Urban Planning, Ecological Transition, Urban Services and Housing

Playing is a priority for children: they learn to share, to experiment and engage with their surroundings and with other children.

Barcelona’s parks are often surrounded by vegetation, offering a chance to enjoy nature and have a good time with family and friends.

Get out of the house and enjoy the parks the city has to offer!

A park with giant slides: Parc de Diagonal Mar
Located in the district of Sant Martí, this park features some giant slides. While the slides get a lot of attention from visitors, the Parc de Diagonal Mar includes a children’s play area, a bocce court, table-tennis, basketball and football courts, a sports area and an amphitheatre.

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A recreational space for children and young people: Gran Clariana
The space where the Encants market used to be held in Glòries has been converted into this space of nearly 20,400 square metres of green space, with 1,200 square metres devoted to recreational uses by youngsters.

Various leisure spaces covered with natural rubber and intended for use by children up to the age of 12.

A space which clearly invites people to relax and enjoy nature.

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A park with a giant octopus: Parc de La Pegaso
The history behind this park lends the space its name. This was the site of the iconic manufacturing plant operated by ENASA (Empresa Nacional de Autocamiones, SA), where the popular Pegaso lorries were produced.

A large green space in the neighbourhood of La Sagrera, with trees, play areas and a water channel running right through it.

The area for children includes a recently developed section with a giant octopus, created with the participation of children from schools in the local vicinity.

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A former fairground, now redeveloped: Jardins de Joan Brossa
The Jardins de Joan Brossa are a fine example of regaining landscape and the environment in a location through the consolidation of greenery.

Their location has converted the Jardins de Joan Brossa into a connection between various gardens in Montjuïc. At the same time, the recreational and leisure aspect of the former fairground is still present here. Three play areas feature elements for people of all ages, some of which are highly original. Music also plays an important part, with musical cushions along the path which emit notes when they are stepped on, along with an area with zip slides and climbing games.

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A park with a swimming pool: Parc de la Creueta del Coll
A park which combines art and vegetation in an urban setting, shielded from view and half hidden in one of the neighbourhoods in the Gràcia district. This park includes a play area and a central lake which becomes a swimming pool in the summer months, an authentic beach in the middle of the city!

The park features an unpaved esplanade with a children’s play area, two ping-pong tables and a basketball hoop. Fancy paying a visit?

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Want to discover more parks in the city? You’ll find them all here. Get out and discover them!