses of the 32nd edition of the America´s Cup 2007) provide a varied and alternative offer of places to dine and enjoy an evening by the sea.
The gentle Mediterranean temperatures invite people to practice outdoor sports during almost any season of the year.
Valencia provides a variety of leisure alternatives for the young.
The streets in Valencia provide hundreds of possibilities for window shopping and for enjoying the shops selling handcrafts, as well as boutiques boasting the most modern designs.
Special emphasis on San Pío Vl Museum, Ceramics Museum and IVAM (Valencian Institute of Modern Art).
Business:
- Congress Hall
- Valencia Trade Fair Centre
What to Do / Where to Go:
Museums & Monuments
- City of Arts & Sciences (Oceanographic, Príncipe Felipe Museum of Sciences, Hemispheric - Imax and Planetarium)
- Museum of History of Valencia
- Museum of Illustration (MUVIM)
- Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM)
- Museum of ceramics González Martí-Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas
- Art Museum San Pío V
- Patriarch Museum
- Museum of Natural Science
- Municipal Museum of History
- Museum of the City - Palacio del Marqués de Campo
- "Fallero" Artists Museum (elaboration procedures)
- "Fallero" Museum (Pardoned figures, posters, photographs and scale models)
- Taurino Museum
- Military Museum
- Museum-home Blasco Ibáñez
- Museum-home José Benlliure
- Rice Museum
- Marine Easter Week Museum of Valencia
Music, Theatres & Exhibition halls
- Reina Sofía Arts Hall
- Palau de la Música (Music hall)
- Principal Theatre
- Olimpia Theatre
- Valencian Centre of Mediterranean Culture
- Almudín
- XIX Century Museum Centro del Carmen
- Reales Atarazanas
- Parpalló Hall
- San Miguel de los Reyes Monastery
What to See / Visit:
Squares, streets and historical buildings of cultural interest
- Plaza del Ayuntamiento
- Plaza de la Reina
- Plaza de la Virgen
- Plaza Redonda
- Plaza Cánovas del Castillo
- Plaza Porta de la Mar
- Calle de la Paz
- Gran Vía Marqués del Turia
- Avenida del Puerto (last stretch near the Port)
- Lonja de los Mercaderes
- Palace of Marqués de Dos Aguas
- Colón Market
- Central Market
- Norte Station
- Cathedral and Miguelete
- Reales Atarazanas
- Basilica Virgen de los Desamparados
- San Juan del Hospital Church
- Santa Catalina Church and Tower
- Santos Juanes Church
- Palau de la Generalitat
- Plaza de Toros (bullfighting arena)
- Serranos Towers
- Quart Towers
Sports:
- Real Club Náutico of Valencia
- Facilities of the Copa América port
- Motorbike Circuit Ricardo Tormo (Formula 1 trials)
- El Saler Golf Club
- Manises Golf Club
- Escorpion Golf Club
- El Bosque Golf Club
Nature:
- Real Gardens (Los Viveros)
- Monforte gardens
- Botanic gardens
- Polifilo gardens
- Rambleta gardens
- Marchalenes gardens
- Albufera Natural Park (boat trips and bird spotting) and Dehesa del Saler
Family Outings:
- City of Arts & Sciences (Oceanographic, Hemispheric, Príncipe Felipe Museum of Sciences)
- Port America's Cup
- Bioparc (New zoo of Valencia)
- Antiguo Cauce del Turia Gardens
- Real Gardens (Los Viveros)
- Gulliver Park