Plaça d’Espanya 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.

Plaça d’Espanya stop

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Plaça d’Espanya is a major hub that connects the Sants, Sant Antoni and Poble-sec districts to Montjuïc Mountain, home to Olympic facilities, large parks and museums.

Climb Montjuïc Mountain

From the Plaça d’Espanya stop on the Red Route of Barcelona Bus Turístic you can stroll along Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina to Montjuïc Mountain, where there are numerous museums, parks and gardens and the Olympic Ring of Barcelona ’92. You can also visit the District of Sant Antoni to see Barcelona’s largest market and enjoy the shops and leisure establishments that have made the zone into one of the liveliest in the city, or take your time exploring the Poble-sec District, which is full of bars and theatres.

The points of interest around the square, designed by Puig i Cadafalch for the 1929 Universal Exposition to link the city to Montjuïc Mountain, include Les Arenes shopping centre, built within the original structure of a neo-Mudejar bullring that has a lookout point on the top floor to observe the square and its surrounding area. Behind the shopping centre, on Carrer de Llança, you will find a good example of popular Modernisme on the facade of Casa Fajol. The roof of the building is in the form of a colourful butterfly in the trencadís broken-tile mosaic style.

What to see

  • Photo Magic Fountain of Montjuïc Barcelona
    Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

    The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is a spectacle of music, light and colour that has become a symbol of Barcelona. Built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition by Carles Buïgas, the fountain added music in the 1980s and was fully restored for the 1992 Olympic Games.

  • Photo Barelona Pavilion
    Barcelona Pavilion

    The Barcelona Pavilion is an exact replica of the pavilion that represented the progressive and democratic Germany of the Weimar Republic at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition.

  • Photo CaixaForum Barcelona
    CaixaForum Barcelona

    A major cultural and educational centre in an old Modernista factory designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. CaixaForum Barcelona is a cultural centre created on Montjuïc Mountain by the La Caixa Foundation.

  • Photo El Poble Sec District Barcelona
    El Poble-sec

    Poble-sec, the neighbourhood between El Raval and Montjuïc that was home to factory workers and artisans is now a multicultural district that is full of recreational facilities and terrace bars and boasts an extensive gastronomic and cultural offering in an excellent location.

  • Photo Plaça d'Espanya
    Plaça d'Espanya

    This square designed by Puig i Cadafalch is where Montjuïc mountain meets the Sants and Poble-sec districts.

  • Photo Casa Fajol - Casa de la Papallona
    Casa Fajol - Casa de la Papallona

    Between Joan Miró Park and Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes there is a Modernista house crowned by a butterfly in the trencadís broken tile mosaic style.

  • Photo Sant Antoni Market
    Sant Antoni District and Market

    A popular shopping district and home to Barcelona’s largest market, which was designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built by the Barcelona metalworking company Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima.