Confortel Aqua 3 Hotel
Confortel Aqua 3 Hotel
45 €
Menorca, 46023 Valencia
Confortel Aqua 3 is located just 300 metres from Valencia’s City of Art and Sciences. It offers a Michelin-starred restaurant, fitness centre, 24-hour reception, and modern rooms with free Wi-Fi. The hotel’s 14th-floor Restaurante Vertical offers fantastic panoramic views of Valencia and the City of Arts and Sciences. The hotel’s 14th-floor Restaurante Vertical offers fantastic panoramic views of Valencia and the City of Arts and Sciences.
Tryp Oceanic Hotel
Tryp Oceanic Hotel
60 €
Calle Pintor Maella 35, 46023 Valencia
Overlooking Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, Tryp Oceanic offer a gym, an outdoor pool and a sun terrace. Each bright, air-conditioned room includes satellite TV and a laptop safe. Tryp Oceanic’s soundproofed rooms are simply decorated in warm tones. They all have a private bathroom with amenities and a hairdryer. The hotel offers a varied buffet breakfast, and Mediterranean dishes are served in the à la carte restaurant. Tryp Oceanic also has a lobby bar and a poolside snack bar.
Valencia Center Hotel
Hotel Valencia Center
65 €
Avenida de Francia, 46023 Valencia
Hotel Valencia Center is 400 metres from Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, 3 km from the city centre. It offers a sauna, gym and outdoor pool, and free internet via modem. The hotel is a 10-minute walk from Ayora Metro Station, which connects to the city centre and the airport. It takes 5 minutes by bus to the beach or city centre, and there is a bus stop opposite the hotel.
NH Las Artes II
NH Las Artes II
40 €
Instituto Obrero de Valencia 26, 46013 Valencia
This hotel has an ideal setting by Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences and offers contemporary rooms with flat-screen TVs. Buses leave from outside the hotel to the city centre. The functional rooms at NH Las Artes II feature air conditioning and are decorated in pastel colours. The modern bathroom comes with a hairdryer and Agua de la Tierra amenities.
The City of Arts and Sciences
The complex is made up of the following buildings, in order of their inauguration:
- L'Hemisfèric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium. Built in the shape of the eye and has an approximate surface of 13,000 m².
- El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — an interactive museum of science but resembling the skeleton of a whale. It occupies around 40,000 m² on three flats.
- L'Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, romero, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm tree). It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures from contemporary artists. (Miquel from Navarre, Francesc Abbot, Yoko Ono and others).
- L'Oceanogràfic — an open-air oceanographic park. It is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters and 42 million liters of water. It was built in the shape of a water lily and is the work of architect Félix Candela.
- El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia — an opera house and performing arts center. It contains four large rooms: a Main Room, Magisterial Classroom, Amphitheater and Theater of Camera. It is dedicated to music and the scenic arts.
- El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or — a bridge that connects the south side with Minorca Street, whose 125 meters high pillar is the highest point in the city.
- L'Àgora — a covered plaza in which concerts and sporting events (such as the Valencia Open 500) are held.