Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Valencia, Spain
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6.1 km
156 m
Explore Valencia in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in ValenciaIndividual Sights in ValenciaSight 1: Palau de l'Exposició
The Palace of the Exposition is a municipal building in the city of Valencia, located at Calle Galicia núm. 1. It was built in 1908 by the architect Francesc Mora i Berenguer following the Valencian modernist and neo-Gothic styles.
Sight 2: Jardins de la Glorieta
The Glorieta Gardens, known simply as the Glorieta, are gardens in the city of Valencia, located in the Xerea neighbourhood, in the Ciutat Vella district. It is bounded by the streets of General Tovar, General Palanca, Plaza de la Puerta del Mar to the east and to the south bordered by Plaza de Alfonso el Magnánimo and the Palace of Justice.
Sight 3: Casa Natalicia de San Vicente Ferrer
Vincent Ferrer, OP was a Valencian Dominican friar and preacher, who gained acclaim as a missionary and a logician. He is honored as a saint of the Catholic Church and other churches of Catholic traditions.
Sight 4: Jaume I
Jaume I or the Monument to James I is an instance of public art in Valencia, Spain. The monument is topped by an equestrian bronze statue representing James I of Aragon, conqueror of Valencia in 1238 and founder of the Kingdom of Valencia.
Sight 5: Col·legi del Patriarca
The Royal Seminary College of Corpus Christi, also known as the College of the Patriarch, is a seminary founded in 1583 by Juan de Ribera, archbishop and viceroy of Valencia and patriarch of Antioquia, who three years later laid the first stone. It is located in the Plaza del Colegio del Patriarca, in the Xerea district of the city of Valencia.
Wikipedia: Reial Col·legi del Corpus Christi de València (CA)
Sight 6: Iglesia de San Martín
The church of San Martín, San Martín Obispo and San Antonio Abad, is one of the oldest in the city of Valencia, located at the beginning of San Vicente street. Its origin must be sought in the conquest of the city by James I, being in principle a mosque consecrated to Catholic worship.
Sight 7: Valencia Cathedral
Valencia Cathedral, at greater length the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, also known as St Mary's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Valencia, Spain.
Sight 8: Royal Parish of the St Johns
Santos Juanes or Sant Joan del Mercat is a Roman Catholic church located in the Mercat neighborhood of the city of Valencia, Spain. The church is also denominated the Real Parroquia de los Santos Juanes or San Juan del Mercado due to its location adjacent to the city Central Market and facing the Llotja de la Seda building.
Sight 9: Silk Exchange
The Lonja de la Seda or Llotja de la Seda is a late Valencian Gothic-style civil building in Valencia, Spain. It is a principal tourist attraction in the city.
Sight 10: Central Market
Mercado Central or Mercat Central is a public market located across from the Llotja de la Seda and the church of the Juanes in central Valencia, Spain. It is one of the main works of the Valencian Art Nouveau.
Sight 11: Església del Pilar
The church of El Pilar, or Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar y San Lorenzo is the church of the old Dominican convent of the same name, and is mainly what remains of it. The district of Velluters or El Pilar, named after the old convent, is located. More precisely, it is located between Calle Guillem de Castro, Calle de Maldonado and Plaza del Pilar, in the city of Valencia.
Sight 12: Teatre Micalet
The Teatro Micalet is a theatre in the city of Valencia, based in the El Micalet Choral Society. It has its own theatre company of recognised prestige, the Teatro Micalet Company.
Sight 13: Parc de l'Antic Hospital
Parc de l'Hospital is a municipal garden in Valencia, in the neighbourhood of San Francisco in Ciutat Vella. It occupies an area of just over 22,000 m² and is protected as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) in the complex of the Hospital Vell and the Hermitage of Santa Llúcia, two historic buildings that are integrated into the park. In addition, we can also find the Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i de la Modernitat (MuVIM).
Sight 14: Església de Sant Agustí i Santa Caterina
The parish church of Santa Catalina y San Agustín, located at 5 Mare de Deu de Gràcia street in the city of Valencia, Spain, is the church of the former convent of hermit friars of San Agustín settled in Valencia in the thirteenth century.
Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa Catalina y San Agustín (ES), Website
Sight 15: Olympia
The Olympia building and theater is located at 44 Sant Vicent Street in the city of Valencia. It is a multifamily residential building built in 1915, by the architect Vicente Rodríguez Martín.
Sight 16: Teatro Rialto
The Rialto Cinema Theatre located in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento number 17 in the city of Valencia (Spain) was built in 1939 at the initiative of the González Galindo family, with a project by the architect Cayetano Borso di Carminati. The project responds to the rationalist style, although with influences of Valencian art deco.
Sight 17: Teatre Principal de València
The Teatro Principal de València, meaning Main Theatre of València, is a theatre in Valencia, Spain. It is located in downtown Carrer de les Barques, close from the City Hall, as well as the Northern Station and the adjacent Bullring.
Sight 18: Falla de l'Ajuntament
The Falla of the Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Valencia, also referred to as Falla Plaza del Caudillo or Falla del País Valencià, as the name of the square where it is planted has changed, is the fault that is planted by the City Council of Valencia. Although, voluntarily, there are faults that decide not to participate in the scoring system of the Central Fallera Board, this is the only one that is always out of the contest. It is considered that the first fault is the one planted in 1942, with the So Quelo as the protagonist of the finish, although, as in most faults, there are precedents of faults planted in the nineteenth century.
Sight 19: Capella de l'Antic Col·legi de Sant Pau
The chapel of the old San Pablo school in the city of Valencia (Spain) is located on Xàtiva street and was built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is located within the current Lluís Vives Institute.
Sight 20: La Casa Judía
The Jewish House is located at 20 Castellón Street in the city of Valencia (Spain). It is a Valencian art deco residential building built in 1930.
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