March 2018 Issue #15 March 2018 Issue #15, 4GUYS | Page 30

After the Turia river was diverted from
the city centre in the late 1950s, the
old riverbed became a snaking 11km-
long park, with attractions all along,
the most impressive of which is the
City of Arts and Sciences. Designed
by Valencian architect Santiago Ca-
latrava, the site somewhat resembles
a dinosaurs’ graveyard, with skeletal
buildings including an opera house,
science museum and Europe’s larg-
est aquarium.
The best way to see it, and the wider Turia Gardens, is by bike. We hire a
couple from the hotel and spend a few hours zipping along the dedicated
cycle lanes, chaining our rides up at one point to take a rowing boat on to
the water around the Hemisfèric 3D cinema. If you do the same, be sure to
pack a towel or blanket and lunch: there are plenty of shady spots to stop
watch the many runners go by.
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