Gulliver Park

Gulliver Park is a park for children's play is inspired by the novel by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travel, published in 1726. Although it is often considered a children's play really is a ferocious satire of society and the human condition, camouflaged as a travel book picturesque country.

Gulliver's Travel Picture




In this novel, Captain Gulliver is taken on his first trip to the shore by the waves after a shipwreck, and wakes up being prisoner of a race of people of a size twelve times smaller than a human being, less than 15 cm height. So in this park our children will be the 'Lilliputian' who captured Captain Gulliver, and will play in his clothes (which are slides, stairs and walkways)

You can read more about Gulliver's Travel in the Spanish Wikipedia Translated.

Gulliver Park aerial view.

Gulliver Park is located in the old bed of the Turia River, between the Music's Palace and the "Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia".

Gulliver Park model aerial view.

Inside the hat of Gulliver, there is a model of the entire Gulliver Park, so you can peek the hat to see a sort of 3D map of the park.

Gulliver Park Sword side view.

City of Arts and Sciences

The City of Arts and Sciences is an architectural, cultural and entertainment center in the city of Valencia (Spain). The City of Arts and Sciences is located at the end of the old Turia riverbed.

The buildings that comprise it are in order of opening:


- L'Hemisfèric: with an eye. Screening Room IMAX theater, planetarium and laser. Has an approximate area of 13,000 m², and the inner screen has an aproximate area of 900 sqm and a capacity for over 250 people.

- El Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe: shaped like the skeleton of a dinosaur, is an interactive science museum. It occupies about 40,000 sqm spread over three floors.

- L'Umbracle: walk landscaped with native plants of the Valencian Community (jara, mastic, rosemary, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm trees covered by floating arches ,...) where you can see the whole complex of the City Arts and Sciences. The inside houses the Sculpture Walk, an art gallery outdoor sculptures by contemporary authors. (Miquel Navarro, Francesc Abad, Yoko Ono and others ..)

- El Oceanografic: Oceanographic aquarium is the largest in Europe with 110,000 square meters and 42 million liters of water. His lily-shaped housing is the work of architect Adrian Pelaez Coronado born in Valencia.

- Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofia, with four large rooms: a main hall, Aula Magistral, Amphitheatre and Theatre House. Exhibition Hall. It is dedicated to the music and the performing arts.

- El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or that connects the south with the street round Menorca, whose pylon of 125 meters is the highest point of the city.

- El Agora: A covered market was opened but still not completed, which hosts concerts and sporting events such as the new Grand Prix of Valencia Tennis.

You can see the current exhibitions and ticket prices on the official website of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia.