Your travel guide for Valencia
Top 10 places in Valencia
Our app features the history of 67 monuments and great sites including places to discover Valencia. Here is a selection of the top 10 monuments of the city, with an extract of the texts available in the application and written by our teams of specialists. For full content, download our Android and iPhone Guide and start creating your travel journal for your stay at Valencia
Valencia Cathedral
Evolution of the construction: It was built above the Balansiya mosque, itself built above the Visigoth cathedral, which had been erected above a Roman temple. The cathedral has evolved a lot in time: built in the Valencian Gothic style, which remains its main style, it also contains elements of... Read more
Natural Park of the Albufera
In ancient times this site was a bay; it was separated from the sea by the sediments brought by the two rivers Júcar and Turia in Roman times, and became a lagoon. At first, the lagoon had an area of ??30,000 ha, but due to the creation of paddy fields, it was reduced to 21,000 ha. It is home to ... Read more
Plaza de toros de Valencia
It was built between 1850 and 1860 by Sebastián Monleón Estellés in neoclassical style, on the model of the Colosseum or the bullring of Nîmes. It has the shape of a 48-sided polygon with 384 arches on the outside, it is built of brick and its decoration is neo-Mudejar style. It has a circumference... Read more
Mercado de Colón
It was built between 1914 and 1916 by Francisco Mora Berenguer , in the style of Valencian Modernism, which the architect trained in Barcelona knew thanks to Gaudi, Puig i Cadafalch and Doménech i Montaner. Mora was chosen in 1913 to design the market project and Demetrio Ribes Marco, architect of... Read more
Garden of Turia
After the disastrous flood of Rio Turia in 1957, the city decided to fill the riverbed after having diverted its course, and to build there ways of communications making it possible to unclog the city. But this project was contested and replaced by the decision to cover the riverbed by a large park.... Read more
The Hemisférico
This magnificent building in the shape of a human eye, with an ovoid cover, was designed by Calatrava; located at the edge of the water, the best time to admire it is at night, when it is illuminated and reflected in the water. Its cover has a length of 100 m and it hosts a half-sphere which serves... Read more
Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe
This superb museum built on the plans of Santiago Calatrava is dedicated to Science, Technology and the environment. It was opened in 2000 and offers an area of ??2.6 ha. It has several temporary and permanent exhibition rooms, conference rooms and terraces used for workshops and didactic... Read more
The Oceanogràfic
This complex opened in 2003 was built by architect Felix Candela and engineers Alberto Domingo and Carlos Lázaro . It is the largest oceanographic complex in Europe with 11 ha of surface area and 42 million liters of water. It represents the main marine ecosystems: Mediterranean, temperate and... Read more
Museo de Ciencias Naturales
The Museum of Natural Sciences owes its existence to the Museum of Paleontology, created in 1889 thanks to the donation of the collection of the engineer José Rodrigo Botet. While participating in many works in South America, he has collected a large paleontological collection containing many... Read more
Bioparque
This 8-hectare zoo is specialized in African wildlife; it is divided into 4 parts: dry savannah, humid savannah, forests of Equatorial Africa, Madagascar. It contains 800 animals of 116 species, which have been placed in large areas reproducing their natural habitat, with vegetation from their... Read more
App features and audioguide Valencia
Prepare your trip to Valencia and discover all its treasures and secrets. Monuments, Restaurants, Hotels, Activities, Wellness, Museums, become your own guide, save time by creating your own travel diary, and share your tips with friends.
Activate the instant discovery and become a free explorer in the small paved streets of Valencia, you will be alerted of a nearby place during your walk.
Be sure to have your guide at all times even if low coverage areas and avoid abroad DATA overcosts with the « offline map and guide» feature.
Let yourself be guided in Valencia through original themed itineraries.
Enrich your trip to Valencia with a quest : Capture the places and collect items, challenge your curiosity with quizzes, treasure hunt while you are living in Valencia