# Best Parks in Barcelona

From Gaudí's UNESCO-listed hillside park to a hidden 18th-century maze garden, the parks and gardens Barcelona residents actually use. · community starter list

6 parks in Barcelona, including Park Güell (Gràcia, Barcelona). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Spain](/spain.md) / Barcelona
**Updated:** 2026-08-18 06:28:45

1. **[Park Güell](/e/park-guell---743.md)** (park) — Gaudí's Modernista park in Gràcia, built 1900-14 as a failed garden-city project and opened to the public in 1926; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://parkguell.barcelona/en/park-guell/over-hundred-years-history, https://www.headout.com/blog/park-guell-history/
2. **[Parc de la Ciutadella](/e/parc-de-la-ciutadella---744.md)** (park) — Barcelona's grand 19th-century park built on the site of a demolished military citadel for the 1888 World's Fair, with a monumental fountain and boating lake. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://aviewoncities.com/barcelona/parc-de-la-ciutadella, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_de_la_Ciutadella
3. **[Parc del Laberint d'Horta](/e/parc-del-laberint-d-horta---745.md)** (park) — Barcelona's oldest park, an 18th-century neoclassical estate garden centered on a cypress-hedge maze, opened to the public in 1971. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/visiting/parc-del-laberint-a-maze-ing/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_del_Laberint_d'Horta
4. **[Turó Park](/e/turo-park---746.md)** (park) — Compact Sant Gervasi park built on the site of a 1912-29 amusement park, designed by Nicolau M. Rubió i Tudurí and named for poet Eduard Marquina. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://barcelona.cat/en/what-to-do-in-bcn/parks-and-gardens/el-turo-park_92086011942.html, https://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/living/community/turo-park-an-urban-oasis-in-barcelona/
5. **[Jardins de Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer](/e/jardins-de-mossen-cinto-verdaguer---747.md)** (park) — Five-hectare terraced garden at the foot of Montjuïc Castle, opened 1970 in an old quarry, known for its seasonal flower beds and lake sculpture. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://irbarcelona.org/barcelona-gardens/jardins-mossen-cinto-verdaguer/, https://www.barcelona.cat/en/what-to-do-in-bcn/parks-and-gardens/jardins-de-mossen-cinto-verdaguer-92090124057
6. **[Jardí Botànic de Barcelona](/e/jardi-botanic-de-barcelona---748.md)** (park) — Mediterranean-climate botanical garden on the slopes of Montjuïc, opened 1999, with over 1,300 plant species grouped by geographic origin. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.barcelona.de/en/barcelona-jardi-botanic.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%AD_Bot%C3%A0nic_de_Barcelona

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