Blasco Ibanez House Museum

Valencia is a country known for its immensely rich culture. It simply excels in every form of performing arts and other art works, like craft, architecture, sculpture, literature, philosophy and all sorts of other creativeness. Thus if you are planning a holiday in Valencia you will definitely not be able stay away from its contagiously fascinating culture and covering the numerous aspects of living and everything that the city is good at are the numerous Museums in Valencia. One such heritage spot is the Blasco Ibanez House/Museum, Valencia, which was originally a house but later turned into a Museum to commemorate its celebrated resident, the famous novelist Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

The Blasco Ibanez House/Museum, Valencia is located by one of the classiest beach resort areas of Valencia, the Malvarrosa beach. For the past few centuries people have been gathering here for nice beach picnics or fun outings. It also has villas built by the affluent to spend their vacations here and one such villa is that of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. He is the writer of bestsellers like "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and an activist who is the pride of his hometown, Valencia. Hence the state government decided to preserve his residing place along with its belongings. Thus the Blasco Ibanez House that was built in 1902 was revived by the Town Council and turned into the Blasco Ibanez Museum of Valencia.

The Blasco Ibanez House/Museum, Valencia is a three floor structure, with a huge terrace giving a breathtaking view of the sea. Now that it has been turned into a museum it showcases some of the items that used to belong to the author. Portraits and sculptures of the writer and his family take up most of the exhibition space of the Blasco Ibanez Museum in Spain. The rest consists of documents and antique furniture including a huge stone table on which Vicente Blasco Ibanez used to pen his wonderful thought processes.

Address: Blasco Ibanez Museum
Isabel de Villena, 157;
46011 Valencia

Timings: The Museum is open from Tuesday to Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm
And from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
On Sundays and other holidays it is open from 10 am to 3 pm.
Closed on Mondays

Other services: A guided tour of the Blasco Ibanez House/Museum, Valencia is conducted in Spanish every weekend. Tour hours are on Saturdays at 6 pm and 7 pm and on Sundays at 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm.