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💡 The Short Version: The Montjuïc cable car costs €19.00 return, or €17.10 online at Hola Barcelona, the official store. It runs 750 m from Parc Montjuïc, beside the funicular, up to Montjuïc Castle, and a return ticket lets you get off at the Alcalde viewpoint and at the castle. It is not covered by a metro ticket or a travel card: the funicular from Paral·lel is on the metro fare, and the port cable car from Barceloneta is a different line. The cable car runs every day from 10:00, closing between 18:00 and 21:00 by season; the castle (€12) and the museums on the hill charge separately. Or book a tour: the walking tour with the castle and cable carad (from £46.28, 3½ hours) puts the old town, the funicular, the cable car and the castle in one booking.
The tickets
Prices are for an adult, from telefericdemontjuic.cat, read on 30 September 2026. GetYourGuide’s price is its lowest “from” price the same day; euros are converted at the ECB rate of 29 September 2026 (€1 = £0.857).
| Ticket | Online, at Hola Barcelona | At the station | On GetYourGuide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return, adult | €17.10 (about £14.66) | €19.00 (about £16.29) | £16.28ad |
| Return, child 4 to 12 | €11.70 | €13.00 | — |
| One way, adult | — | €12.00 (ticket office only) | — |
| One way, child 4 to 12 | — | €10.00 (ticket office only) | — |
- Buy online: the official store is holabarcelona.com, 10% off. Show the voucher on your phone or on paper at the ticket office. The booking is valid for 90 calendar days from the day you buy.
- Return ticket: it lets you board and get off at all three stations, and must be used on the day.
- One-way ticket: one journey between two stations only, bought at the ticket office with cash or a card.
- Under 4s travel free; children over 4 need the child ticket.
- Groups of more than 25 get special prices.
GetYourGuide’s ticket is the official return ticket at the station price, so the €17.10 online price is about £1.60 cheaper.
Tours and tickets on GetYourGuide
Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price on 30 September 2026.
Walking tour with the castle and cable car
From £46.28 · 4.7 stars from 1,085 reviews · 3½ hours · up to 15 people · English or Spanish
Barcelona: Walking tour with Montjuic Castle & Cable Carad starts at the Palau Moja on La Rambla, walks through La Boqueria and El Raval past the Liceu and the Palau Güell, takes the funicular and the cable car up to the castle, and ends with a ride back down. The tickets are included: the return cable car, the funicular, and the castle. Buying the castle (€12), a return cable car (€17.10 online) and two funicular fares (€2.90 each) yourself comes to about €35 (£29.91), so the tour adds the old-town walk and a guide for about £16.37. It needs at least two people per booking and is not suitable for wheelchair users.
Cable car with an audio guide
From £21.21 · 4.0 stars from 367 reviews · 2 hours
Barcelona: Montjuïc Cable Car Ticket with Audio Guidead is the cable car voucher plus two self-guided audio tours on your phone, one of the cable car and one of the city, in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. There is no live guide or meeting point. Download the tours on Wi-Fi first: the listing says there is no Wi-Fi or 4G on site.
What to see
Montjuïc is a hill, with the castle at the top and museums and gardens down the slope. The cable car has three stations: Parc Montjuïc, at the top of the funicular; the Castell; and the Mirador, at the Alcalde viewpoint. The upward run goes straight from Parc Montjuïc to the castle; the return stops at the Mirador and ends back at Parc Montjuïc (telefericdemontjuic.cat, 30 September 2026).
The route: take the funicular from Paral·lel to Parc de Montjuïc, ride the cable car to the castle, go round the castle, and ride down with a stop at the Mirador del Alcalde. Then walk to whichever museum is open.
Cabins of the Montjuïc cable car over the city. Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Montjuïc Castle
Carretera de Montjuïc 66 · €12, €16 with a guided tour · 10:00–20:00 from 1 March to 31 October, 10:00–18:00 from 1 November to 28 February
A fortress at 173 m facing the sea, with a terrace and watchtower, a 155 m sea wall over the port, and a moat that is now a garden. Its ticket covers the permanent exhibition and the temporary ones; the guided tour (weekend and bank-holiday sessions, in English at 13:00) adds areas closed to the public, such as the dungeons. It is open every day except 25 December and 1 January; the box office closes 30 minutes before the castle does. Entry is free for under-16s, on Sundays after 15:00 and all day on the first Sunday of each month, and reduced-price tickets are €8. The castle sells its own tickets, at its box office and on its website (ajuntament.barcelona.cat, 30 September 2026).
The moat garden and walls of Montjuïc Castle. Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mirador del Alcalde and the gardens
Mirador station · the Miramar and Costa i Llobera gardens
Get off at the middle station for the Alcalde viewpoint and the gardens with views over the city; the return ticket lets you re-board later.
Museums and Poble Espanyol
MNAC · Fundació Joan Miró · Poble Espanyol
- Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC): €12 general admission, valid for two days within a month of purchase, with the rooftop viewpoint; a basic ticket at €2 covers the building, the rooftop viewpoint and the self-guided tour of its spaces. Tuesday to Saturday 10:00–18:00 and Sundays 10:00–15:00 from October to April; closed on Mondays except public holidays. Free on Saturdays from 15:00 and on the first Sunday of the month, with an online reservation (museunacional.cat, 30 September 2026).
