November in the parks

In these days, when Fall appears in Barcelona, and you don´t feel like going to the beach everyday, there are other places to walk and rest: Barcelona parks.
Apart from the famous Parc Güell (which deserves its fame, no doubt about it), there are many other options to visit… Here you have some of them.

Parc Güell
Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, this park is one of the most important works of Modernism. It also has a “wild” part that is really attractive!

Olot/Carretera del Carmel/Coll del Portell
Buses 24, 3, 32, 74, 92,116
Metro: Vallcarca (L3)
Note: It´s better to go by bus, because if you go by metro, you have to go up –literally- nearly 500 metres, and the escalators generally don´t work, at least in some parts of the path.

Parc de la Ciutadella
This park is just behind the “Arc de Triomf”. It has a lake with ducks, nice trees and it´s quite big. It´s ideal to take a long walk on a sunny afternoon and even to visit the Science Museum buildings that are inside its lands.

Pg. Pujades /Pg Picasso/ Zoo Wellington
Buses: 14, 39, 49, 41, 42, 51, 141, B 25
Metro: Arc de Triomf (L1)     

Parc del Laberint d´Horta These are the oldest historical gardens in Barcelona, and they are intact. Their labyrinth shape is an invitation to lose your way, literally!
Germans Desvalls/Pg. Castanyers
Buses: 10, 27, 60, 73, 76, 173, B19
Metro: Mundet (L3)

Jardins del Palau Robert
Right in the centre of the city, at the corner of Passeig de Gràcia and Diagonal, you can take a deep breath in the middle of a nice trees and plants environment. You just have to enter the nice Palau Robert building and start to walk…
Córcega Buses 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24, 28, 31, 33, 34, 39
Metro: Diagonal (L1 y L3)

Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera
Of internationally recognized value, these gardens include an important cactuses collection.
Av. Miramar
Buses: 38,50, PM

Parc Central de Nou Barris
This park contains more than thirty species of trees and is situated around the Dosrius aqueduct, which used to supply water to the city in the 19 th century.
Plaça Karl Marx/Pg. Fabra i Puig/ Marie Curie/ Pi i Molist
Buses: 31, 47, 73, 76, 82, 122, 173, B19
Metro: Llucmajor (L4)

If you want more detailed information, visit www.bcn.es/parcsijardins, where you can also find a complete map with the graphic location of each park.