Five years FIVE , the Gardens have been closed Mossèn Costa i Llobera.
is, I've never been able to visit (in October I did four years in Barcelona).
Now at last this corner of Montjuic specializes in open cactus its doors.
justify the five years that has remained closed for a few pieces of anything that had to make, but it is not. Five years of work for a park ... they are too old to mount six glass palaces inside, a small train, fourteen sources and line the cellophane plants one by one.
The real reason for so many years was that during construction committed serious errors that caused landslides drainage in the park. Because of this, the council had to remain on the works THREE YEARS than expected, and increase spending to repair the mess.
precisely the fudge is so obvious that asked CCOO audit municipal government to explain why the works have lasted three years longer than expected and the cost has skyrocketed.
Forgetting this truth is that the garden was reopened a few days ago with a party (here everything is reopened spending money on holidays) and that it is well visited. This area of \u200b\u200bMontjuic
relatively 'historic' because it opened in 1970, hosts a variety of palms and plants, but especially is known for its enormous collection of cacti from around the world. They come in many countries, both of America (the continent from which the species) and Africa and Oceania.
precisely in the 60 was chosen the sunniest slope of Montjuic and sheltered from north winds so that they could adapt better, and did they ever.
Only a few freezes of recent years made inroads in its splendor.
surely I will go to visit him on Saturday after lunch, before you loosen the sun, and do some photos. Go ahead and come to know.
HOW TO GET THERE?
A convenient way to access original and Montjuic, which I always use, is to take the Funicular in the metro station Parallel (TMB worth your card, you have to pull ticket). It leaves every 10 minutes (a timer tells you the time remaining to the next exit) and are Just a couple of minutes away, not hard or a conversation.
When you leave the funicular, and in the mountains, you have before you the Miramar Avenue. Forget the left side of the same, if you follow the right side (towards the sea) will take you to the park.
It's as simple as crossing the other side (if we continue down the sidewalk of the funicular we can roll with a bypass) and follow direction Mar 5 Minutillo to a square with the Hotel Miramar in front. Here we are two ways in which to reach the park:
1 - the tunnel. To the right is a short tunnel which passes under the rear of the hotel and that little more than 50 meters leads to the park. I do not remember if this tunnel has sidewalks, so cross it depends on you.
2 - Miramar Gardens. If we follow the beautiful gardens that the hotel has on its side and front, from the cable car or Aeri and reaching the bottom of all, find the slope that leads to the park gate.
I hope it helps you to know. And if so, comentadme your impressions after the visit, or send me your photos (I'll upload quoting full name of the mail). The address is: meteneijarto (at) gmail.com
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