Explorer Barcelone

La Boqueria, officially the Mercat de Sant Josep, is a large covered food market off La Rambla in the Ciutat Vella. A market is recorded on the site from 1217; the present hall was inaugurated in 1853 and given its metal roof in 1914. Its stalls sell fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, cheese and spices, and several counters serve food.

Plaça de Catalunya is a square of about 50,000 square metres where Barcelona's old city meets the 19th-century Eixample, and where La Rambla, Passeig de Gràcia and Portal de l'Àngel begin. It has fountains, a paved compass rose at its centre and sculptures by artists including Josep Clarà, Pablo Gargallo and Josep Llimona.

Aquarium Barcelona is a public aquarium on the Moll d'Espanya in Port Vell, the old harbour, opened in 1995. Its tanks hold some 11,000 animals with a focus on Mediterranean sea life, and the large oceanarium for sharks and rays is crossed by an 80-metre underwater tunnel.

The Port Vell Aerial Tramway is a cable car that crosses Barcelona's old harbour, linking the Torre de Sant Sebastià in Barceloneta with the Miramar station on Montjuïc by way of the Torre de Jaume I beside the World Trade Center. Built for the 1929 International Exposition and opened in 1931, it covers about 1.3 km in cabins for up to 24 people.

Barcelona Zoo occupies the eastern part of the Parc de la Ciutadella and opened in 1892. Its grounds include a terrarium from 1972, an aviary with about 70 bird species and a Sahel savannah area built in 2018 for giraffes, lions and elephants; it was long the home of Snowflake, an albino gorilla who died in 2003.

The Montjuïc Cable Car is a gondola lift that climbs Montjuïc from the upper station of the funicular to a terminal beside Montjuïc Castle. Opened in 1970 and rebuilt with closed cabins in 2007, the 752-metre line rises about 85 metres above its lower station and looks out over the port and the city.

The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is an illuminated fountain designed by Carles Buïgas for the 1929 International Exposition, at the head of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina below the Palau Nacional. On set evenings it stages shows of water jets, coloured light and music, pumping about 2,600 litres of water a second through three concentric basins.

Plaça d'Espanya is a large circular square at the foot of Montjuïc, laid out for the 1929 International Exposition. Its centre holds a fountain designed by Josep Maria Jujol with sculptures by Miquel Blay, and two 47-metre Venetian Towers mark the avenue leading up to the Palau Nacional. The former Arenas bullring stands on its north side.

Torre Glòries, formerly Torre Agbar, is a 38-storey office tower of 144 metres on Avinguda Diagonal, designed by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2005. Its rounded body is wrapped in coloured panels behind glass louvres. The Mirador on the top floor, 125 metres up, gives a 360-degree view over the city, and its dome holds the climbable installation Cloud Cities Barcelona.

Camp Nou is the stadium of FC Barcelona in the Les Corts district, opened in 1957 and the largest football ground in Europe. Since 2023 it has been rebuilt and enlarged towards about 105,000 seats, and matches returned in November 2025 with part of the stands open. The club museum, opened in 1984, shows trophies and club history, and its tickets include a stadium viewpoint.

Tibidabo Amusement Park sits on the summit of Tibidabo, the highest point of the Collserola ridge above Barcelona; its funicular opened in 1901 and the first rides followed in 1905. Several early rides still run, among them the Avió aeroplane and the Talaia, alongside a Ferris wheel and roller coasters with views over the city and the sea.