Parc del Castell de l'Oreneta

C Montevideo, 45

This is a large woody area that links Barcelona to the Collserola range.

This is an excursion through a wood inside the city, where the local authority has improved the network of paths, created resting areas and also children’s play areas, the largest of which is equipped with table-tennis tables. Another notable feature is the picnic areas, especially the one in the highest part of the park. The tables are shaded by a large carob tree and the location offers an exceptional panoramic view of Barcelona, from Sant Adrià de Besòs to Prat de Llobregat. The park lies next to the Can Caralleu public swimming pools, which are ideal for taking a dip during the summer.

History

Parc del Castell de l’Oreneta is on land formerly occupied by two estates: the Can Bonavia farm, belonging to Count Milà’s family, and the Castell de l’Oreneta farm, owned by the Tous family, who had the castle built that lends the park its name.
For many years the land was owned by the Red Cross, who intended to build a hospital there, but the project never got off the ground. So the space remained closed and isolated from the city until its acquisition by Barcelona City Council, which opened it to the public in 1978.

Art and Architecture

A castle was built in the upper reaches of today’s park in 1910 but destroyed during the Spanish Civil War and only a tower, a staircase and a few walls now remain.
The wood also has an ornamental fountain dating back to 1863, an old threshing yard, a garden pond and a half-buried irrigation system that recalls the agricultural past of this area.

  • Phone number
    Tel.: 010
  • Accessibility
    Accessible for people with physical disabilities
  • Titularity
    Public center
Address:
C Montevideo, 45
Districte:
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Neighborhood:
Sarrià
City:
Barcelona

Timetable

Observations
Hora de tancament
aproximada, en funció de
l'horari solar (tanquen
quan es fa fosc, al capvespre)

Esdeveniments