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For first-time visitors to the city, we offer a list of the most popular museums, sights and tourist attractions in Valencia. Find out the famous places to visit, from the Miguelete to the City of Arts and Sciences. This is the highlights that you can’t miss. The top ten tourist attractions.

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Mercado Central | Valencia top ten tourist attractions

Plaza del Mercado: Lonja de la Seda, Santos Juanes and Mercado Central
Valencia top ten attractions
The Plaza del Mercado is home to 3 buildings of interest, the Silk Market, one of the best examples of gothic civil architecture in Europe which is Patrimony of the Humanity (UNESCO), the Santos Juanes Church in baroque style and the Central Market, a colourful market in a beautiful modernist building.
Lonja de la Seda  |  Mercado Central  |  Iglesia de los Santos Juanes


Plaza de la Virgen | Valencia top ten tourist attractions

La Catedral, El Miguelete and Plaza de la Virgen
Each of the three gates of the Cathedral has a diferent style: Irons Gate (baroque), the Apostles Gate (gothic) and the Palace Gate (Romanesque). The bell tower El Miguelete where you can enjoy amazing views. And the Plaza de la Virgen sits on the site that once was the forum of Roman Valencia.
La Catedral  |  El Miguelete  |  Plaza de la Virgen


Torres de Serranos | Valencia top ten tourist attractions

Torres de Serranos
The Serranos Towers are considered to be the largest Gothic city gateway in all of Europe, and were constructed at the end of the 14th century by Pere Balaguer as part of the city's fortification. They provisionaly housed prison cells and served as a triumphal arch on many festive occasions.
Torres de Serranos


Iglesia San Juan del Hospital | Valencia top ten tourist attractions

Iglesia de San Juan del Hospital
San Juan del Hospital is one of the oldest churches in Valencia, built around 1261. The temple has a single nave covered with a pointed barrel vault. Inside, you may contemplate the magnificent chapel of Santa Barbara and others chapels with painted murals from the Gothic period.
Iglesia de San Juan del Hospital


Museo de Bellas Artes San Pio V | Valencia top ten tourist attractions

Museo de Bellas Artes San Pio V
Located in a Baroque building recently renovated, The Fine Arts Museum San Pio V is one of the most outstanding painting archives in Spain, renowned for its collections of primitive Valencian painters, although there are also works by El Greco, Velázquez, Murillo, Goya, and some archeological pieces.
Museo de Bellas Artes San Pio V


Palacio marques de dos aguas | Valencia top ten tourist attractions

Museo Nacional de Ceramica Gonzalez Marti
The National Ceramics Museum Gonzalez Marti is housed in a palace that dates from the 15th century and was refurbished in 1740 on rococo style with a magnificent alabaster entrance. Inside, you can find the 19th century rooms and a collection of tiles made in the Royal Ceramics Factory in Alcora.
Museo Nacional de Ceramica Gonzalez Marti


Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes | Valencia top ten tourist highlights

Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes
The Jeronime monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes was erected in the 16th century over the old abbey. The facade is in the Renaissance style and is framed by two towers with salomonic Baroque columns. The monastery also has two cloisters surrounded by arch galleries.
Monasterio de San Miguel de los Reyes


City of Arts and Sciences | Valencia top ten tourist highlights

La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
The City of Arts and Sciences complex includes four buildings: L'Hemisferic is a Laserium, Planetarium and IMAX cinema, the Science Museum is one of those museums where it is forbidden not to touch, L' Oceanographic is a giant marine park or aquarium and the Palau de les Arts is an Opera House.
Palau de les Arts  |   L' Hemisferic  |   Museo de las Ciencias  |   L' Oceanografic


El Puerto y La Playa
Valencia is hosting of the 32nd America’s Cup, the international yact race, in summer 2007. Visit the port and enjoy with the team bases, the house of America’s Cup, the superyacht pier and the port sheds. After, walk by the promenade seafront in the Las Arenas, La Malvarrosa and Alboraya beaches.
El Puerto de Valencia  |  La Playa


Botanical Garden | Valencia top ten tourist highlights

Jardin Botanico
The Botanic Garden was founded in 1567 for the study of medicinal plants. In 1802 it was installed in l'Hort de Tramoyeres, where it is currently situated. The restoration that was concluded in the year 2000 allowed for the reclamation of this spectacular green space.
Jardin Botanico
 
             
 
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Valencia top ten tourist attractions - For first-time visitors to the city, we offer a list of the most popular museums, sights and famous tourist attractions of Valencia, Spain. The best places to visit. The main highlights that you can’t miss.
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