Valencia is now a different city, marked by its traditions and a rich cultural and historical heritage, but with a modern and renovated image. The dramatic economic transformation, social planning and the city has undergone in recent years has not gone unnoticed at the national and beyond our borders.
One of the great successes that have contributed to the achievement of this success is undoubtedly the launch of the City of Arts and Sciences. The buildings of Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela have become not only the image of the great events happening in Valencia but also one of the best cultural options for tourists who visit the Valencia.
The Hemispheric, an amazing building in the form of a huge human eye, housed inside the only place in Spain where projected on a concave screen 900 square meters, representations of the Planetarium astronomical phenomena, large-format films IMAX and digital projections. Among the films showing are: Wild Ocean, Egypt, The Mystery of the Nile and this year will be released Magic journey to Africa, Arabia and Amazon.
Hemispheric stands next to the Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe under the slogan “No touching, no thinking, no feeling”, is characterized as an art museum, with workshops, interactive exhibits that aim to reach a universal audience. This year Habitat Furnishing opens, from the hand of nature and in addition to the exhibition can enjoy the Adventure Space, Climate Change, Forests Chromosome, and Scientific Vision for Drugs and the Legacy of Science.
The Umbracle is a large landscaped walkway south of the resort from where you can see the City of Arts and Sciences in all its magnitude. On the ground floor houses a large parking lot.
