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ive views over the Baix Llobregat industrial area. You can see across to the Olympic stadium
from here, while in the immediate foreground is the extraordinary
Cementiri del Sud-Oest
,
stretching along the ridge below, whose tombs are stacked like apartment blocks on great
conifer-lined avenues.
Jardí Botànic de Barcelona
C/Dr Font i Quer 2 • Daily: April, May & Sept 10am-7pm, June-Aug 10am-8pm, Oct-March 10am-6pm •
€3.50,or€7combinedticketwithMuseuBlau,under-16sfree,plusfreeSunafter3pm&lastSunofmonth•
932 564 160,
www.museuciencies.bcn.cat
• Espanya, then 20min walk via escalators, or bus #150 from
Av. de la Reina Maria Cristina or #55 from c/Lleida
Principal among Montjuïc's many gardens is the city's botanical garden, the
Jardí Botànic
deBarcelona
,laidoutonterracedslopesthatofferfineviewsacrossthecity.Montjuïcbuses
runheredirectly,whiletheentranceisjustafive-minutewalkaroundthebackoftheOlympic
stadium. It's a beautifully kept contemporary garden, where wide, easy-to-follow paths (fine
for buggies - strollers - and wheelchairs) wind through landscaped zones representing the
flora of the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, California, Chile, South Africa and Australia.
Just don't come in the full heat of the summer day, as there's very little shade. Guided tours
in Spanish/Catalan every weekend (except Aug) show you the highlights, but you get an
English-language printed guide included in the entry fee in any case.
