Barcelona is a sunshine mediterranean seaside city with architectural treasures and a well-known gastronomy regarding its traditional cooking. It is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain after Madrid.
Barcelona contains sixty municipal parks, twelve of which are historic, five of which are thematic (botanical), forty-five of which are urban, and six of which are forest. Monjuïc is the largest and it is followed by Parc de la Ciutadella, Guinardó Park, Park Güell (designed by Antoni Gaudí) and lots more.