Barcelona Ciutadella Park Self-Guided Audio Walk: Cascada, Parliament and Arc de Triomf
60 minutes
About this experience
Barcelona's first public park was made from a fortress built to hold the city down. In 1869 the citadel was handed to the city on one condition: that it become a park. Start at the boating lake, where wild parakeets were first recorded in Barcelona, and stand before the Cascada, the waterfall where a young Gaudí worked as the designer's assistant. Meet a life-size 1907 mammoth and seven swamp cypresses standing in the water. Pass what is left of the fortress: its arsenal, now the Parliament of Catalonia, the governor's palace and the chapel. Then walk the 1888 Exposition's science row, the Umbracle, the glass Hivernacle and the Castle of the Three Dragons, and up the grand promenade to the Arc de Triomf. Some buildings are under restoration into 2027, and the Cascada is drained for cleaning twice a year. Twelve stops, about 1.3 km and an hour, flat, at your own pace, in English, on your phone. The park is free; museum entry is not included.
What's included
Walk the Parc de la Ciutadella from its parakeet palms, Cascada and Ice Age mammoth past the old citadel's arsenal and chapel to the 1888 Exposition's science row and the Arc de Triomf.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.