Mostly dog walking and reading or working: the shaded strip under the garden wall is the neighbourhood lap, before work and again after dark, and inside people read on the benches or work with a laptop on their knees until the gates shut around sundown.
Dog walkingPasseig de la Petxina, the pavement strip under the Botànic's north wall
The narrow strip between the garden wall and the riverbed is the neighbourhood's dog lap — you do it before work and again after dark, and everyone knows everyone's dog. The wall side has the shade and the palms hanging over it, so in July it's the only bearable half of the street.
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Reading or workingJardí de les Hespèrides, the central orange-tree axis and its side benches
The free citrus garden right next to the ticketed Botànic, which almost nobody walks into. It's where you go when the Túria is too loud — people read on the benches along the central path, students work with a laptop on their knees, and it empties completely when the gates shut around sundown.
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