Urban garden

Parc del Mirador del Poble-Sec is an extensive and well laid-out park that is turning into an urban garden bridging Montjuïc’s woodland landscape with the neighbourhood of Poble-Sec. It offers pétanque courts and children’s play areas, as well as recreational spaces shaded by trees and a pergola covered with climbing plants. One end has a pond full of aquatic vegetation which collects water from the 18-metre-high cascade delivered from the small pool above. The species of trees include jacarandas, Mediterranean hackberries, holm oaks, acacias, elms, cypresses and Peruvian peppers. The large recreational area has a pergola covered in Chinese wisteria and Virginia creeper.

A recreational area

Montjuïc was a recreational area for Barcelona’s residents, from the end of the 19th century up to the second half of the 20th, when they would go up there for barbecues or a breath of fresh air. Apart from the military castle, the land was privately owned and divided into three large estates for hunting and agriculture. In preparation for the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929, the City Council began to buy land on Montjuïc and landscape it.