Turia Garden

The Jardín del Turia is a public urban park located in the former riverbed of the Turia River in the city of Valencia, Spain. The park spans approximately 136 hectares, with plans to expand to 160.5 hectares in the future. It stretches nearly 8.5 kilometers in length, which will extend to almost 10 kilometers upon completion of the final section, with an average width of about 160 meters. It is one of the largest purely urban gardens in Spain.

The park begins at the border with the municipality of Mislata, adjacent to the Canaleta Park and Bioparc Valencia (inaugurated in 2008) at about 19 meters above sea level, and ends at Passeig de l'Albereda near the Oceanogràfic (inaugurated in 2003) at 1 meter above sea level.

Founded in 1986, decades after the Great Flood of Valencia, the garden was established following a transformation of the area from a proposed transportation corridor into a green space for leisure and nature. The idea for the garden emerged after the flood when the Spanish government and Valencia's city council planned to construct a major transportation axis. However, due to public demand for green spaces through the movement "El llit del Túria és nostre i el volem verd" ("The Turia riverbed is ours, and we want it green"), the plans shifted towards creating a park.