{"id":16904,"date":"2014-11-07T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T11:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=16904"},"modified":"2016-05-26T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T12:13:43","slug":"parc-ciutadella-walk-about-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/parc-ciutadella-walk-about-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Parc Ciutadella &#8211; Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you take a sharp right turn out of<em>\u00a0<\/em>Estacio de Franca\u00a0you will shortly find yourself in <strong>Parc de la Ciutadella<\/strong>, Barcelona\u2019s most central public park.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/parc-ciutadella-walk-about-barcelona\/#A_little_bit_of_history\" title=\"A little bit of history\">A little bit of history<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/parc-ciutadella-walk-about-barcelona\/#What_are_the_most_interesting_features\" title=\"What are the most interesting features?\">What are the most interesting features?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_little_bit_of_history\"><\/span>A little bit of history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park was orignially designed in 1872 by Josep Fontsere although in 1888 the plans were altered to accommodate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/visiting-barcelona-zoo\/\" target=\"_blank\">the zoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A wide path runs through the middle dividing the two main areas. On the southern side (towards Estacio de Franca) is a collection of large and impressive buildings including an arboretum, a museum and the \u2018castle of dragons\u2019; an eye-catching number with plaques depicting Spanish heroes around its roof, which is capped with tall spires and a blue\/green glass ornament which catches and disperses the sun.<\/p>\n<p>You will find street entertainers practising their arts on the grass beside the path as well as picnickers, dog walkers, scholars, photographers, painters, homeless people, tourists and just about any walk of life you care to conjure, making the Parc de la Ciutadella a very colourful and vibrant place to spend an afternoon. Particularly when it\u2019s sunny.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16906\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mammoth.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16906\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mammoth-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mammoth in Parc Ciutadella\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woolly mammoth in Parc Ciutadella, Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_most_interesting_features\"><\/span>What are the most interesting features?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some of the more interesting features of the\u00a0Parc de la Ciutadella\u00a0lie in the northwest corner and these include a boating lake, the stone mammoth sculpture; a supposedly life size homage to the great Woolly Mammoth which attracts throngs of visitors who sit on the end of its trunk for a Kodak moment, and the incredibly impressive fountain with water spitting dragons in the lower reaches that are fed by water from higher levels and a golden chariot sits atop the whole thing glinting brightly in the sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/top-4-free-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parc<\/a> de la Ciutadella is a great place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bookstore-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">to relax<\/a> for an afternoon and soak up a little Barcelona street <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/caixa-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\">culture<\/a>. Refreshments are available at the kiosk near the fountain and the bandstand so if you\u2019ve got some spare cash you can extend your time there even more.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"16904\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you take a sharp right turn out of\u00a0Estacio de Franca\u00a0you will shortly find yourself in Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona\u2019s most central public park. Table of Contents A little bit of historyWhat are the most interesting features? 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