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the Water Tribunal has settled VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
dis putes between farmers over
irrigation in the huerta. Practical Information
Inside the cathedral, a chapel Valencia. * 786,400. n Plaza
holds an agate cup, claimed to del Ayuntamiento 1, 963 52 49 08.
be the Holy Grail and formerly ( Mon–Sat. _ Las Fallas (15–
kept in the San Juan de la Peña 19 Mar). ∑ visitvalencia.com
(see p238). Behind the main altar Transport
are some 15th-century frescoes. k 8 km (5 miles) SW. £ Calle
The cathedral’s bell tower, the Játiva 24, 902 320 320. @ Avda
Miguelete, is Valencia’s main Menéndez Pidal 13, 963 46 62 66.
landmark and popular for the g 963 93 95 00.
views it offers from the top. The Ornate toilet sign outside Valencia’s
cathedral also houses a museum. Mercado Central
by Ignacio Vergara. The exhibits
P La Lonja parrot and swordfish weather- include prehistoric, Greek and
Plaza del Mercado. Tel 962 08 41 53. vanes, opened in 1928 and is Roman ceramics and pieces
Open Tue–Sun (daily mid-Mar–mid- one of the largest and most by Picasso.
Oct). & attractive markets in Europe.
An exquisite Late Gothic hall, Every morning its 350 or so R Colegio del Patriarca
built between 1482 and 1498 stalls are filled with a bewil- Calle Nave 1. Tel 692 49 17 69. Open
as a commodities exchange, dering variety of food. Mon–Sat. Closed Aug. & 8 10am,
La Lonja now hosts cultural 11am, noon, 12:30pm, 5pm & 6pm
events. The outside walls are E Museo Nacional de (compulsory).
decorated with gargoyles and Cerámica Gonzalez Martí This seminary was built in
other grotesque figures. The Poeta Querol 2. Tel 963 08 54 29. 1584. The walls and ceiling
ceiling of the transactions hall Open Tue–Sun. Closed 1, 6 & 22 Jan, of the church are covered
features star-patterned vaulting, 1 May, 24, 25 & 31 Dec. & (free with frescoes by Bartolomé
supported by spiral columns. Sat pm & Sun). 7 Matarana. During Friday
Spain’s Ceramics Museum is morning Mass, the painting
( Mercado Central housed in the mansion of above the altar, The Last Supper
Plaza del Mercado 6. Tel 963 82 91 00. Marqués de Dos Aguas, an by Francisco Ribalta, is lowered
Open 7am–3pm Mon–Sat. 18th-century fantasy of to reveal a sculpture of the
This huge iron, glass and tile coloured plasterwork. The Crucifixion by an anonymous
Art Nouveau building, with its doorway is edged by a carving 15th-century German artist.

Valencia City Centre C AL LE DE Jardines GU A DA LAVIAR Pont
Puente
S. José
1 Palau de la Generalitat M. GAUILLEN PORTAL de Fusta Real Monasterio
PLAZA del Río Turia
2 Basílica de la Virgen de Estación de Autobuses NUEVO BLANQ UER ÍA S Puente de la Trinidad
de Serranos
los Desamparados 200m (220 yards) Museo-Casa Museo de
PLAZA DE
3 Cathedral C NA JORDANA Benlliure LOS FUEROS Puente Bellas Artes Jardines
Reales
Instituto Valenciano
4 La Lonja de Arte Moderno (IVAM) PLAZA DEL Trinidad CASTELLÓN
CARMEN
5 Mercado Central C DE RÌPALDA Torres de Jardines DE LA PLANA
Serranos
6 Museo Nacional de Cultural la C CORONA CA LLE PLAZA SAN P I NTOR L ÓPE Z
del Río Turia
Centre
Cerámica Gonzalez Martí Beneficència A LTA Palau de la LORENZO del Real
Puente
Generalitat
7 Colegio del Patriarca Torres PL. VICENTE C CABALLEROS PLAZA Basílica de Palacio Monasterio
IBORRA
DE LA
CALLE DE QUART PLAZA
8 Jardines del Río Turia de Quart TOSSAL San VIRGEN la Virgen de del Temple
los Desamparados
9 Museo de Bellas Artes Nicolás Cathedral
C M U RI LL O CIUDADELA
Santo
0 Torres de Serranos Museo de Historia Santos La PLAZA Domingo
de Valencia
DE LA
PASEO DE LA
q Instituto Valenciano de PLAZA Juanes Lonja REINA PLAZA DE
TETUÁN
PLAZA
SANTA
Arte Moderno (IVAM) URSULA C CARNICEROS REDONDA C AL LE DEL MA R
w Estación del Norte Mercado C A L L E D E L A PA Z
CALLE DE MEL D ONADO
Aeropuerto Central Colegio PLAZA
PORTA
del Patriarca
AVE. M. CRISTINA
8 km (5 miles) Museo DEL MAR
PLAZA
MADRID Cerámica PATRIARCA Palacio Puerto,
C PINTOR de Justicia
SOROLLO
CALLE DEL H OSPITAL AVD A. BARÓN DE CARCER CA L LE SAN VIC EN TE MÁ R TI R PLAZA DEL C DON JUAN DE Colón i de les Ciències
Ciutat de les Arts
AUSTRIA
AYUNTA-
MIENTO
Ayunta-
miento AVDA. M ARQUÉS DE SOTELO Nacional de CALLE CO L ÓN
GUI L LÉ N D E C A ST R O San
0 metres 250 Agustín PL. SAN Xàtiva
CALLE BARCAS PASCUAL Y GENIS
AGUSTÍN
XÀT IVA
0 yards 250 ALICANTE
Plaza
For keys to symbols see back flap Estación de Toros
del Norte
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