Valencia Sights

  1. Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

    The aesthetically stunning Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias occupies a massive 350,000-sq-metre swath of the old Turia riverbed. It's mostly the work of local architect Santiago Calatrava, designer of, among many other exciting creations around the world, the transportation terminal for the new World Trade Center site in New York.

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  2. Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM)

    Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), pronounced ' ee -bam', is currently in the throes of a major expansion. It houses an impressive permanent collection of 20th-century Spanish art and hosts excellent temporary exhibitions.

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  3. Museo de Bellas Artes

    The Museo de Bellas Artes ranks among Spain's best, with works by El Greco, Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, Ribalta and artists such as Sorolla and Pinazo of the Valencian impressionist school.

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  4. Museo de Ciencias Naturales

    Within the Jardines del Real is the Museo de Ciencias Naturales.

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  5. Museo de Historia de Valencia

    The Museo de Historia de Valencia plots more than 2000 years of the city's history. Hands-on and with lots of film and video, it's great fun even if your Spanish isn't too hot. Ask to borrow the museum's informative folder in English.

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  7. Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe

    The Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe is an interactive science museum where each section has a pamphlet in English summarising its contents.

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  8. Museo de Prehistoria y de las Culturas de Valencia

    The Museo de Prehistoria y de las Culturas de Valencia, usually called La Beneficencia, has a wealth of finds from the Palaeolithic period, plus Roman and Iberian artefacts.

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  9. Museo del Patriarca

    The bijou Museo del Patriarca is particularly strong on Spanish and Flemish Renaissance painting, including canvases by El Greco, Juan de Juanes and Ribalta.

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  10. Museo Fallero

    During the festival of Las Fallas de San Jose'- a frenzy of fireworks, music, festive bonfires and all-night partying - huge sculptures of papier-ma^che' on wood, known as fallas , are built by teams of local artists. After midnight on the final day of the anarchy, each falla goes up in flames - backed by yet more fireworks. Each year one of theseis saved from the flames by popular vote. Those reprieved over the years are displayed in the Museo Fallero.

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  11. Museo Nacional de Cerámica

    The Museo Nacional de Cerámica displays ceramics from around the world - and especially of the renowned local production centres of Manises, Alcora and Paterna.

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  13. Museo Taurino

    The small Museo Taurino holds a collection of bullfighting memorabilia.

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