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Time needed: Half a day to visit Montjuic.

How go to the place:Metro : Line Red and Green : Stop plaza Espagńa Bus : for go to the top 150

You will need minimum a half day for visit the mountain of Montjuic but we advice you to take a complete day for visit everything. You will find on the mountain :

The Palau Nacionalit’s the museum which have the most important collection of catalan art in the world.

The Famous Fontain of Montjuic.It’s already wonderful in the day but some night there are a spectacles of Song and light beautiful. The duration of this spectacles is 30min and you can see it :

April 30 to September 30, Thursday to Sunday, 9 pm to 11.30 pm
from October 1st to April 30th, Fridays and Saturdays, from 7pm to 9pm.
Weeks of Christmas and Easter, from Thursday to Sunday, from 7pm to 9pm.

The Castel of Montjuicis up the mountain. You will find there a beautiful view of Barcelona, walk on the ramparts of the castle, visit the military museum. You also can eat there for do a break of your visit.

The Fondation Joan Mirópresents paintings and sculptures including an open-air part of the works of the contemporary artist Miró.

In the Montjuic Botanical Garden, you can stroll among more than 2000 species of plants from all over the world and enjoy an aerial view of Barcelona in the background. Magnificent ! A real tour of the botanical world! The current Barcelona Olympic Stadium was built for the 1992 Olympic Games (different of the Camp Nou, the stadium of Barcelona)

The Park Güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architectonic elements located on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona. With urbanization in mind, the park was designed by Gaudi on the demand of Eusebi Güel. The park was built between 1900 and 1914 and was officially opened as a public park in 1926. In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site.

This park is also a symbol of city for go there you can use the Metro, line green(L3), stations Lesseps or Vallcarca or the Bus urban, line H6, D40, 24 et 92.

The duration of the visit is around an hour for the free parts (the most important), a little parts is around 8euros for see a beautiful view of Barcelona and some arts of Gaudi. You also can go and see the Casa del Guarda which is one or two hours.