 Barcelona
- Mount Tibidabo and Collserola
The Best way to visit Mount Tibidabo is to reach it via the
Avinguda del Tibidabo. On both sides there is a Modernist urban
development which was created by the
chemist Dr. Andreu at the beginning of this century.
There are some very interesting
villas by several different architects. The so-called "Tramvia Blau" (blue
tram) goes up this avenue and is the only one of its kind left in Spain. At the
end of the first stage of the ascent is "La Font del Racó Park, and,
on the right-hand side inside a Modernist building, there is the Science Museum
and planetarium which attract many visitors.
The avenue ends in the Plaça
del Peu del Funicular where there are restaurants for eating outside and night
clubs.
It is also from here that the funicular railway leaves for the summit of Mount
Tibidabo. Here we can find the oldest amusement park in Spain, also created
by Dr. Andreu. Nowadays it is aimed more at young children rather than adolescents,
and apart form the traditional rides there is also a new Automaton Museum.
The summit is crowned with the Church of El Sagrat Cor (the
Sacred Heart) which was the work of Sagnier. From here one
can make trips into the woods or perhaps
go to the town-cum-district of Vallvidrera. This is reached after passing
the Fabra Observatory and going through Villa Joana where there
is a small museum
dedicated to Jacint Verdaguer, the greatest of Catalan poets.
From Vallidrera
the visitor can either go back down to the city or go further into the
Sierra de Collserola. Here there are housing estates and urban
development such
as Les Planes, La Floresta and Valldoreix, set in the middle
of the woods. The
area of El Valles is on the other side of the mountains and will be described
in the following section.
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