Barcelona Triumphal Arch

Barcelona's triumphal arch, a monument entirely designed in red brick by Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas, symbolizes the gate that led to the Universal Exhibition of 1888. Nowadays, this gate gives you access to the Parc de la Ciutadella.

Barcelona Ciutadella park

For a guaranteed change of scenery in the heart of Barcelona, the 17 hectares of the Parc de la Ciutadella, strewn with museums, gardens, and the artificial lake of the Arc de Triomf at the Barcelona Zoo, offer beautiful walks to reach the Olympic port.

Barcelona's Chocolate Museum, a world of sweets where the culture of cocoa is expressed through equally impressive sculptures of monuments, celebrities or comic book heroes of all colours.

Barcelona Estacio del Nord Park

Inaugurated in 1992, the Estacio del Nord park, at the foot of Barcelona's Arc de Triomf metro station, merges garden centre, trees, ceramics and cement. The Estacio del Nord Park allows you to walk from the Arc de Triomf station to the Marina station.

3 dragons castle

Located at the entrance to the Parc de la Ciutadella, this magnificent red brick castle, which once housed a restaurant and later the Zoological Museum of Barcelona, was also built on the occasion of the 1888 Universal Exhibition.

From Gràcia district to the Triumphal Arch, passing through the Palau Macaya, the Diagonal, the Tetuan square, and a short distance from the Sagrada Familia, the Passeig de Sant Joan is one of Barcelona's main pedestrian avenues ; It links the Joanic metro station (line 4) and Arc de Triomf metro stop (line 1), at the foot of the Ciutadella park.

R1 train line, which crosses Barcelona to connect Molins de Rei and Maçanet de la Selva, runs along the north coast from Sant Adrià de Besòs to Malgrat de Mar, passing through Mataró, Calella or Blanes, among others.

R3 train line, the northern Rodalies's network line, runs from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat to Latour-de-Carol - Enveitg, passing through the municipalities of Barcelona, Centelles, Vic, Ripoll and Puigcerdà, among others.

The Renfe R4 train line crosses Barcelona at the Sants, Plaça Catalunya, Arc de Triomf and Sagrera stations, connecting 28 municipalities that stretch from Sant Vicenç de Calders to Manresa.

Via Manresa, passing through the municipalities of Sant Vicenç de Calders, Terrassa or Sabadell, the R12 line serves 39 stations to connect the cities of Lerida and Hospitalet de Llobregat, through Barcelona.

With 39 municipalities served between L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Porbou, the RG1 train line passes through the towns of Mataro, Calella, Blanes, Girona and Massanes, among others, before reaching France.