Montjuic, Barcelona

Favorite thing: Take the funicular halfway up the mountain, then cross the street to the cable car station. Hop on and enjoy a spectacular ride up to the top.

Montjuic is home to the Military Museum, the Fundacio Joan Miro, the Poble Espanyol, the Olympic Ring, and am amazing cemetery, clutching the south side.

It is worth a day to walk and explore, all the while looking out to the sea, and the maze of streets below.

Fondest memory: The cable car ride was a hold-your-breath thrill. When we arrived at the top and saw the view, we had an "OH My God" moment. You can see for miles, and it was fun to pick out the landmarks around the city, and see the looming spires of the Sagrada Familia in the distance.

Please click on the photo, it is a panoramic shot.

Favorite thing:

The mountain of Mountjuic is the green area of Barcelona. You will find parks, pavilions, and sport stadiums. High in the mountain the Olympic facilities from 1992 are located.

In my opinion you will find the best views from the city here. If you like Miro, don't forget to vist Fundacion Joan Miro.

Favorite thing: Because of it's location on the Mediterranean, the skyline of Barcelona is certainly quite unique. While it is a large city, it houses just a small number of skyscrapers (mostly hotels) allowing other buildings (like the Sagrada Familia) to stand out in the skyline. With Tibidabo or the Mediterranean as the backdrop, you can only start to imagine what a wonderful view this must be. The best places to soak in this splendid view is either from Montjuïc or from the hills of Tibidabo.

Fondest memory: When this picture was taken, Liz and I had just arrived in Barcelona earlier that day and had decided to explorer Montju?c. Fortunately, we made it to this lookout point before the sunset had begun. The view was spectacular and it was the first sign that this trip was going to be great.

Favorite thing: This is currently a Modern Art museum located in an old government palace, in Mont Juic (a hill/mountain located in the west side of the city).

Fondest memory: The building is beautiful as you can see, and the long avenue that leads to it has a couple of "Venetian Towers" on both sides of the entrance, which makes you think you're entering a royal palace... There are electric stairs that climb the mountain so you don't get so tired while going uphill! And there are some beautiful fountains located around the avenue leading to the palace and some more right in front of it, too... Please look at the tip called "The Magic Fountain of Mont Juic" posted in the Off the beaten path section for a more detailed description.

Favorite thing: Montjuic was the Jewish area of Barcelona: in the past it used to host a Jewish cemetary and a Jewish community - the name, in fact, means mountain of the jews. It starts more or less at Plaça d'Espanya

Fondest memory: Today Montjuic is a green 212 m high hill which has entetered the history of Barcelona as the site of 1992 Olympic Games. On top of some sports locations there are also interesting museums to visit (Joan Miro, National Archaelogical Museum, National Museum of Catalunyan Art, the Archeological Museum of catalunya).

Fondest memory: The building was designed by Mies van der Rohe as the German pavillion for the Universal Exhibition held in 1929. This pavillion was indentified as a paradigm of modern architecture because of the perfect harmony achieved between interior and exterior space.

This is the rebult one.

Favorite thing: The most important thing that we did was visit the Olympic Stasium.

Fondest memory: The best memory that I have from Barcelona was the day that we went to the olympic stadium becase it was neat to see a stadium where olympics have taken place.

Favorite thing: You hardly need me to tell you about Gaudi but it is as good as they say at the Sagrada Familia and the Parc Gruell - (and much better than photos can show - so here is one from the hill at Monjuic which you must go to as well. The large building houses what is probably the world's best collection of romanesque murals from small Pyrrenean churches and is easily accessed from the Plaça de Espanya (sic)
The Miro Foundation nearby is also worth seeing - and do hire a pair of headphones!)

Fondest memory: Parc Guell at sunset.