Celebrate Grandparents' Day at Museo Iluziona

The 25% discount the museum announced for International Grandparents' Day appears in our source with a validity window running to 20 September. Promotions like this get adjusted as they go, so confirm on the official page that it is still live, and which tickets it applies to, before turning up with a grandmother and three grandchildren.

What Museo Iluziona is

It is a museum of optical illusions: rooms built to fool the eye and to be photographed from inside, with the scenes constructed around Valencian myths and legends. It works with children old enough to enjoy spotting the trick, and just as well with adults willing to play along. Being entirely indoors, it covers the two situations that most often derail a day here — August heat and rain.

Where it is and how to get there

Carrer de Castelló 20, in the Eixample district, on the ground floor of the Casa Judía, an art deco building from 1930 worth a minute of looking up before you go in. It stands a few metres from Estació del Nord, the main railway station, so metro, regional trains and a fifteen-minute walk from the centre all work. Parking around here is hard; public transport is the simpler answer.

What is nearby

Cross Gran Via and you are in Russafa, the neighbourhood where people in this part of town actually eat and drink. Two blocks away is the Mercado de Colón, a modernista market hall with a horchatería inside, and next to the station sits the bullfighting museum. For a full day with children, see what to do in València with kids and what to do when it rains.