Square with sculpture on Montjuic

Plaça de la Sardana

Barcelona


At one edge of this plaza is a sculpture of people dancing the sardana (Catalonia’s national folk dance).

Transportation

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1. Jardins de Joan Brossa

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On the site of a former amusement park, just off Plaça de la Sardana, these charming landscaped gardens contain Mediterranean species from cypresses,…

2. Jardins del Mirador

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From these palm-studded sloping gardens opposite the Mirador cable car station, there are expansive views over the port of Barcelona.

3. Jardins de Mossèn Cinto de Verdaguer

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Just south of the Parc Montjuïc funicular/cable car station, these ornamental gardens are home to all kinds of aquatic plants and around 80,000 bulbs,…

4. Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera

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Above the thundering traffic of the main B10 road to Tarragona, the sea-facing Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera have a good collection of tropical,…

5. MUHBA Refugi 307

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Barcelona was the city most heavily bombed by Franco's air forces during the Spanish Civil War, and as a result developed more than 1300 air-raid shelters…

6. Castell de Montjuïc

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Enjoying commanding views over the Mediterranean, this forbidding fortress dominates the southeastern heights of Montjuïc. It dates, in its present form,…

7. Telefèric de Montjuïc

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From the Parc Montjuïc cable car station on northern Montjuïc, these glass cabins zip you up to the Castell de Montjuïc via the mirador (lookout point),…

8. Fundació Joan Miró

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Joan Miró was a Catalan painter and sculptor born in Barcelona who combined abstract art with surrealism. He is considered one of the most influential…

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