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Marc GaldonFerrer Spain
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One afternoon in Valenciaโ€™s futuristic city

If you visit ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ this is certainly one of the places you should not missโ€ผ๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป has many highlight when it comes to architecture, and if ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ got ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅรญ, ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ has ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข. The architect, born in ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ in 1951, is the creative mind behind one of the most photographed buildings here, the ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ—“This project opened in 1998, but construction still continued up until 2005 when the last of its buildings was complete. The several constructions in this area have different purposes: - ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜: this eye-shaped building is used as a IMAX Cinema ๐Ÿฟ - ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ช๐™ข: the longest of the building in this complex is a museum devoted to communicate and teach about sciences ๐Ÿงฌ - ๐™๐™ข๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ก๐™š: this is a garden paralel to the museum where one can find many species of local trees and plants ๐ŸŒด - ๐™Š๐™˜๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ž๐™˜: this is the largest aquarium in Europe ๐Ÿฆˆ - ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™›๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š: It hosts the Opera Theatre of Valencia and is devoted to arts and music ๐ŸŽญ - ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–: this is the latest project to get a purpose, when it was open this same year, 2022, as a ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, a project of the Spanish financial entity "๐˜“๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ข" that hosts different exhibitions and that we got to visit inside ๐Ÿ–ผ ๐Ÿ‘‰Definitely you would need one whole day to visit the entire complex, but many people come here to enjoy the views from the outside, to chill sitting by the water lakes ๐Ÿ’ฆ and dipping the feet inside the water, or even there is the possibility to rent a transparent bottom kayak ๐Ÿ›ถ or paddel surf board to move around the man-made lake in front of the buildings. Certainly a place for kids and adults to enjoy a good time while in ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ and admire the magnificent architecture and creativity of the buildings around. Take your time time to stroll around and enjoy the view peacefully and slowly. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฝ: get into the Agora building - recently open in 2022 as a ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, entrance is free of charge ๐ŸŽŸ- you would only need to pay if you wish to visit any of the exhibition they have - and you will get to enjoy a fantastic view of the building from inside. Its design reminds us of a ๐Ÿณ whale skeleton (๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐Ÿ˜‚) and they have a public staircase with comfortable seating and even charging loads to plug in your phone when you run out of battery because you take too many pics and vids This was our visit to the ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ in ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ, hope you like it and let us know if you have been there and have some tips to make the visit even more enjoyable #bucketlistreboot #spain #spaintravel #valencia #valenciatravel
Posted: Sep 7, 2022
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