BCN06 - Parc Guell and Carmel Bunkers

Start metro Lesseps (L3)

Turn left into Avinguda del Santuari de Sant Josep de la Muntanya

Sanctuari de Sant Jose de la Muntanya

This is an active monastery and is closed to the public. However the Facade of the building is interesting.

Take escalator

Ticket office for Parc Guell

Parc Guell has two zones, the upper park zone which is free to visit. The lower areas are with paid admission currently priced at 10 euros per person. Tickets can be purchased online at: https://parkguell.barcelona/en/buy-tickets Or purchased presentially in the ticket office.

Turo de les Tres Creus

Part of the Free access part of the parc.

Continue down steps through gardens

Part of the Free access part of the parc

The main plaza

The path round the outside upper area is free access. From here we can enter the paid admission area of the lower part of the parc.

Casa museo dali

More information here: http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/museuhistoria/en/muhba-park-guell The Casa del Guarda (porter’s lodge) is an example of a modest dwelling built by Gaudí between 1901 and 1903, and which was to be the home of the caretaker of the residential estate. This small space, designed to be used by a humble family, shows great richness and compositional complexity, and is now part of the MUHBA. It is also the site of the exhibition Güell, Gaudí and Barcelona, the expression of an urban ideal, which focuses on the subjects of the house, the park and the city – one for each of the building's three floors. Entry into this house is included in the Parc Guell entry ticket.

Arches

Part of the Free access part of the parc

More arches

Part of the Free access part of the parc

Inside the arches

Part of the Free access part of the parc

Take the stairs

Part of the Free access part of the parc

Walk along promenade

Part of the Free access part of the parc

Casa tiras

This house is private and not open to the public but the paths are part of the Free access part of the parc

Joan Sales viewpoint

Continue straight taking Right path

Note that on this route I took the left path which leads to the same place as the right path. However there was a steep downhill section before I got to the next intersection at the bar/restaurant.

Bar restaurant Las Delicias

Viewpoint from wooden bridge

Take stairs going up to the right

Bunkers of carmel

Turó de la Rovira heritage space was officially opened, following a restoration and heritage project in a city space that had until then been relatively degraded, isolated and unknown. It contained the remains of an anti-aircraft battery that helped to defend Barcelona from air attacks during the Civil War, as well as traces of the shantytown Canons district, which survived until 1990, and which formed part of the informal city of huts and shacks that was home to 7% of Barcelona’s population until the end of the 1950s. For more information and opening hours: http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/museuhistoria/en/muhba-turo-de-la-rovira Note that this is also a good spot to watch the sunset with the 360 degree views of Barcelona.

Ticket office for bunker museum

Opening times: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 16:30 to 20:30 Sunday 10:30 to 14:30 and 16:30 to 20:30 Information and Reservation: Email: reservesmuhba@eicub.net Telephone: 34 93 256 21 22 Mondays to Fridays 10 am to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm. Closed on: January 1rst, May 1rst, June 24th and December 25th. This ticket office gives access to the inside of the bunkers where there are some historical displays (in spanish) about the civil war.

Start the descent down metal stairs

Viewpoint of north barcelona

Exit park

Parc de les Aigues

If the park is closed at night then you can walk round it arriving at Metro Alfonso X

Metro Alfonso X (Line 4)