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The mountain of Montjuic offers many beautiful gardens, full of fresh air, flowers, cacti, and much more. Because of these gardens that you can find in Montjuic, including the Botanical Gardens of Barcelona, the mountain is referred to as the green lung of the city of Barcelona. From our boutique hotel Casa Vaganto, it is only an approximate 10-minute walk to the Botanical garden! What more could someone want? 

If you are curious about the botanical garden and what they offer, then keep reading to find out more.

The Garden

The Botanical Garden Barcelona, or as they say in Catalan, Jardí Botanic de Barcelona, offers visitors a walk throughout the different seasons in the year as the garden shows vegetation from five regions in the word with a similar Mediterranean climate. Those regions where you can find similarities in the climate are Australia, California, Chile and South Africa,  including of course the Mediterranean Basin. The purpose of the Montjuic Botanical Garden is to conserve the collections of Mediterranean plants, with its main objective being the conservation of the natural heritage of Catalonia. 

The Institut Botanic de Barcelona (IBB), which is a prestigious center jointly managed by the Barcelona City Council and the Spanish National Research Council has a close relationship with the botanical garden. In the IBB, there is a large library and one of the largest herbaria in Catalonia. The IBB is located in the Montjuic Park, in the upper part of the garden.  

The Botanical Garden is home to more than 1,300 species of plants, and covers 14 hectares. In comparison with other museums, the space is constantly changing, since the plants adapt themselves to the climate or soil. 

The garden offers peace, tranquility, and beauty. The plants are little miracles because of the beautiful colours and shapes, and scents of the flowers. As said before, there is diversity between the plants because of the different zones where they originate from, and below you can find some information about the areas and their plants. 

The different areas that shape the Botanical Gardens of Barcelona:

• Australia Area
• California Area
• Chile Area
• Mediterranean Basin
• South Africa Area

The Garden

The Botanical Garden Barcelona, or as they say in Catalan, Jardí Botanic de Barcelona, offers visitors a walk throughout the different seasons in the year as the garden shows vegetation from five regions in the word with a similar Mediterranean climate. Those regions where you can find similarities in the climate are Australia, California, Chile and South Africa,  including of course the Mediterranean Basin. The purpose of the Montjuic Botanical Garden is to conserve the collections of Mediterranean plants, with its main objective being the conservation of the natural heritage of Catalonia. 

The Institut Botanic de Barcelona (IBB), which is a prestigious center jointly managed by the Barcelona City Council and the Spanish National Research Council has a close relationship with the botanical garden. In the IBB, there is a large library and one of the largest herbaria in Catalonia. The IBB is located in the Montjuic Park, in the upper part of the garden.  

The Botanical Garden is home to more than 1,300 species of plants, and covers 14 hectares. In comparison with other museums, the space is constantly changing, since the plants adapt themselves to the climate or soil. 

The garden offers peace, tranquility, and beauty. The plants are little miracles because of the beautiful colours and shapes, and scents of the flowers. As said before, there is diversity between the plants because of the different zones where they originate from, and below you can find some information about the areas and their plants. 

The different areas that shape the Botanical Gardens of Barcelona:

• Australia Area
• California Area
• Chile Area
• Mediterranean Basin
• South Africa Area

Australia Area

In Australia, you can find some areas similar to the Mediterranean region, which include more than 8,000 plant species, some endemic. The climate is Mediterranean with a tropical influence due to the proximity of the Oceanis monsoons, which makes it less dry in summer. Flora from the southwest region of Australia, in the states of Victoria and New South Wales also grow in the Australian sector of the garden. 

California Area

Along the State of California, on the west coast, this coastal line in the USA and baja California in Mexico, reminds of the typical Mediterranean climate with an oceanic pacific touch. The area is home to more than 4,300 species of plants, of which are 35% endemic. 

Chile Area

The large country of Chile has a small coastal strip which is inhabited by 2,400 species that remind you to be in the Mediterranean. In the area, there is an absence of fires, and there is a presence of herbivores animals, such as llamas and guanacos. As a result, the Chilean Mediterranean area is full of spiny bushes. In the Garden, the Chilean Area is represented by desert and sub-desert regions in the north of the country, and there are a lot of plants that have hard and rigid leaves. 

Mediterranean Basin

The Mediterranean basin is formed by the land that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea, which stretches across European, Middle East and African territory. In total, this is an area of 2,300,000 square kilometres with 25,000 known plant species. Many of the plants have adapted to ecological factors, which influenced the evolution, which resulted in thorns, prickles, and toxic fluids in the plants to defend against plant-eaters who also inhabit the continent. In the garden, the Mediterranean basin is divided into four sectors: Eastern Mediterranean, Western Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Canary Islands.

South Africa Area

The South African area of the park is the smallest area representing only just 3% of the biome. The South African Mediterranean climate has more than 8,550 species. In winter, there is more rainfall, and in the summer months there is a dry season with a tropical influence. There is a great diversity of soils, and the number of the endemic and rare species are the highest in a Mediterranean climate area and one of the richest in the world.

Where to stay during your stroll around the gardens?

Each of the areas in the botanical gardens of barcelona have their own special things to offer. When walking around the garden, you might have the sense of being in an oasis right in the middle of the city and you might lose the sense of time. That is why perhaps you want to stay in the area, and come back another time for a picnic, relax after a morning out visiting other sites or for watching the sunset from the hill. If you happen to decide to stay close by, there is no better option than the beautiful boutique hotel of Casa Vaganto, which is in a perfect location at the foot of Montjuic mountain, in the Poble Sec neighborhood.

We hope we have informed you enough about the Botanical Gardens of Barcelona and to be part of your stay!