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The World’s 100 Best Parks

Parc de la Ciutadella

Barcelona, Spain

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST PARKS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 94 2026
Parc de la Ciutadella

Large city-centre park near the Arc de Triomf, with lawns, palm trees, old trees, a small boating lake and a monumental fountain. Visitors stroll, picnic, row on the lake, watch street musicians, feed green parrots and photograph the Cascada Monumental with its golden chariot.

Highlights

  • Cascada Monumental fountain
  • Rowing lake
  • Parliament of Catalonia

Good to know

  • Free entry
  • Rowboat hire about 10–11 euros per 30 minutes
  • Parrot seed sellers charge money; watch pickpockets

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