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Park Guinardó

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:24 +0000

Park Guinardó:Guinardó esplanade acutely resembles a backwoods and has an intricate cartography aggressive appear the four basal points.

How to go: Metro: Line 4 (Guinardó)

Park Laberint

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:11:31 +0000

Labyrinth esplanade was congenital in 1791 on altered levels with stairways, pavilions and abundantly bizarre railings. Adorning the area are assorted statues of fabulous figures.

Park Laberint How to go: Metro: Line 3 (Montbau).

Park de la Ciudadella

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:08:11 +0000

This esplanade is anchored in the Barri Gotic, and you can acquisition abounding huge, important museums of art and culture, and alike a abundant basin area you can hire boats. This was originally a breastwork fabricated in the appearance of a star, congenital for King Felipe V in 1715. But afterwards an 18 ages seige the breastwork fell, and afterwards a while it was a hated attribute of abuse for the locals. Under the Napoleonic administration it was acclimated as a prison. General Prim destroyed the Citadel in 1878, and a bronze was erected to him on the spot. Now this is a accessible garden and exhibition space. You can acquisition palaces of archetypal Spanish architectonics abounding with art here. In 1888 the esplanade was acclimated for the Universal Exhibition and abounding of the admirable barrio were complete for that. The area and fountains were additionally advised in that time, partly by a actual adolescent Gaudí.

Park de la Ciudadella Park de la Ciudadella

How to go: Metro: Line 1 (Arc de Triomf) and Line 4. (Barceloneta or Ciutadella).

Park Güell

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:04:48 +0000

Güell park, advised by Antonio Gaudí is the best acclaimed esplanade in Barcelona, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It has been accountable to all types of acclaim and criticism, including comments such as “outrageous modernism”, “surrealistic island”, “nightmare expressionist park”. First conceived as a clandestine estate, it became a accessible esplanade in 1922. The capital access to the esplanade and the stairway arch to the Hundred Columns Room are structures area Gaudí acutely let his acuteness run free.

Park Güell

How to go: Access: Buses 24, 25, 31, 32 and 74.

Park Espanya Industrial

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:19:20 +0000

The Spanish Industrial park, located on the west side of Estació de Sants, offers us two different aspects: one charming and one industrial.

How to go: Metro: Lines 3 and 5 (Estació Sants)

And others parks such as:

- Jardins i roserar de Cervantes.
- Park Clot.
- Park Estació del Nord.
- Park Joan Miró.

On the hill of Montjuïc, two parks offer a delighful change of pace: the Jardins Mossèn Costa i Llobera, with 150 varieties of cacti of American origin and more than 200 varieties of succulent plants; and the Jardins Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, where more than 100,000 plants bloom throughout the year.