• Sight-seeing tour in Valencia on Sunday, 26 April

  All participants of the EuroCombiCat 2009 can take part in a sight-seeing tour in Valencia.
  This tour is free of charge. To register please use the registration form or inform the conference office.

  Participants arriving in the course of the Sunday can bring their luggage to the ITQ and join the sight-seeing tour.
  The start will be at 10:00 h from the ITQ.

  Please find below the programme / Download views:

  08:45	Bus leaves from Gandia (hotel Bayren) to Valencia.
  10:00	Start from the ITQ to the City of Science (walking tour)
  	We will walk in the dry riverbed to see the modern buildings of the City of Arts and Science. The Turia riverbed is the central axis of the city, 9 km of a green belt surrounded by ancient walls and buldings. with pretty walks, ponds and sculptures scattered over it.
  12:30	Old City of Valencia
  	Meeting/starting point is the bull fight place at the train station. From here, we will go to the council square, the cathedral, the Serrano tower, the central market.
  14:00	Lunch at the main square (Plaza de la reina), where there are lots of small restaurant and bars.
  15:00	Continuation of Old City tour
  16:00	Return to ITQ
  16:45	Bus starts from ITQ via Valencia airport to Gandia
  17:00	Bus leaves Valencia airport for Gandia
  	Mobile phones of ITQ members (if somebody gets lost)
  	Laurent Baumes: +34 679595894
  	Santiago Jimenez:+34 645658558
  	Isabel Minuesa:+34 625665050
  	Jose Manuel Serra:+34 661914436

• Welcome reception at the hotel Bayren on Sunday, 26 April

• Conference dinner at the Hotel Gandía Palace

Other recommended places in Valencia: Map of Valencia

L' Oceanografic
The Marine Park
L'Oceanografic is the biggest marine park in Europe. A collection of smaller structures grouped around and across a water reservoir. The viewing is actually underground, thosands of species of marine flora and fauna, including sharks and dolphins. There is a section on every marine zone in the world - from Arctic to Mediterranean. This is a more relaxing and visual experience than the Museum of Sciences, and more suitable for kids.
Average viewing time: 3.5 hours

L'Hemisferic
The IMAX Cinema.
L'Hemispheric usually has 5-7 various shows on display, all of educational and/or visually stunning character. This is IMAX 3D cinema and perhaps the most engaging part of the complex for the kids. Everyone lies almost horizontally on the floor and watches the hemispheric screen above them.
Average viewing time: 1 hour

Museo de Ciences Principe Felipe
The Museum of Science.
An enormous long structure with 3 floors of ultra-interactive science material on topics like electricity, physical laws, lasers, human body, sport sciences, sound, lights, planetarium, and many others. Some stuff is purely fun, other takes good brain work, all of it is fascinating. Unlike in other museums, the rules here are - pull, push, touch, twist. Most of the exhibition is permanent, with a couple of rotating temporary sections.
Average viewing time: 3 hours

L'Umbracle
The Greenhouse.
This is a luxurious green promenade with species of plants from all over the world. It is also the only part of the complex with public access free of charge.
Average viewing time: 3 hours

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