This week, I wanted to share a photo of one of my favorite spots in Barcelona – Montjuïc!
Montjuïc is a big hill in the south of Barcelona overlooking the harbor. But it’s not just any hill – it’s stuffed full of museums, parks and gardens, a palace, a castle/fortress, pretty fountains, and even the Olympic Stadium from the 1992 Olympics. Even after living in Barcelona for about a year and a half, I’m not even close to seeing everything cool on Montjuïc.
This particular building is the Palau Nacional – the palace on Montjuïc! The Palau hosts the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, better known as MNAC. The museum has, as the name would imply, a lot of outstanding Catalan art, but it has a big range of good stuff from all over the place, not just Catalunya.
It’s the biggest museum I’ve been to in Barcelona and I think the collection is great. Even if you don’t like the exhibitions they have one (I got lucky with a photography one and a jewelry one – two of my faves), it’s inside a palace, so it’s gorgeous to walk around.
This photo was taken in the middle of winter, so all the trees have lost their leaves. Brr! I chose this one specially today as it suddenly got sooo cold this week! On Monday I didn’t even wear a jacket to work, and today I went wearing two sweaters, a jacket, a thick scarf, and gloves.
Luckily, Barcelona is one of those cities that looks pretty in the winter as well as the summer. Now, it’s off to a 100 Montaditos dinner for me!
Besos!
-Jess
Hi Jess – totally agree that Montjuic is a great place to visit. There’s so much to do there.
Loving the new look of your blog BTW!
Yes, I love spending the day at Montjuic!
Thanks for your nice words about the new look. 🙂
Montjuic is definitely one of the best spots in Barcelona! 🙂
I agree, there’s so much to do there! Have you been to the outdoor cinema they have in the summer up by the fortress?
To be honest I didn’t know they had an outdoor cinema! I guess that I have a lot to explore in Barcelona 🙂
Yep, it’s a lot of fun! I think it starts in June. You can check La Butxaca online for some fun stuff to do like that. It seems like there’s always free cinema somewhere in Barcelona.
100 Montaditos! YUM! It’s like my Spanish version of Wendy’s!
Yesss, I love 100 Montaditos! They actually have a U.S. restaurant in Miami, so maybe it’ll spread to the rest of the country.
I also really like this area of Barcelona
I enjoyed the views from this spot.
And say what- 100 montaditos in Miami?!
Yeah, they’re fab!
And YES, 100 Montaditos in Miami! Fingers crossed they’ll expand to the rest of the U.S.