Valencia

The city's Museum of Fine Arts, with its lovely palm-shaded cloister, is among the best in Spain. — Fodor's

Wander the minimalist spaces at Valencia's Modern Art Institute and find your favorite contemporary and modern masterpieces. — Afar Magazine

[A] side chapel containing an ancient agate cup that for over 500 years has been heralded as the bona fide Holy Grail. — Concierge

On the Plaza del Mercado, this 15th-century building is a product of Valencia's golden age. — Fodor's

Santa Bárbara Castle played a key role in the city's history. — Michelin Guide

A pair of wonderfully extravagant rococo caryatids (columns in the shape of female figures) curl around the main entrance of this over-the-top palace. — Lonely Planet

dominated by a dome nearly 150 feet high, a pretty cloister, and a lavish baroque side chapel. — Fodor's

This informative and well-presented museum provides a perfect introduction to archaeology. — Michelin Guide

Dappled with rice paddies, the park is a nesting site for more than 250 bird species, including herons, terns, egrets, ducks, and gulls. — Fodor's

For 500 years, this cathedral has claimed to possess the Holy Grail, the chalice Jesus used at the Last Supper; it's on display in a side chapel. — Frommer's

Inside the beautiful 18th-century Palacio del Conde de Lumiares, MUBAG, as it's best known, has some 500 works of art ranging from the 16th to the early 20th century. — Fodor's

The City of Arts and Sciences is one of the largest cultural projects in Europe, entrusted to the Hispano-Mexican Félix Candela and to renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. — Michelin Guide

After dark, this medieval edifice looks more like a king's fortress than a city gate. Built in the 14th century by Pere Balaguer, the gate's interior shows off the building's beautiful bone structure. — Afar Magazine

Valencia’s oldest church was founded in 1238, the year the city was recaptured from the Muslims. — Lonely Planet

This ultramodern arts complex, grafted onto the City of Arts & Sciences, has four auditoriums and enticing levels of plants poking out from under the ceramic exoskeleton. — Lonely Planet

The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum (Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe) stands behind a huge triangular pool filled with turquoise water (where you can float in enormous transparent bubbles). — Michelin Guide

This superb zoo encompasses some 100,000m²/328,084ft² in Cabecera park to the west of Valence. — Michelin Guide

Talk about a feast for the eyes. — The Telegraph

One of the largest aquariums in Europe is also a highlight of the City of Arts and Sciences, and a perennially popular place to visit — Independent

Today it is home to a cultural complex made up of the Museum of Prehistory and Museum of Ethnology, centred on Valencia and its region, a library, and the Parpalló Room. — Michelin Guide