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Nature
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NatureThirty-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.
NatureSpain's Oldest Botanical Garden Charges Four Euros
A university research collection of 4,500 species on four hectares, with an iron shade house from 1900 and a greenhouse of 5,000 glass panes.
NatureAlbufera Boat Trips and How to Visit the Lagoon
No booking, no timetable and a forty minute crossing for four to six euros. The catch is that the last boat is set by the light, not by a clock.
NatureBioparc Valencia and the Rule That Decides Your Day
You cannot leave and come back, no outside food gets through the gate, and the last admission is an hour before closing. At €32.50 a head that settles the plan.
NatureA Day at El Saler, Valencia's Dune Beach
Lifeguards until 7pm, free parking that fills by eleven and 2,700 metres of sand inside a natural park where the boardwalks hold the dunes together.
NatureValencia's Turia Gardens, What Is in Each Section
Nine kilometres of park in a drained riverbed, numbered 1 to 18. Gulliver is in section 12, the concert hall in 11 and the City of Arts in 15.