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Parks & Gardens
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Jardins Mossèn Costa i
stairways leading to enchanting
leafy groves with vistas.
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Map C5
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Jardins Laribal
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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Jardí Botànic
This multi-level park hides a
small
Modernista
house, by Puig
i Cadafalch, and the Font del Gat
- a drinking fountain, which has in-
spired many local songs.
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Map B4
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Jardins de Joan Maragall
These wild gardens offer
splendid vistas and hundreds of
examples of typical Mediterranean
vegetation.
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Map A4 • Open Feb,
Mar, Oct: 10am-6pm daily; Apr, May, Sep:
10am-7pm daily; Jun-Aug: 10am-8pm
daily; Nov-Jan: 10am-5pm daily • Adm; free
last Sun of month & every Sun from 3pm
An avenue lined with sculp-
tures 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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Map B4 • Open 10am-3pm Sat & Sun
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Jardins Mossèn Cinto
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Muntanya de Montjuïc
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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Jardins del Castell
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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Map A5
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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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Map A3 • DA
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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Map B5
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Jardins del Teatre Grec
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Reminiscent of the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon, this gracious
oasis surrounding the Greek
amphitheatre is officially known
as La Rosadela.
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Jardins de Miramar
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Opposite the Miramar, these
gardens are scattered with
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Unless otherwise stated, parks & gardens are usually open
10am-dusk daily.
