Top 10 Parks & Gardens
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1. Jardins Mossèn Costa i Llobera
These are among Europe’s most important cactus gardens. They are particularly impressive as the sun sets, when surreal and shapes and shadows emerge.
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2. Jardí Botànic
These wild gardens offer splendid vistas and hundreds of examples of typical Mediterranean vegetation.
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3. Jardins Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer
The best time to visit these wonderfully elegant gardens is in spring when the plants are in blossom and the colours and aromas are in full force.
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4. Jardins del Castell
Cannons among the rose bushes, and pathways along the walls of a flower-filled moat, are the highlights of these gardens, which ring the castle.
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5. Jardins del Teatre Grec
Reminiscent of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, this gracious oasis surrounding the Greek amphitheatre is officially known as La Rosadela.
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6. Jardins de Miramar
Opposite the Miramar, with its telescopes and viewing spots, these gardens are scattered with stairways leading to enchanting leafy groves with vistas.
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7. Jardins Laribal
This multi-level park hides a small Modernista house, by Puig i Cadafalch, and the Font del Gat – a drinking fountain, which has inspired many local songs.
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8. Jardins de Joan Maragall
An avenue lined with sculptures by Frederic Marès and Ernest Maragall is the main delight here. The garden also has the last of the city’s ginjoler trees.
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9. Muntanya de Montjuïc
A multitude of secret paths leads through wild gardens on Montjuïc’s south side, the only part of the mountain that remains untamed.
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10. El Mirador del Llobregat
A viewing area with small gardens nearby, this is the only place in the city where you can see the plains of the Llobregat stretching below.
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