The most beautiful parks and gardens Spain

These gardens are located on each side of the avenida of Buhaira (behind the bus station of San Sebastián). Since XII^e century, they constitute at the same time an agricultural and entertaining space. More recently they were the object of archaeological and historic studies in order to be able to make a public park of it. At the time, the caliphs almohades made there build a palace which serves as residence of summer: Al-Buhayra (the lagoon). In 1892 the superb house néomudéjar of María of Los Angeles was built (what involved the demolition of the remains of the palace almohade). The unit is declared monument historico-artistic in 1972, and in 1981 are discovered remains of necropolis Muslim. Palm trees - date palms, orange trees, lemon trees, olive trees, sages of Granada, acacias, fig trees... are planted in these gardens; petrol of the Andalusian vegetation.

In 1715, Philip V decided to build a citadel to lock up and control the city. This decision to repress the Catalans is explained by their long resistance to the siege of Philippe V. It also closed universities to drive out intellectuals, and prohibited the expansion of the city to increase its population. The construction of the citadel led to the demolition of more than a thousand houses in the Ribera district. Hated by Barcelonians, the citadel was finally destroyed in the 19th century. Among its rare remains, the former arsenal has been the seat of the Parliament of Catalonia since 1932. The architect Josep Fontserè designed a 17-hectare park with an artificial lake for boating. Inspired by the Paris Plant Garden, he built the Museu Martorell (1882) to house the collections of the Museum of Natural Sciences (now on display in the Museu Blau), as well as the Umbracle (1883) to house tropical plants. The young Antoni Gaudí participated in the construction of a monumental waterfall. The park was inaugurated in 1881 and a few years later hosted the 1888 Universal Exhibition. Several modernist buildings date from this period, including the Castell dels Tres Dragons by Lluís Domènech i Montaner (former Zoology Museum), the Hivernacle by Josep Amargós, and the monumental Arc de Triomf, inspired by Neo-Mudejar. The land left free after the exhibition allowed the creation of the Barcelona Zoo in 1892.

The botanical garden is located in the east of the city, about 2 km from the centre, on the heights. It can be reached on foot, by the carretera del Botánico, or by bus. Founded in 1788, this garden, one of the most important in the world, is mainly a acclimatation garden: You won't discover Canary flora, but you'll get wandering in shady walks by trees in Africa, Asia or Latin America. For example, the Canary Palm will be compared to other members of his family. A pleasant corner of green where it makes good strolls.