Anella Olímpica stop | Barcelona Bus Turístic

23/04: the celebrations taking place to mark the Diada de Sant Jordi, or St. George’s Day, may affect the Barcelona Bus Turístic service in the city centre throughout the day.

29/04: due to the FC Barcelona match taking place at the Olympic Stadium, there will be no Red Route service to the Plaça d’Espanya and Montjuïc area from 6 pm.

Anella Olímpica stop

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  • The Olympic Ring
  • Montjuïc Communications Tower

The Olympic Ring, which bore witness to the opening and closing ceremonies and main events of the 1992 Olympic Games, is now home to one of the city’s largest sporting facilities.

The legacy of the Olympic Games that changed the city

From the Anella Olímpica stop on the Red Route of Barcelona Bus Turístic you can take a trip through the main sites of the Barcelona ’92 Olympic Games.

At the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, built in 1929, you can relive the opening and closing ceremonies of Barcelona ’92, the Olympics for which Barcelona created pioneering facilities like Palau Sant Jordi. The building designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki is not only the city’s largest indoor venue, but also its most versatile. Its mechanised structure has even allowed it to be transformed into an artificial sea to host the Indoor Windsurfing Championship.

The Olympic swimming competitions were held at the Bernat Picornell Pools, a complex opened in 1970 and then remodelled for the games. To relive some of the city’s key moments you can visit the Olympic and Sports Museum, dedicated to Joan Antoni Samaranch, who was the President of the International Olympic Committee for more than 20 years.

But the Olympic Ring is home to more than buildings: on the other side of Passeig Olímpic you can visit Barcelona Botanical Garden, which specialises in species from climates similar to the Mediterranean’s and is dedicated to the conservation of the biodiversity of Mediterranean plant life.

What to see

  • Photo Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium
    Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium

    Nobody could have predicted that more than 60 years after its construction this stadium would host Barcelona’s most important sporting event.

  • Photo Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona
    Palau Sant Jordi

    The jewel of the Olympic Ring is a palace whose mechanised structure can be adapted to house all types of events. Designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, its construction was an engineering marvel.

  • Photo Bernat Picornell Pools Barcelona
    Bernat Picornell Pools

    Three swimming pools: a training pool, a competition pool and a diving pool, which hosted the Barcelona ’92 swimming events.

  • Photo Barcelona Botanical Garden
    Barcelona Botanical Garden

    A garden with more than 1,300 species of plants from Australia, California, Chile, South Africa and the Mediterranean Basin.

  • Photo Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum
    Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum

    A space dedicated to sport with interactive facilities that allow you to virtually interface with your idols.

  • Photo Montjuïc Olympic Ring
    Montjuïc Olympic Ring

    A living tribute to Barcelona ’92, the so-called Olympic Ring is the set of sporting facilities built or renovated for the Olympic Games.