{"id":95936,"date":"2018-06-19T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=95936"},"modified":"2022-05-16T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T08:15:11","slug":"discover-collserola-borrell-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/discover-collserola-borrell-reservoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover The Serra de Collserola Borrell Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">You can now get lost in the jungle just a stone&#8217;s throw away from Barcelona. <strong>Collserola<\/strong> is the green lung of the city and provides us with dozens of routes to discover one of the most amazing natural parks. Holm oaks, pines, willows, ash trees, and poplars, among other trees, are the silent witnesses of this natural space that gives us the opportunity to change the center of our well-off life in the big city. Changing the ground under our feet on winding paths in which discovering story places can be one of the most interesting plans for the weekend or a holiday. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> we talk about the <strong>Serra de Collserola<\/strong>.<\/span><\/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\/discover-collserola-borrell-reservoir\/#El_Pantano\" title=\"El Pantano\">El Pantano<\/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\/discover-collserola-borrell-reservoir\/#The_Can_Borrell\" title=\"The Can Borrell\">The Can Borrell<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"El_Pantano\"><\/span>El Pantano<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_95939\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95939\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-95939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11950386526_6000de6673_c-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Premsa SantCugat on Visualhunt.com \/ CC BY-NC<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">&#8220;The Swamp,&#8221; literally,<span lang=\"en\">\u00a0is the name of the route at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parcnaturalcollserola.cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Can Borrell reservoir (Parc de Collserola)<\/strong><\/a>, an area that can be reached by means of different routes around Barcelona and other bordering towns, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/visit-sant-cugat-del-valles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sant Cugat del Vall\u00e9s<\/strong><\/a>. Crossing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelona-pushes-for-green-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meadows, trails and forests<\/a> will lead visitors to this atypical aquatic area, next to the <strong>Vallvidrera reservoir<\/strong>. The marsh is a mantle of shallow stagnant water in which a small ecosystem of its own with amazing biodiversity is made. There are joined aquatic plants such as water lilies and certain seaweed with amphibians such as frogs and birds that are placed before their migration in the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95941\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95941\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-95941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14298065653_66f4e51046_c-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">The <strong>marshes of the Sierra<\/strong> are a protected space so that biodiversity can be consolidated and thrive, enabling trees on the riverbank to create shadow spaces or facilitating the edges of the swamp to be accessible to animals that cohabit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/waterfalls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aquatic and terrestrial areas<\/a>. It also protects against potential invasive species that may damage the ecosystem and protect the area from bad practices by visitors. It is not necessary to mention that these swamps are not suitable for bathing, they are places created to admire and enjoy, but always respecting the animals and the landscape itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><em>Related Article:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/photos-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>5 Places You <\/em>Can&#8217;t-Miss<em> for Taking Photos in Barcelona<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-ta tw-text-medium\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Can_Borrell\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.can-borrell.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span lang=\"en\">The Can Borrell<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Can Borrell<\/strong> is a small cozy accommodation, located in the heart of the valley of the Pyrenees, by El Pantano, and perfect for hiking, skiing, and cycling.\u00a0It is a family-friendly place set in a 400-year-old country house, where people can sit outside and make a delicious picnic or stay inside their restaurant an enjoy Catalan cuisine.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-ta tw-text-medium\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><em><span lang=\"en\">Have you made this route? 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Collserola is the green lung of the city and provides us with dozens of routes to discover one of the most amazing natural parks. Holm oaks, pines, willows, ash trees, and poplars, among other trees, are the silent witnesses of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":95940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[6783,3839,5733],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95936"}],"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\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95936"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108150,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95936\/revisions\/108150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}