Get lost in the maze park in the Horta neighborhood - especially your kids will love it!

You will find it on the northern edge of the city, in the Horta district one of the oldest parks in the city. He is interesting, among other things, because he is here a unique natural labyrinth in which you can easily get lost for several long tens of minutes. Needless to say, your kids will especially love this…

The main attraction of the park in the Horta district: the natural maze

Labyrinth park (Parc del Laberint d'Horta) in the Horta district, you can find a bit of an aside away from all the happenings in the city. And although it is one of the oldest man-made parks in Barcelona, ​​tourists - just like that bunkers in Carmel – began to be discovered only a few years ago. It's no longer a "hidden gem", but it's still worth a visit: offers quite a lot of music for little money.

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The Italian architect Domenico Bagutti worked on building the park, who designed it in 1791 as a resting place for the local wealthy Desvall family.

Unfortunately, some places in the park are inaccessible. This is one of them. 

Bagutti decided to combine together beautiful gardens with fountains and make water the predominant element of the entire park. Here you will find various small waterfalls, streams, lakes or canals. It complements it a selection of several buildings, temples, statues and caves, which at first glance may seem incongruous in terms of style, but together everything works beautifully.

What styles and styles does the park combine?

There are several! For example, the summer house, which you pass right at the entrance to the park (and which unfortunately you cannot see without a guide), has various neo-Gothic and neo-Arabic elements. A little further away you will come across a hint of Asia in the form of a Chinese gate. And then there is the park itself, which pays tribute above all to Greek and Roman mythology: from the entrance gate it is only a few steps to the statue of King Minoan welcoming Theseus on his arrival in Crete, in the center of the park there is a statue of the Greek god of love Eros, and a short distance from the main staircase is a bust of Dionysus. If you love history, I definitely recommend exploring everything!

Right in the middle of the park you will find the aforementioned maze, in which adults and children can easily get lost. At the beginning, you enter it and then for about 10-20 minutes (depending on your sense of direction) you and the other visitors will try to find a way out. If you're worried that you won't be able to get out of here, I recommend sending someone to the stairs above the labyrinth and letting them navigate. And if you go here with children, don't forget to take a snack with you, because you will spend a lot of time here... :-) 

If you have a bad sense of direction, it's good to have a partner on the stairs to navigate you through the maze :-) 

It's really easy to get lost in a maze!

How to get to the park?

Although the park with the labyrinth is outside the center, it is relatively easy to reach by metro: you just need to get there by the green L3 metro to the Mundet stop. Once you climb out of the underground, just keep your eyes open and follow the signs that will lead you to the park.

The walk to the park takes about 10 minutes and is up a small hill.

More tips for visiting the Labyrinth Park in the Horta district

• Before entering the park, there is a snack stand, a seating area, a children's playground and several benches where you can eat your lunch or snack in peace.
• Although there are plenty of grassy areas right in the park, you'd better not have a picnic here, it's officially forbidden.
• If you happen to need to take a break during your tour of the park, there are toilets in the upper part of the park - just follow the steps to the temple. Unfortunately, the toilets here are not very well maintained. 

How much does it cost, how long is it for and what are the opening hours? 

For entrance to the park, you pay a nice €2,23 for an adult and €14 for children under 1,42.

I recommend setting aside an hour or two for the visit, depending on how much you want to get lost in the labyrinth. The park itself is quite small (perhaps compared to Park Güell) and can be walked relatively quickly. 

It is open every day from 10:00 a.m. to 20:00 p.m. (From November to March it closes at 18:00 p.m.).

The park can be visited free of charge every Wednesday or Sunday.

Video of a maze in a park in the Horta district of Barcelona