The tourist offer of Valencia combines the splendid cultural heritage in the old part of the city with new modern technological areas, both aspects included in the attractive atmosphere of sun and beaches. Valencia is a city that invites its visitors and inhabitants to live outdoors.

 A building of eclectic style combining neobaroque and other elements from different architectural schools, it was built at the beginning of the century on the same spot where the old Casa de Enseñanza had been. Inside, the main stairs, the Crystal Hall, the semicircular Hall where the city government members meet and the Historical Records Office.

 You can find it in the square that bears the same name, and it's a baroque construction that honours the gothic sculpture of "Mare de Déu dels Desamparats", patron saint of the city. The decoration inside the basílica is, in most of its part, a transitional style between baroque and neoclassicism. It is the only church of the old part of the city, which has not been built on top of old ruined parish churches.
It is connected to the cathedral by means of a gothich arch.

 It is the oldest neighbourhood of the city, and it contains, in its houses, palaces and streets, most of the history of Valencia. You can still see a great part of the old constructions: narrow streets, irregular blocks and specially worth admiring are the old palaces which belonged to the medieval noble families of the city or the roman and arab ruins. Little by little, many of the old house have become restaurants, and nowadays this is one of the finest leisure zones in the city with bars, terraces and modern pubs

 The old part has its natural border on the old lane where the city walls were once erected. It's here that we can find most of the historical monuments, and many of them correspond to the XV and XVI centuries, when the city was at its highest peak of cultural and economic power.
 Many of the streets in this part or the city are closed to traffic, and they are of exclusive use for pedestrians. So, if you are thinking of taking a sightseeing walk, this is the ideal place.

 Because of its particular construction (it was started in the XIII century, finished in the XV century with an early gothic style, and later reformed in the XVIII), the cathedral of Valencia has three main doors: romanesque if we are in the Palau street, gothic if we are in the Plaza de la Virgen, and baroque if we are in the Plaza de Zaragoza.
 The most interesting aspect is probably the belfry, one of the symbols of the city, known as the Miguelete.

 Valencia is a land of musicians, painters and scientists, a mixture that explains the reason for a City of Arts and Science. A real futurist city integrated in an city area of 350.000 m2 located in the old bed of the river Turia. It has four mangificent buildings where avantguard and creativity blend together in an image of shocking beauty: L'Hemisfèric, the Museum of Science Príncipe Felipe, the Oceanographic Park and the Palace of Arts.
 This architectonic space dedicated to arts and science includes exhibition halls, laser shows and an interactive museum.

 Its is, doubtless, one of the first buildings a tourist may come across when he or she comes to Valencia. Located in the very centre of the city, the railway station (known as Estación del Norte), built between 1906 and 1917, is one of the most beautiful constructions with regard to railway architecture. Its façade, decorated with shapes of vegetables, oranges and orange blossoms, are evidences of its modernist style. Its hall is a combinatin of woods, crystal and marble, combining warmness, transparence and brightness.

 It was the first building to be open for the public in the city of Arts and Science, the architectural complex where it is integrated. It occupies an area of 14.000 m2 and has a concave giant screen of 900 m2 for cinema Imax,  projections about universe phenomena universe, laser and planetary shows.
 Three are the audiovisual shows translated to four languages through six stereophonics channels.

 Built in the XIV century, it is one of the oldest baroque churches of the city. It has one nave, with one chapel on each side, it was painted by the artist Palomino, and its magnificent façade has also traces of its baroque style.

 It is the oldest temple built since the times of the reconquest of the city. This church was built in the XIII century (1238) by the knights of San Juan del Hospital y de Malta. It has only one nave and the chapel of Santa Bárbara is particularly remarkable, erected in 1865.

 Considered as one of the three best museums of modern art in Spain, and the very heart of valencian artistic modernity, this institute has as a purpose the research and accessibility of XXth century art and all tendences within this field. The activities scheduled offer permanent and temporary exhibitions, lectures, courses, artistic workshops and editions.

 It's one of the oldest gardens of the city and one of the best in Europe for its interestion and complete collections of vegetables from all over the world. It contains approximately three thousand different species, and more than seven thousand examples of bushes, exotic trees and palm trees.

 It is the only example of historic gardening in Valencia. Built in the second half of the XIX century, it is a model of a neoclassicisst-style garden, with marble statues representing the classic mithology.

 This beautiful spot has lots of spaces for walking, charming areas of rose bushes and pines and a little zoo, where orang-outangs, girafes, felines, birds of many species and a long list of animals live. Ducks and swans can be seen swimming in a wonderful fountain built for that purpose In summer, concerts are held in the center of the garden, above all in July's fair.

 After the floods in 1957, the course of the river Turia was modified. The old bed, now dry, has become, from the 9 de Octubre bridge to the Astilleros bridge, a green zone with lots of gardens (with special mention to the stretch in front of the Palau de la Música), amusement parks (Gulliver) sports facilities and cultural and leisure complexes, which constitute an attractive new space around the city.

