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The Garcia Faria Linear Park is a very special and unique green area that connects two different parks -the Poublenou Park and the Park Diagonal Mar. It is more than 1 km long and is perfect for biking. Long and colorful flowerbeds are aligned along the bike trails and that separate bikes from pedestrians. Another highlight of the park is the perfect location close to the beach that enables a quick access to the beautiful sea and from many spots in the park visitors can enjoy fantastic views over the beach area. Only having been established in 2004 the park is still very young yet has lots to offer. Visitors can use the area for exercising, relaxing, sunbathing, playing with children, etc.
There are many opportunities available and anybody can find something to do in this park.

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This park got its name from the nearby located former railway station, the Estacio del Nord and followed an idea of integrating artistic work into natural spaces. It is an impressive piece of land-art as it has been created around one ceramic sculpture in the middle of a grassy lawn. It is a very large and wide park that combines modern architecture with traditional elements that invite the visitor to rest and enjoy the colourful flowerbeds that can be found everywhere throughout the park There are many grassy hills and lawns that enable sunbathing and children’s playgrounds are provided as well so that families can spent some good quality time there together. The main attractions of the park, however, remain the many different sculptures that are located throughout the entire areal and that show some great modern architecture to the viewer.

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These Gardens were originated by Ignasio Girona, who built them on his property and named them in honour of his wife Amelia de Vilanova. The family Girona then used the there located building –the Quinta Amelia- as summerhouse. In 1930, the city council designated the area as a public space but only fully redesigned the garden for public use in 1969.
The Jardins are especially known for their vast amount of different species and unusual trees it offers that are only rarely to be found elsewhere in Barcelona. It was the objective of the re-designers to maintain the romantic and French style of the park yet to make it more temporary and urban. The two main attractions of the park are the pond and the pine tree hill. They are remarkable for the contrast they offer to the visitor. The pond being a wide and open space and the hill being a wild and dense area populated by old and tall pine trees.
The park is especially attractive as it offers many options and impressions to its visitors such as open and bright spaces, dense woods and shady benches. If in the area it is definitely worth visiting this remarkable urban park.

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The Parc de Sant Martí is not a typical urban park that tries to cater for the needs of masses; rather it is a neighbourhood garden that residents take advantage of to socialize, keep updated about what is going on in the area and to just hangout either in the sun or in the shade, as the garden offers plenty of both to its visitors.
Due to the long construction period of 10 years with its different stages, the park has many different aspects to it.
The largest and most distinct element of the park is the irregular triangle that is made up by large trees and a grassy area in between.
Another very unique aspect of the park is the part we reach when entering from Carrer de l'Agricultura. We will find Sant Martí parish church as well as many other well-preserved historical buildings: there are three typical Catalan farmhouses (masies) - Can Cadena, Can Planas and Ca l'Arnó.

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The Diagonal Mar Park in the heart of the district of Sant Marti is Barcelona’s second largest park and invites people to relax in the grass or in the shade, play in the wide open spaces, walk dogs, exercise, etc. The size and diversity of this place offer many different opportunities to cater for the needs of the well-mixed audience of the park. Due to its size, the best way to explore the area is probably by bicycle.  
In the center of the park lies a large lake together with grassy hills that invite to lie down in the sun and enjoy a break. The park doesn’t have the look of a typical urban park; rather it represents a link between the city and the Mediterranean. The Catalan architect, Enric Miralles, had the idea of a tree in mind that stretches out its branches to the many different paths we –the human race- can take in life. Instead of big shady trees we find large steel-pipe constructions criss-crossed with wire cables and huge flowerpots. However, this difference to other parks makes the Diagonal Mar Park special and appealing to its visitors.