Javea

Jávea (Valencian and co-official Xàbia) is a municipality in Valencia, Spain. Located on the north coast of the province of Alicante, in the district of Marina Alta. It has a population of over 34,000 inhabitants (INE 2008), of which 53.1% are foreign.

Located in the north of the province, we can find right at the tip inlet of the sea on the east coast. It is located about 90 km from Ibiza, where possible on a clear day, view the profile of the island from the two major strands of the place.

Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias

Powered by the Generalitat Valenciana, complex City of Arts and Sciences has become an international landmark and symbol of the commitment to cultural tourism and dynamism with which the Valencia is presented to the world. Along a line of nearly two kilometers in the old bed of the Turia, five major elements share the vocation for cultural dissemination and public participation in a futuristic and unique architectural environment, large public open spaces: Hemisfèric The Science Museum Príncipe Felipe, L'Umbracle, L'Oceanographic and Palau de les Arts.

After five years running, Hemisfèric, the first element of the complex that opened in April 1998, has had more than 4 million viewers. This is the only place in Spain where projected on a concave screen 900 square meters, three audiovisual shows representations of astronomical phenomena in the Planetarium, large format films and laser system Omniscam IMAX latest generation Laserium.

L'Umbracle, also work by Santiago Calatrava, is the viewpoint of the City tour, consisting of a succession of 55 fixed arches and 54 floating arches of 18 feet, on which grow climbing plants. From L'Umbracle, you can see all buildings, ponds, walks and gardens of the complex.

Currently Hemisfèric programming includes T-REX, adventure film that transports you back in time to learn about the largest carnivorous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex. Every day at 14 and at 21 hours. Saturdays and Sundays at 19 pm. And from Thursday to Saturday at 23 hours.

Rhythm is a visual and sonic exploration of continents and cultures through the universal language of music. Every day at 12 and at 20 hours. The Living Sea is a tribute to the beauty, strength and importance of the oceans, through a trip around the underwater world full of exotic creatures and underwater adventures. Every day at 16 and at 18 hours. Star Heaven is a live planetarium program designed especially for children where a presenter shows the night sky and the solar system by encouraging their participation. To end will know the legend of Perseus and Andromeda with a stunning laser show. Monday to Friday at 11 am and Sat. and Sun. at 13 hours. And The Conquest of Saturn's rings sailing and knows this mysterious planet in the fabulous planetarium show.

The City of Arts and Sciences has always been renowned for being a complex open to all sorts of cultural and social activities, and is now a property lease its facilities for various international meetings that will make for a few days or weeks in the global home of Internet users, as was again this summer with Campus Party, the capital of political or environmental diplomacy as Euromed or RAMSAR.

It has been home to cutting-edge scientific meetings and stage for artistic expression as Eclèctic Festival, organized by the City of Arts and Sciences, among many other games. Also, the Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe has been chosen by the European Space Agency in Spain to host the live broadcast of the launch of the Mars Express, a historic event as it is the first European space mission to another planet .