Explorer Valence

The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is Valencia's opera house, designed by Santiago Calatrava as the last large building of the City of Arts and Sciences and opened in October 2005. A 230 m steel crest arches over the 75 m high building, which holds four auditoriums, the largest seating 1,470. Outside performances, visitors can tour the halls with a guide, audio guide or leaflet.

L'Hemisfèric is the first building of Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences, designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in April 1998. Shaped like an eye, it is about 110 m long, with aluminium shutters that lift like an eyelid over a shallow pool. Under the concrete dome inside, a large curved screen shows documentary films and planetarium programmes.