Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Sant Joan Despí, Spain

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 161 m
Descend 150 m

Experience Sant Joan Despí in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Sant Joan Despí

Sight 1: Parc de la Fontsanta

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The Parc de la Fontsanta is a park in the municipality of Sant Joan Despí, located in the northeast of the municipality, between the neighbourhood of Les Planes and the neighbourhood of La TV3. It is the result of the urbanization of a stream that separated the two neighborhoods.

Wikipedia: Parc de la Fontsanta (CA)

1855 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 2: Museu La Rajoleta

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Museu La Rajoleta Till F. Teenck / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Pujol i Bausis Factory, popularly known as La Rajoleta, is located between Carrer de l'Església and Passatge del Puig d'Ossa, in the central neighbourhood of Esplugues de Llobregat, and is listed as a cultural asset of local interest. It was one of the most important centres of industrial ceramic production in Catalonia in the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, and is currently the headquarters of the La Rajoleta Ceramics Museum, dependent on the National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia (MNATEC).

Wikipedia: Fàbrica Pujol i Bausis (CA)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Can Tinturé

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The Can Tinturé Museum, in Esplugues de Llobregat, is located in a house built at the end of the 19th century by architect Claudi Duran i Ventosa, and is the first monographic sample tile museum in Spain. The Can Tinturé Museum also manages the museum at the Pujol i Bausis factory, La Rajoleta, which was a point of reference in the production of Catalan industrial tiles, especially during the highpoint of Art Nouveau. The Museum is part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network and of the territorial system of the Science and Technology Museum of Catalonia.

Wikipedia: Can Tinturé Museum (EN)

367 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Santa Magdalena

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Santa Magdalena

The church of Santa Magdalena is a parish church in Esplugues de Llobregat protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Santa Magdalena d'Esplugues (CA)

1933 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 5: El Roserar

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Cervantes Park is located in the Pedralbes neighbourhood of Barcelona's Les Corts district. It has 9.15 hectares and is a theme park, dedicated to roses, with a set of about 11,000 rose bushes of about 245 different varieties.

Wikipedia: Parc de Cervantes (CA)

1246 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 6: Palau Reial de Pedralbes

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The Royal Palace of Pedralbes is a building placed in the middle of an ample garden in the district of Les Corts, in Barcelona. From 1919 until 1931 and since 1975 it has been the official residence for the Spanish royal family when they visit the city, although they currently prefer the Palace of Albéniz. It also houses the Ceramic Museum, the Textile and Clothing Museum and the Decorative Arts Museum, both part of the Disseny Hub Barcelona and is the permanent seat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).

Wikipedia: Royal Palace of Pedralbes (EN)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Güell Pavilions

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The so-called Pavellons Güell, or Güell Pavilions, is a complex of buildings in the neighborhood of Pedralbes, Barcelona, by the Catalan Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, built between 1884 and 1887.

Wikipedia: Güell Pavilions (EN), Website

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