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Walks in Collserola.
2 walks through Collserola — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice. Editor-walked where flagged; the rest are Claude-drafted routes awaiting a walk.
Walks in Collserola
Collserola: the ridge and the Foster tower
Norman Foster's needle, a poet's house, and the green wall that keeps the city from spilling over.
Carretera de les Aigües: the balcony of Barcelona
A flat dirt track along the hillside with the whole city and the sea hung below you the entire way.
Nearby
Other walks close to Collserola.
Sorted by distance from the start of collserola: the ridge and the foster tower. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Sarrià: the uptown village and the monastery
An old village swallowed by the city, the patatas-bravas bar, and a Gothic cloister on three floors.
Tibidabo: the mountain at the top of the city
The gilded Christ, a 1928 plane that still flies, and the whole city dropping away to the sea.
Sant Gervasi: the leafy uptown and Turó Park
Modernista mansions, quiet uphill streets, and a small garden with a lily pond hidden behind them.
Pedralbes: the Gothic cloister and the dragon gate
A fourteenth-century nuns' cloister, Gaudí's wrought-iron dragon, and the quiet uptown streets between.