Montjuïc: the hill of museums, gardens and the best views in town

Montjuïc is the hill that closes Barcelona to the south: two hundred hectares of gardens, a fortress, a dozen museums and the stadiums and pools of the 1992 Olympics, all stacked above the port.

Give it half a day for the highlights or a full one to do it properly. This guide explains how to get up, what to see in which order, and where the viewpoints are.

• How to get up Montjuïc

  Funicular, cable car, bus or on foot: pick your climb.

• Montjuïc Castle

  A seventeenth-century fortress with the best harbour view in town.

• The MNAC

  The national art museum and the world's finest Romanesque collection.

• The Miró Foundation

  A light-filled white building holding the painter's life's work.

• The gardens

  Botanical garden, rose garden, cactus garden and quiet corners.

• The Olympic ring

  Stadium, pools and the 1992 venues that remade the hill.

• Poble Espanyol

  An open-air museum of Spanish architecture with working crafts.

• The Magic Fountain

  The free water, light and music show at the foot of the hill.