Valencia, Spain (1) – Ciutat les Arts
Due to an early arrival into Valencia, our hotel room was not available for a couple of hours. To occupy our time, the hotel receptionist recommended we take a walk to Jardines del Turia located a short distance away.
Not only did we find beautiful greenery but four unique buildings located at the bottom end of the park. A complex devoted to science and culture, these interesting structures was designed by Santiago Calatrava. I was aware of this place and had planned on seeking it out during our four-day visit. I didn’t think I would find it accidentally on our first day.
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia – opera house and performing arts center
Pont de Montolivet bridge – allows traffic to flow over without disturbing the waterways and walkways below
Under the Pont de Montolivet bridge
L’Hemisferic – an IMAX cinema, planetarium and laserium
El Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe
School excursion to the Museum
Interior of Museum
Interior of Museum
Agora – covered plaza for concerts and sporting events
El Pont de L’Assut de l’Or – white cable bridge
L’Umbracle – an open garden landscape over the car park
Fai Quan 
Wow. Bilbao gets all the architectural press because of the Gerry desugned Gallery. This guys need to follow in the footsteps. I Han no idea this was there. makes Valencia even more interesting!
It was a wonderful environment and to have it located in beautiful park, makes it so much nicer. Kudos to whoever planned this.
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