{"id":65382,"date":"2016-04-08T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=65382"},"modified":"2020-08-10T17:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T15:38:35","slug":"why-you-should-visit-parc-de-les-aigues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/why-you-should-visit-parc-de-les-aigues\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should visit Parc de Les Aig\u00fces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Parks-for-kids-in-Barcelona-Parc-de-Les-Aigu\u0308es.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65385\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-65385 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Parks-for-kids-in-Barcelona-Parc-de-Les-Aigu\u0308es-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Parks for kids in Barcelona - Parc de Les Aigu\u0308es\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The glorious season of <strong>spring in Barcelona<\/strong> is now upon us. It&#8217;s a time\u00a0where we&#8217;re starting\u00a0to see the days become\u00a0longer, the trees get greener as well as the packing\u00a0away of all of our winter woolies. Coupled with\u00a0the fresh and crisp air that still lingers in the mornings and the promise of warm and sunny afternoons, there\u2019s no better time to enjoy the outdoors at one of\u00a0<strong>Barcelona&#8217;s green spaces<\/strong>. In addition to the\u00a0well-known <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/parc-ciutadella-walk-about-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parc de la Ciutadella<\/a><\/strong>, one of Barcelona&#8217;s\u00a0most idyllic and greenest places, there&#8217;s another green pocket you may like to check out. <strong>Parc de Les Aig\u00fces<\/strong> is the perfect spot\u00a0for some well-deserved rest and relaxation for any\u00a0<strong>urban wanderer<\/strong> looking for a park that&#8217;s less frequented by the masses. This green space, which translates to \u2018Park of the Water\u2019 in English, is in the Barcelona city neighbourhood of <strong>Horta-Guinard\u00f3<\/strong> and conveniently located right next to the <strong>Alfons X metro stop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/remarkable-buildings-of-parc-de-la-ciutadella-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discover The Remarkable Buildings Of Parc de la Ciutadella In Barcelona<\/a><\/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\/why-you-should-visit-parc-de-les-aigues\/#Whats_there_to_do\" title=\"What\u2019s there to do?\">What\u2019s there to do?<\/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\/why-you-should-visit-parc-de-les-aigues\/#Whats_the_history\" title=\"What\u2019s the history?\">What\u2019s the history?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/why-you-should-visit-parc-de-les-aigues\/#How_to_get_there\" title=\"How to get there?\">How to get there?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_there_to_do\"><\/span><strong>What\u2019s there to do?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-65384 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Parks-for-exercise-in-Barcelona-Parc-de-Les-Aigu\u0308es-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Parks for exercise in Barcelona - Parc de Les Aigu\u0308es\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><strong>Parc de Les Aig\u00fces, <\/strong>which\u00a0has been uniquely designed to fit its hilly\u00a0terrain, features\u00a0a series of terraces. Each independent terrace has a different purpose, some with gardens, walking paths and bench seating, and others marked as <strong>areas for children<\/strong> to run, play and enjoy the onsite activity\u00a0equipment. Up\u00a0the higher end of the park is a large open space equipped with <strong>table tennis<\/strong> stations. It\u2019s also at this more elevated level where you can enjoy some lovely city views as well as spot the impressive towers of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/temple-sagrada-familia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sagrada Familia<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Parc de Les Aig\u00fces <\/strong>is the place to go\u00a0if you\u2019re looking for a quiet spot\u00a0to wander, a new area\u00a0to walk your dog or an outdoor space for your young ones to run around freely. It can also make for a pleasant <strong>Sunday afternoon picnic spot<\/strong>, by picking up a roasted chicken and vegetables at a nearby <strong>poller\u00eda<\/strong>\u00a0to enjoy a leisurely afternoon in the spring sunshine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sunday-outdoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spend your Sunday outdoors<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_history\"><\/span><strong>What\u2019s the history?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Parc-de-Les-Aigu\u0308es-in-Barcelona.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65386\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-65386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Parc-de-Les-Aigu\u0308es-in-Barcelona-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Parc de Les Aigu\u0308es in Barcelona\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Parc de Les Aig\u00fces<\/strong>, which has been open to the public for nearly\u00a040 years, has its origins as the gardens and plant nursery of the Companyia d&#8217;Aig\u00fces of Barcelona. The company&#8217;s premises, which formed its base as one of the city&#8217;s water suppliers, was constructed at the end of the 19th century and built over two large water tanks. At the time, it\u00a0also served as the residence of the company\u2019s president who wanted to live in a green space with gardens and animals. Today, the park has transformed into an area for the community to enjoy, with some distinctive vegetation types that may be of interest to nature lovers. You\u2019ll see a variety of <strong>fruit trees<\/strong> including oranges and figs as well as different types of <strong>cypress and laurel trees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_get_there\"><\/span><strong>How to get there?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Parc de Les Aig\u00fces<\/strong> is located at Pla\u00e7a d&#8217;Alfons el Savi, 3. From the city centre, take the yellow metro line (L4) in the direction of Trinitat Nova and get off at Alfons X, which is just a few metres away from the park\u2019s entrance. You may like to make the trip back via\u00a0a short stroll down Carrer de l&#8217;Alcalde de M\u00f3stoles and Carrer de la Marina that takes you directly to the <strong>Sagrada Familia metro stop<\/strong>, right in front of Barcelona\u2019s iconic cathedral.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"65382\"\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\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The glorious season of spring in Barcelona is now upon us. It&#8217;s a time\u00a0where we&#8217;re starting\u00a0to see the days become\u00a0longer, the trees get greener as well as the packing\u00a0away of all of our winter woolies. Coupled with\u00a0the fresh and crisp air that still lingers in the mornings and the promise of warm and sunny afternoons, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":65383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[3839,2886],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65382"}],"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\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65382"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103771,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65382\/revisions\/103771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}