Parc del Poblenou

Av Litoral, 59*71

Ubication
This is one of the seafront's green spaces with more direct access to the beach,

Parc del Poblenou, which lies at the end of Vila Olímpica (the old Olympic Village) is a large pine grove and, as you approach the sea, a space full of dunes sheltering the park from easterly winds. The first section, next to the C/ Salvador Espriu entrance, briefly follows the final part of Parc de la Nova Icària, clearly identifiable by one of its wooden bridges.
This area stands out for the lake and a large esplanade ideal for sport. It lies at the start of a long paved strip that crosses the park from end to end and which borders on a wide road with three names, depending on where you are, and lots of traffic.

History

Parc del Poblenou is one of five large, green spaces, together with Parc del Port Olímpic, Parc de la Nova Icària, Parc de les Cascades and Parc de Carles I, that were built on Poblenou’s old industrial land at the start of the 1990s.

Barcelona reclaimed that land and assigned some of it to the creation of new public green spaces, as part of a major facelift carried out on the city’s seafront for the 1992 Olympic Games.

Art and Architecture

The wreckage of a boat bearing a Lebanese flag, the Ashraf II, lies scattered among the park’s dunes. These consist of the funnel and two pieces from the stern, one with part of the boat’s deck and the other with its bronze propeller and rudder. They lay abandoned on the beach for a long time until the architects Manuel Ruisánchez and Xavier Vendrell, who designed the park, decided to turn them into some of its prominent features.

  • Phone number
    Tel.: 010
  • Accessibility
    Accessible for people with physical disabilities
  • Titularity
    Public center
Address:
Av Litoral, 59*71
Districte:
Sant Martí
Neighborhood:
el Poblenou
City:
Barcelona
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