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CultureValencia 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.
CultureThe 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.
Culture95,000 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.
CultureValencia's History Sits Inside an 1850 Water Reservoir
Eleven vaults on 250 brick pillars, eight sections from Roman Valentia onwards, and two official addresses in two different towns.
CultureThe Rice Mill Standing in Valencia's Fishing Quarter
A 1906 factory that ran until the 1970s, with its machines left in working order, two euros and ten minutes from the sand.
CultureValencia's Other Silk Building, and Why It Costs More
A Vergara fresco overhead, an eighteenth-century tiled floor underfoot and old looms in between, in the district named after the trade.
CultureThe Valencia Tourist Card Does Not Cover the Oceanogràfic
It pays for the airport metro and fourteen municipal sites, discounts the big attractions, and only the cheapest version hands you the cathedral.
CultureValencia Airport to the City Centre, Fares and Last Trains
Aeroport station sits in zone B+, which is what sets the fare. Metro, bus and taxi prices, and the first and last departures for each day of the week.
CultureThe Cremà and the Ninot Pardon, What Burns and What Survives
Valencia's Fallas Museum holds what the fire never got, and the city's own two listings disagree on whether it opens its doors on a Monday.
CultureValencia's Flower Offering, What You Are Actually Looking At
The Virgin who fills with flowers in the square is a temporary framework dressed by a climbing team, and the venerated image stands indoors nearby.
CultureValencia's Low Emission Zone and Your Rental Car
Valencia reads 278 camera feeds but restricts one category of vehicle, and no rental fleet in Spain still runs cars old enough to qualify for it.
CultureThe Valencia Mascletà, Rules Nobody Tells You Before You Go
Valencia's city ordinance bans wheeled suitcases, prams and glass from the mascletà, and the access cordon closes long before the two o'clock firing.
CultureThe Water Court of Valencia, Every Thursday at Noon
A working court that sits outdoors, keeps no written record and issues rulings no one can appeal. It costs nothing to watch and lasts about twenty minutes.