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View all →The IVAM Keeps a Medieval City Wall in Its Basement
A 14th-century wall found while digging the foundations, 14,000 works upstairs, and three official pages that disagree on when it is free.
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The Beach House of the Novelist Hollywood Filmed Twice
Two euros on the Malvarrosa sand, free on Sundays, and an hour of closure at lunchtime that catches out anyone walking up from the beach.
95,000 Miniatures Behind a Gothic Door on Caballeros
Dinosaurs to UN blue helmets in the world's largest historical miniature museum, eight euros, in a palace three doors from the seat of government.
Thirty-Three Marble Statues Behind a Free Gate
A neoclassical garden of 12,000 square metres with a named 1849 designer, no ticket desk, and two official closing times that disagree.
Valencia's Free Palace Asks for Your ID Before the Date
No ticket desk, no chosen hour: you send a request with passport details and the Presidency assigns a morning, if its diary allows.
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View all →The IVAM Keeps a Medieval City Wall in Its Basement
A 14th-century wall found while digging the foundations, 14,000 works upstairs, and three official pages that disagree on when it is free.
Valencia's Second-Largest Market Is Made of Concrete
A brutalist hall from 1962 with 160 food stalls, shutting at 15:00, in the neighbourhood where everything else opens at night.
Valencia Has Two Fallas Museums, One Shut All August
Near-identical names, rescued ninots in both and a 2 euro ticket each, but different addresses and calendars that close on opposite days.