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NatureThirty-Three Marble Statues Behind a Free Gate
Looking for a quiet free garden in Valencia? Monforte is a neoclassical garden of 12,000 square metres with 33 marble statues, laid out after 1849 by Sebastián Monleón, with no ticket desk. Go in the afternoon or at weekends, since weekday mornings can bring civil weddings to the palace, and in October plan to be out by 18:00.
NatureSpain's Oldest Botanical Garden Charges Four Euros
Is the Valencia Botanical Garden worth four euros? It is a university research collection of 4,500 species on four hectares at Calle Quart 80, with an iron shade house from 1900 and a greenhouse of over 5,000 glass panes. Reduced entry is €1.70 for ages 7 to 17, and from May to August it stays open from 10:00 to 21:00.
NatureAlbufera Boat Trips and How to Visit the Lagoon
Planning a boat trip on the Albufera? Boats leave from four jetties, Port del Saler and Port del Palmar among them, with no booking and no timetable, and a forty minute crossing costs four to six euros. The last boat goes with the light, not a clock. EMT routes 24 and 25 get you there for €2.00, and Racó de l'Olla is free from 9am to 2pm.
NatureBioparc Valencia and the Rule That Decides Your Day
Is Bioparc Valencia worth a full 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, or €25.50 for children aged 4 to 12, that settles the plan. Under-4s go free, and EMT buses 98 and 99 stop at the entrance itself.
NatureA Day at El Saler, Valencia's Dune Beach
Planning a day at El Saler? Lifeguards stay until 7pm, the free parking fills by eleven in July and August, and the 2,700 metres of sand sit inside a natural park where boardwalks hold the dunes together. No railway reaches it: take EMT bus 24 or 25, or drive about 30 minutes down the CV-500. There are 21 public toilets.
NatureValencia's Turia Gardens, What Is in Each Section
Where should you walk into the Turia Gardens? Nine kilometres of park in a drained riverbed, numbered 1 to 18. Gulliver is in section 12, free and open daily from 10am to 8pm, the concert hall in 11 and the City of Arts in 15, with sports pitches from 3 to 6. Cycle it to cover everything: walking takes roughly two hours.