{"id":68311,"date":"2016-06-03T13:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T11:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=68311"},"modified":"2016-06-03T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T11:39:42","slug":"nou-barris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/nou-barris\/","title":{"rendered":"All about Nou barris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of Barcelona&#8217;s ten districts, <strong>Nou Barris<\/strong> is not amongst the most talked about or visited one. Despite\u00a0its humble nature, <strong>Nou Barris<\/strong>\u00a0is actually an area rich in <strong>beauty and culture<\/strong> and definitely worth a visit.<\/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\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/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\/nou-barris\/#Mirador-de-Torre-Baro\" title=\"Mirador de Torre Bar\u00f3\">Mirador de Torre Bar\u00f3<\/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\/nou-barris\/#Parc-de-la-Guineueta\" title=\"Parc de la Guineueta\">Parc de la Guineueta<\/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\/nou-barris\/#Parc-Central-de-Nou-Barris\" title=\"Parc Central de Nou Barris\">Parc Central de Nou Barris<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"title-page\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mirador-de-Torre-Baro\"><\/span>Mirador de Torre Bar\u00f3<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_68668\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68668\" class=\"wp-image-68668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/en\/2016\/05\/View.jpg\" alt=\"View\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Viaja blog via VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-SA<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This viewing point in Nou Barris is one of the best places to view the city\u00a0and the surrounding area. Hidden away\u00a0at the top of Torre Baro opposite the\u00a0<strong>Castell de Torre Bar\u00f3, <\/strong>it<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a fantastic setting to enjoy the glorious panoramic views. The sights are a little different than those at <strong>Montjuic<\/strong> or <strong>Tibidabo<\/strong> and offering visitors the chance to look at some of\u00a0the lesser-known parts of the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"share\">\n<h2 class=\"title-page\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Parc-de-la-Guineueta\"><\/span>Parc de la Guineueta<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Parc de la Guineueta<\/strong>\u00a0is another great\u00a0park in <strong>Nou Barris<\/strong>. With large\u00a0green spaces and a gorgeous lake in the centre &#8211; the park has become popular with locals who flock in, especially at weekends, for a nice stroll. There are\u00a0plenty of trees and shady areas if you want to sit in the shade and relax and there is also a network of pathways that take you around the beautiful park if you want a nice brisk walk.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title-page\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Parc-Central-de-Nou-Barris\"><\/span>Parc Central de Nou Barris<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_68751\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68751\" class=\"wp-image-68751 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/en\/2016\/05\/Sign--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Oh-Barcelona.com via Visual Hunt \/ CC BY<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inaugurated in 1999, <strong>Parc Central de Nou Barris\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0the main park in the district and one of the most beautiful parks in the city. Awarded the\u00a0<strong><i>International Urban Landscape <\/i>prize for architecture in 2007,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0the park is one of the largest in the city and is full of\u00a0interesting and quirky designs. There is a network of water running trough the park which comes from the two large lakes &#8211; these\u00a0form\u00a0large tranquil pools as well as a series of impressive fountains. The park also houses some of the district&#8217;s most important and culturally significant buildings such as the former <strong>Santa Creu Psychiatric\u00a0Hospital<\/strong> &#8211; which has now become the home of the Library of Nou Barris and the Municipal Council of the District of Nou Barris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">All in all the district\u00a0of<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> Nou Barris<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> is one the most interesting ones Barcelona. It is a refreshing break from the tourist-heavy city centre, exposing visitors to a more local and traditional region of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Barcelona&#8217;s ten districts, Nou Barris is not amongst the most talked about or visited one. Despite\u00a0its humble nature, Nou Barris\u00a0is actually an area rich in beauty and culture and definitely worth a visit. Tabla de contenidos Mirador de Torre Bar\u00f3Parc de la GuineuetaParc Central de Nou Barris Mirador de Torre Bar\u00f3 This viewing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":550432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52528],"tags":[52606,52846,54446,54460,54644],"class_list":["post-68311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leisure-and-culture","tag-10-free-things-to-do-in-barcelona","tag-activities-in-barcelona","tag-barcelona-parks","tag-barcelona-places-to-go","tag-barcelona-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}