Accompanying program

1º Valencia City Centre

Visit to the most outstanding monuments in the medieval city: North Station, Serranos and Quart Towers, Central Market, Lonja (Old Silk Exchange), Round Square, Cathedral, Holy Virgin Square as well as the exteriors of the Basilica and the Generalitat Palace.

In the bus we will make a panoramic tour of the most modern part of the city, the highlight is the new landmark of Valencia, the City of Arts & Sciences, an architectural complex designed by top architect Santiago Calatrava; located in the former Turia riverbed.

Optional: Lunch at a typical Valencian Restaurant by the seaside .

 

2º Albufera Park.

Visit to the Albufera Nature Reserve (11 kms south of Valencia). Panoramic tour by coach between the rice fields to the Information Centre).

By coach the tour will continue to the pier of El Palmar , where we will have a reception on the “Barraca” Typical Valencian Construction. Afterwards we will take a boat trip (50 min. aprox.) visiting the lake of Albufera and the bird reserve area.

Optional: Lunch at one of the restaurants of El Palmar.

 

3º Lladró Museum.
In The City of Porcelain, the birthplace of all Lladró creations since 1970, they offer you a cultural visit including a tour of the factory, a visit to the Museum of Historical Porcelain and to the Lladró Painting Collection. During the guided tour of the artisan workshops, you can see the artists at work and get a proper appreciation of the true value of an  unique work, admired the world over. They will show you every step in the entirely handmade process of creation from the design of the original model until the final piece is fired in the kiln.

After the tour, They will show you an exhibition of their existing creations and you will have an opportunity to purchase any of the pieces on show in our museum store.

 

4º City of Science and Arts

Complete ticket entrance to all the CAC Complex: that contain: Science Museum, Hemisferic (IMAX Cinema) and Oceanographic (Biggest aquarium in Europe)

Hemisfèric: building conceived as a large human eye where IMAX movies, planetarium and laser shows are shown. Science Museum: huge interactive museum. Oceanographic: it is considered to be the largest and most important marine park in Europe where the sea fauna of the most important ecosystems of the planet are represented: Mediterranean Sea, Wetlands, Temperate Seas, Tropical Seas, Patagonia Islands, Artic, Antarctic and Oceans.

 

5º Museum “Fallero”

May find it hard to understand what exactly a “falla” is and what this Museum means. Basically, “fallas” can be described as satirical monuments. They are models made of combustible materials (cardboard, wood, etc.) that are erected in public squares and at main crossroads and then burnt on the night of 19 March, St Joseph’s Day.

On completion, each “fallero” chooses the figure he considers the most successful and, a few weeks before the “plantà” when the monuments are moved out to the streets, all of these figures (“ninots”) are placed on display. The general public can then vote for the “ninot” they consider the most attractive, clever or amusing and it is then saved from the fire. The winning “ninots” (one from the large “fallas” and another from the children’s ones) are brought to this museum to be displayed alongside photos of the best fallas and prize-winning posters, in turn becoming a monument to popular culture and to the annual Valencian fiesta of the “Fallas”.

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