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L'Umbracle
L'Umbracle is the landscaped promenade and viewpoint that serves as the entrance to the City of Arts and Sciences. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava; it covers a car park and measures about 320 metres long by 60 wide. Its structure is a succession of parabolic arches 18 metres high, 55 fixed and 54 floating, beneath which climbing plants such as honeysuckle and bougainvillea grow. The garden mixes Mediterranean vegetation of the Valencian Community, such as rockrose, mastic and rosemary, with palm trees and bitter orange trees, and it changes with the seasons. It is home to the Sculpture Walk, an open-air gallery with works by contemporary artists, and an Astronomy Garden. From the upper part you get a head-on view of the buildings of the complex. It is reached from the south-west side of the City of Arts and Sciences, in the old Turia riverbed.
Add it to your trip on Wanloria →Things to do at L'Umbracle: 4 missions
- Walk beneath the parabolic archesWalk the promenade from end to end, passing beneath the 18-metre arches. Notice how the fixed and floating arches alternate.
- Look out over the City of Arts from the viewpointLook through the gaps between the arches that face the complex and frame Calatrava's buildings from here.
- Find a sculpture on the Sculpture WalkFind one of the contemporary sculptures on show in the open air and read the plaque, if it has one, to find out who made it.
- Find bougainvillea and rosemary in the gardenLook among the plants along the promenade for a climbing bougainvillea and a clump of rosemary or rockrose. Smell the aromatic ones without picking them.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to visit L'Umbracle?
Visiting L'Umbracle is free.
How much time do you need for L'Umbracle?
Allow about 45 min for the visit.
What is there to do at L'Umbracle?
Walk beneath the parabolic arches, Look out over the City of Arts from the viewpoint, Find a sculpture on the Sculpture Walk and Find bougainvillea and rosemary in the garden.
What is there to see near L'Umbracle?
Príncipe Felipe Science Museum (207 m), Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (325 m) and Assut de l'Or Bridge (374 m).
Source: Turismo oficial de la Comunitat Valenciana - Umbracle