- Fundació Joan Miró: €18, or €17 online. From 1 November to 31 March, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–19:00; from 1 April to 31 October, Tuesday to Saturday 10:00–20:00 and Sunday 10:00–19:00. Closed Mondays except 12 October and 28 December 2026 (fmirobcn.org, 30 September 2026).
- Poble Espanyol: more than 100 scale recreations of Spanish buildings in 40,000 m² in the open air, a museum of modern art with more than 300 works by Picasso, Dalí, Miró and others, and a flamenco venue. Poble Espanyol entryad is from £12.34 on GetYourGuide, and a combined MNAC and Poble Espanyol ticket is €20 at the museum (poble-espanyol.com, 30 September 2026). For a show there, see flamenco shows compared: Tablao de Carmen is inside.
The Magic Fountain
Plaça de Carles Buïgas, at Plaça d’Espanya · free · 10 to 15 minutes a show
The fountain is at the foot of the hill, beside Plaça d’Espanya (metro L1 and L3, and FGC). In summer 2026, from 3 June to 27 September, the city council’s shows ran from Wednesday to Sunday, at 21:30 and 22:00. The days and times change with the season, and the council publishes them at barcelona.cat: check them before you plan an evening there.
The cable car, the funicular and the port cable car
| Montjuïc cable car | Montjuïc funicular | Port cable car | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Parc Montjuïc, Mirador and Castell | Paral·lel to Parc de Montjuïc | Barceloneta to Miramar on Montjuïc, across the harbour |
| Ticket | €19.00 return, €17.10 online | A metro ticket (€2.90 single) | Its own ticket |
| In a metro ticket or travel card | No | Yes | No |
| Hours | 10:00 to 18:00, 19:00 or 21:00 by season | 7:30 or 9:00 to 22:00, or to 20:00 from 26 October | — |
The funicular is a 2-minute ride and part of the metro network, and the cable car’s base station is beside its top station (tmb.cat, 30 September 2026). The funicular runs on weekdays from 7:30 and at weekends from 9:00, to 22:00 until 25 October 2026 and to 20:00 from 26 October, and takes a T-casual or the Hola Barcelona card (Barcelona metro tickets has the fares). The port cable car is a separate line: it goes from Torre de Sant Sebastià on Barceloneta beach to Miramar, halfway up Montjuïc, and is not part of any of the tickets above. Los Tarantos sells a return on it with a flamenco show for €55 (tarantosbarcelona.com, 30 September 2026).
The Torre de Jaume I on the port cable car, with two cabins on the wires. Photo: Jordi Cucurull Juan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
On the day
Avinguda de Miramar 30 · every day of the year · from 10:00
| Months | Cable car hours |
|---|---|
| January and February | 10:00–18:00 |
| March to May | 10:00–19:00 |
| June to September | 10:00–21:00 |
| October | 10:00–19:00 |
| November and December | 10:00–18:00 |
- Short days: 25 December, 1 January and 6 January, 10:00 to 14:30.
- Last access: 15 minutes before closing, or 20 minutes before if you want the full route.
- Getting there: metro L2 or L3 to Paral·lel, then the funicular. Buses 55 and 150 stop at the Parc Montjuïc station, and the Barcelona Bus Turístic red route stops at the cable car (telefericdemontjuic.cat, 30 September 2026).
- What can spoil a visit: arriving at the end of a winter day; the last cable car leaves 15 to 20 minutes before a closing time as early as 18:00, and the castle’s box office closes at 17:30.
3 days in Barcelona puts Montjuïc on Day 3, before the beach at Barceloneta, and boat tours compared covers the sunset sail that follows. For the rest of what to book, see what to book before you go in Barcelona.
Common questions
How much is the Montjuïc cable car?
An adult return is €19.00, or €17.10 (10% off) booked online at Hola Barcelona, the official TMB store, on 30 September 2026. Children aged 4 to 12 pay €13.00, or €11.70 online, and under-4s go free. A one-way ticket is €12.00 for adults, sold only at the ticket offices. GetYourGuide's return ticket was £16.28, the same as the €19.00 price.
Is the Montjuïc cable car the same as the funicular?
No. The funicular is a 2-minute metro-network railway from Paral·lel to Parc de Montjuïc and takes an ordinary metro ticket. The cable car starts beside the funicular's top station, is a separate ticket, and is not covered by any travel card. It goes up to Montjuïc Castle over a 750 m aerial route.
Does the Montjuïc cable car go into the castle?
No. It stops at the castle station, from which you walk in; the cable car does not give direct access to the interior. The castle has its own ticket, €12 for adults, free for under-16s, on Sundays after 15:00 and on the first Sunday of the month.
What are the Montjuïc cable car's opening hours?
From 10:00 every day of the year. It closes at 18:00 from January to February and from November to December, 19:00 from March to May and in October, and 21:00 from June to September. On 25 December, 1 January and 6 January it closes at 14:30. Last access is 15 minutes before closing, 20 minutes before for the full route.