 Built in the XV century, it is considered one of the best constructions in the non-religious gothic period in Europe. Firstly, it was the market for silk traders, and it is outstanding the interior architecture, not very common, where the refined salomonic columns endings are the beginning of arches.
 Also remarkable is the spiral staircase with no axis. It's an important visit to admire one of the architectural evidences of the splendour of Valencia in the XV century.

 Erected in 1914, it has an area of 8000 m2  with a modernist structure that turns this building into one of the most beautiful market places of Europe. A total of 959 market stalls offer any visitor the chance to buy first quality fresh food. All stalls offer their own personality, and the bustle and light which fills the interior make this place a very busy one.

 The dome of the cathedral of Valencia constitutes a belfry 50, 85 high, and 207 steps. This octagonal building has a sixteenth century bell. It owes its name to the date when it was inaugurated, on September 29th 1418, day of the archangel Saint Michael. Anyone who visits it will be shocked with the wonderful views of the city seen from the top of this belfry.

 It's one of the most symbolic buildings of the city. It has the category of National Monument, and it is one of the most representative example of modernist architecture. It was inaugurated in 1916. The building has two huge doors shaped as triumphal arches on every end, and all the central space is covered by a metal structure with iron casting columns, the same style as the industrial constructions of the beginning of the century.

 It's a representative building of the most modern architecture, a space conceived as a meeting point for different professional communities, doctors, scientists, all sort of businessmen... in the national or international context.
 Design, technology, infrastructure and human resources at the service of every particular event. It has halls with excellent facilities, restaurants and sorrounding green area of 7.000 m2.

 Neoclassicist style building which was, in its origins, the Royal Customs building and a tobacco factory. In its main façade there is a small statue of Carlos III, made by Vergara.

 This palace is the main example of the splendour of the XVIII century in Valencia. The white marble façade has a "churrigeresco" style and it has many halls that still preserve their original style. Inside, you can find the National Museum of Ceramics González Martí.

 It's the Orchestra of Valencia headquarters and one of the most important musical centres in Spain. Located in the Alameda Avenue, its main façade faces the Turia Gardens. The most prestigious orchestras and the most renowned directors and performers of the international scene have played in this auditorium.

 This Gothic building of the XV century is currently the seat for the government of the Generalitat Valenciana. It's interesting for the murals in the Salón de las Cortes, the Salón Dorado (the Golden Hal), with renassaince elements in the decoration, and the Galería de Retratos de los Reyes de Valencia (Portrait Gallery of the Kings of Valencia).

 This neoclassicist construction is located in the centre of the city, next to the Railway Station. It can hold an audience of 17000 people in four bigger groups of seat rows, distributed in 24 smaller parts. The ring has a diameter of 52 metres and the height of the building rises up to17,65 metres. The most important bullfighting fairs take place during "Fallas" and July's Fair, where the ring is also prepared for concerts and live performances.

 It's one of the most traditional and visitedspots of the city. On one side, stands the Basílica de los Desamparados, and on the other, one of the towers of the Palau de la Generalitat. In the centre, lots of tourists take photos of the fountain, built to pay tribute to the river Turia and the eight small rivers that crossed the fields around the city in the past centuries.
 During Fallas it's the spot where thousands of people offer millions of flowers to the Virgen de los Desamparados, in a wonderful worth-seeing display of colour and devotion.

 It's one of the most important and busy squares of the city. From it, you can see the back façade of the cathedral, the Miguelete or the tower of Santa Catalina church. There's the possibility of quietly sitting to relax  in one of the benches of the garden area next to the fountain and the palm trees.

 It's one of the most curious and typical squares in Valencia, built on a spot which has always been linked to trade that still remains. Lots of shops around the central fountain make this square one of the busiest. It's really special to take a walk on Sundays and enjoy a colourful market of animals, paintings, copperplates and etchings, music, second-hand objects and many tools.

 They are, in fact, one of the two entrance doors to the medieval Valencia, as part of an old city wall built in the XIV century, essential in the militar defence of the city. The Torres de Serrano are considered as the most impressive gothic city walls of Europe

 The Torres de Quart are an example of late gothic militar constructions. They were built in the XV century conceived as militar defence for the city. Evidence of this are some of the remaining traces of some war episodes. For some time, they were used as a jail for women. Currently, they contain the Museum Collection of Locksmith's Craft.

 Zoos have ceased being houses for wild beasts locked behind bars to become centres for preservation and education. The Zoological Garden of Valencia was transformed in 1997 in a modern institution, able to face the future with full guarrantee of continuity. Its has a complete range of animals from the five continents, such as: ostrichs, chilean flamingos, zebras, leopards, giraffes, different apes, rhinoceroses, camels, a great variety of fishes and even a red panda bear.