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Valencia

Things to see in Valencia

14 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A wide pedestrian promenade lined with tall palm trees and distinctive black lampposts, featuring a unique wavy-patterned pavement in red, white, and blue.

Alicante · Urban Exploration

Explanada de España

Seafront promenade with 6.6 million mosaic tiles
A modern white cable-stayed bridge with a tall curved pylon and a large egg-shaped building behind it, reflected in a shallow pool of water at twilight.

Valencia · Architectural Heritage

City of Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias)

The City of Arts and Sciences occupies the end of the old Turia riverbed in Valencia. After a catastrophic flood in 1957...
The interior of a Gothic hall featuring tall, twisted stone columns supporting a complex ribbed vault ceiling, with several large chandeliers hanging from above and visitors walking on the floor.

Valencia · Historic Heritage

Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange)

The Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange, is the finest civil Gothic building in Valencia and one of the great monuments...
The alabaster portal of the Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas, home of the National Ceramics Museum in Valencia

Valencia · Historic Heritage

Museo de Cerámica

The Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias González Martí, the National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative...
A low-angle view of a Gothic stone tower with crenellated battlements, a gargoyle, and a flag flying from the top against a blue sky.

Valencia · Historic Heritage

Torre de la Seda (Llotja de la Seda)

The Torre de la Seda, the tower of the Silk Exchange, is one of the parts of the Llotja de la Seda in Valencia that is e...
A low-angle photograph of a large, ornate red-brick building with a massive central archway, decorative ceramic tiles, and stone buttresses, with people gathered at the entrance.

Valencia · Architectural Heritage

Mercado de Colón

The Mercado de Colón is a market hall in Valencia that has become a gathering place for food and drink, set in the Eixam...
Café terraces on a street in Valencia's Barrio del Carmen

Valencia · Architectural Heritage

Barrio del Carmen

Barrio del Carmen, or El Carme in Valencian, is the oldest part of Valencia’s old town, Ciutat Vella, and it has the mos...
Interior view of a large, historic market hall with high arched windows and metal trusses, featuring stalls selling produce and eggs, with prominent signage reading "HUEVOS VIRGINIA" and "FRESAS Y NATA".

Valencia · Architectural Heritage

Central Market (Mercado Central)

The Mercat Central is the great food market of Valencia, and its building is one of the finest examples of Valencian Mod...
An outdoor fitness area with wooden and metal exercise equipment, a bench, and trees, situated next to a stone wall in a park-like setting.

Valencia · City Centers

Jardín del Turia (Western Section)

The western section of the Turia Gardens is where the great green belt of Valencia begins, and it is quieter and wilder...
A sunlit interior courtyard of a classical-style building featuring two-story arcades with pinkish stucco walls, arched colonnades on the ground floor, and tall palm trees planted in a central stone basin.

Valencia · Art Museums

Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (Museo de Bellas Artes)

The Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia is one of the most important art museums in Spain, often ranked after the Prado am...
A large public square featuring a prominent fountain with bronze statues of figures and horses, flanked by a multi-story residential building on the left and a pinkish church facade on the right under a blue sky.

Valencia · Historic Heritage

Plaza de la Virgen

Plaza de la Virgen is one of the oldest and most photogenic public spaces in Valencia. The Romans founded the city of Va...
A close-up architectural view of a large, ornate stone portal with multiple concentric arches and columns, set into a weathered brick and stone wall, featuring a dark wooden double door.

Valencia · Architectural Heritage

Valencia Cathedral (Catedral de Valencia)

Valencia Cathedral, the Catedral de Valencia, stands in the old town beside the Plaza de la Reina and the Plaza de la Vi...