# 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). No votes cast yet — entries are ordered as added, and the community's votes will decide the order from here — last updated Aug 18, 2026.

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

1. **[Park Güell](/e/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
2. **[Parc de la Ciutadella](/e/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
3. **[Parc del Laberint d'Horta](/e/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
4. **[Turó Park](/e/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
5. **[Jardins de Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer](/e/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
6. **[Jardí Botànic de Barcelona](/e/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

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