{"id":3423,"date":"2026-03-17T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2026-pieter60\/calatrava-calling\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:32:00","slug":"calatrava-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2026-pieter60\/calatrava-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Calatrava Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started with a three mile walk down the beautiful Turia Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the bed of a diverted river that flowed through the city. After years of not being able to decide what to do with all that land, the city noticed that people used it as a park. It was then developed into this beautiful green ribbon that \u2018flows\u2019 through the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our goal was to go see the architecture of Calatrava in the City of Arts and Sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soaring buildings were indeed breathtaking and there is no photo that can give you a sense of the soaring spaces. Truly elevating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This setting has also been used in a lot of futuristic shows and movies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1485-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1485\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Breakfast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1486-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1486\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1487-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1487\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">When you bought your monument from Ikea but lost the instructions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1488-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1488\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1489-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1489\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1490-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1490\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulliver Park is a playground where there is a giant statue of Gulliver. When kids play on him you see them as Lulliputans. Adorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1491-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1491\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1492-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1492\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1493-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1493\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1494-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1494\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1495-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1495\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1496-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1496\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1497-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1497\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1498-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1498\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1499-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Even the interiors are soaring and breathtaking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1500-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1500\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1501-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1501\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1502-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1502\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1503-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1503\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1504-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/images-posts\/1505-calatrava-calling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1505\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Santiago Calatrava was born July 28, 1951, in Valencia, Spain and is a renowned architect, structural engineer, and sculptor known for futuristic, skeletal designs and soaring, white concrete structures.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started with a three mile walk down the beautiful Turia Park. 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