{"id":61865,"date":"2016-02-18T20:48:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=61865"},"modified":"2016-11-16T20:47:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T19:47:23","slug":"the-labyrinth-park-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/the-labyrinth-park-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"The Labyrinth Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Living in a big\u00a0city can be overwhelming in the best, and at times, worst sense, and sometimes you might just want to escape and get lost. Maybe low funds are keeping you from planning a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/great-outdoors-in-the-costa-brava\/\" target=\"_blank\">trip<\/a><\/strong>, but you would love to just take a break and enjoy nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have the solution, and the easiest way to get there is just by using the metro! Have you heard of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parc_del_Laberint_d%27Horta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Parc del Laberint d&#8217;Horta<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/meditation-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meditating outdoors in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/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\/the-labyrinth-park-in-barcelona\/#What_to_discover_within\" title=\"What to discover within\">What to discover within<\/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\/the-labyrinth-park-in-barcelona\/#How_to_get_there_and_costs\" title=\"How to get there and costs\">How to get there and costs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_discover_within\"><\/span>What to discover within<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/5117093119_e22a286966_b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62369\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-62369 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/5117093119_e22a286966_b-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"laberint park barcelona\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This former estate of the Desvalls family, on the border of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/hiking-collserola\/\" target=\"_blank\">Collserola<\/a><\/strong> park, is the oldest of its kind in Barcelona, a\u00a0<strong>neoclassical<\/strong> <strong>and romantic garden.<\/strong>\u00a0A unique space,\u00a0the <strong>park<\/strong> has an appealing aura that lets your imagination run wild with ideas of former aristocrats galavanting about the maze in the past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are statues of nine muses on the third terrace, a statue of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, on the intermediate terrace, and in the center, a statue of the god of love, Eros.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <strong>park<\/strong> has seen commoners and royalty alike, by hosting the reception of three Spanish kings\u00a0in its time. The palace and <strong>park <\/strong>was given to the city in 1967, and was open to the public 1971 with minimal restorations in 1994.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>park<\/strong> is over 820 yards long, and within you can find a canal, a waterfall, thousands of flowers, cypress trees, and two juxtaposing gardens, with the neoclassical portion exuding the light themes of love, and the romantic part alluding to\u00a0melancholy themes of death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most interesting parts of the palace is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torre_Sobirana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Torre Sobirana<\/a><\/strong>, an ancient medieval watchtower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/montjuic-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why you should visit the gardens in Montju\u00efc<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_get_there_and_costs\"><\/span>How to get there and costs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/7412752236_a200f7ab69_b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62370\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-62370 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/7412752236_a200f7ab69_b-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"laberint park barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>This <strong>park<\/strong> is relatively off-the-grid, so please respect its untarnished\u00a0and intimate beauty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The best way to get there is to take the green line L3 to Mundet. The <strong>park<\/strong>\u00a0is just a short 5-minute walk from the station.\u00a0There are many stairs and requires a bit of exercise, so it is best to bring a water bottle and a snack as it is a little out of the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many stairs, which requires a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/8fit\/\" target=\"_blank\">exercise<\/a>, so it is best to bring a water bottle and a snack as it is a little out of the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the best perks\u00a0about this park, for students and cheap-os alike, is that it is<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/free-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\">free<\/a> <\/strong>on Wednesdays and Sundays! If you can&#8217;t make it on those days, it is only 2,5 euros for an entry fee into a little wonderland where you feel happy about getting turned around, confused and best of all, lost.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"61865\"\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>Living in a big\u00a0city can be overwhelming in the best, and at times, worst sense, and sometimes you might just want to escape and get lost. Maybe low funds are keeping you from planning a trip, but you would love to just take a break and enjoy nature. I have the solution, and the easiest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":62371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[3466],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61865"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82531,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61865\/revisions\/82531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}