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Architecture tour
Valencia has earned itself an international reputation for its contemporary architecture thanks to the construction of several buildings designed by top architects.
The city of Valencia is famous for its stunning contemporary architecture. The dynamism of this city is enhanced by many modern and cultural monuments, and also churches and ports, and the most popular, the one which welcomed the America's Cup.
Visit their most avant-garde creations: The magnificent Conference Centre by Norman Foster; The construction work for the new Valencia Football Stadium designed by RFA (Reid Fenwick & Associates), The Modern Art Museum, IVAM, where the proposed extension by the Japanese group, SAANA is explained; The bridge known as Puente de la Exposición and the Alameda metro station by Santiago Calatrava, and not to mention the Palau de la Música by García Paredes; City of Arts & Sciences by Calatrava including the Opera House, Hemisferic, Science Museum, bridges, the Umbráculo raised garden promenade and Ágora and the harbour side edifice, Veles e Vent by David Chipperfield – what a choice of spectacular buildings!
This visit can be complemented with lunch or dinner in a traditional local restaurant or you can take a break and sample the popular "café con churros".