Hi M.

No, the Magic Fountain is in an open space and free to access, no ticket required. However, due to droughts, it currently isn’t working. More info here:

Hey Kelly, thanks for the kind words!

Right, yes seems like Get Your Guide no longer list the Montjuic Cable Car for some reason! You could book instead with the .

That should work!

The cable car and the Magic Fountain are on opposite sides of Montjuic, quite far apart.

Also the cable car already starts on Montjuic. It is just for the last part of the journey up to the castle. So first you have to arrive half way up Montjuic (using the funicular railway from metro Parallel).

During winter I don’t recommend you try to combine cable car and Magic Fountain. Better to do cable car and castle in the morning, when it is light. Then go back to the city for lunch / afternoon, and come back to the other side of the mountain for Magic Fountain in the evening.

Or here’s a better idea: you could take the cable car in early afternoon, then do a museum like Joan Miro or MNAC in later afternoon (which close at 6pm), and then go shopping in the nearby Las Arenas shopping mall while you wait for Magic Fountain to start.

UPDATE. Apparently it’s not too far… according to Google. Just 16 minutes walk between the bottom of the cable car (yes you should come back down) and Magic Fountain. I thought it was much much more, but I always get lost on Montjuic! Sometimes Google doesn’t deal with elevations well, and I still think it must be longer than 16 minutes… I would leave 30 minutes walking time at least.

Hi Anum…. Montjuic is a large sprawling hill and some attractions are very far apart. The castle is on one side (near to the coast and port) and served by the cable car, but the Magic Fountain is on the other side, near Placa Espanya and below the MNAC (National Museum of Catalan Art). It is a pretty long distance to walk between the cable car and the Magic Fountain… probably too far if I remember correctly. You should take the Tourist Bus, or a normal bus, or a taxi. Exact Magic Fountain location here:

Hi Pam, I would do the cable car to the castle in the morning, then take the bus or tourist bus to Poble Espanyol, where you can have lunch in one of the many restaurants and then spend some of the afternoon checking the various museums, shops and galleries. From there you can walk to MNAC, which is open until 8pm from Tues to Saturday and spend the rest of the afternoon. From 8pm until 9:30pm you could have dinner at Oleum or chill at one of the open air bars near the Magic Fountain, as you wait for the first show to begin. Enjoy!