Font Màgica and Plaça d'Espanya
A total art work of water, music and colour
Plaça d'Espanya is a central transport hub in Barcelona in front of Montjuïc, Barcelona's home mountain. It is an always flowing roundabout. Plaça d'Espanya itself has stops for the L1, L3 and FGC subways and the huge Las Arenas shopping center, which is housed in a former bullring. A few steps away from Plaça Espanya you will find the Font Màgica, which unfolds its incredible effect especially in the evening.
Suitable Offers:
- Guided Private Magic Fountain E-Bike Tour
- Free metro with the Barcelona Card
Magic Fountain Bike Tour
- Duration: 3 hours
- English-speaking guide, exclusively for your group
- Small groups up to max. 8 people. If your group is bigger, we will share the goup and provide several guides
- E-Bikes
- On request helmet (for children up to 15 years obligatory)
Barcelona Card
- Free admission to 25 attractions
- Discounts at more than 70 other museums, leisure activities, cultural venues, shops, pubs and restaurants
- Public transport for free: within the urban area (zone 1) Metro, tram, city bus (TMB), FGC (Catalan railway), RENFE (Spanish railway)
- Free train, bus 46 and metro L9 from El Prat de Llobregat Airport to the city center and back
- Accompanying booklet with city map, metro plan and description of facilities with discounts
- The Barcelona Card is available for 3, 4 or 5 days (72, 96 and 120 hours from first use).
- For 2 days (48 hours) you can get the Barcelona Card Express.
The exact times can be found on the notice board on the buses. The buses run every 5-25 minutes, depending on the season and occupancy.
- Summer: 9:00 to 20:00, winter: 9:00 to 19:00
- Red and blue line all year, from Monday to Sunday
- Green line from 01.04. until 01.11.
- No operation on 1 January and 25 December (2-day tickets, which will be used for the first time on the 24th or 31st of December, will also be valid on the 26th of December or the 2nd of January)
Private Magic Fountain Bike Tour
- 01.03. to 31.03., 18:00, Thurday, Friday, Saturday
- 01.04. to 31.05., 19:00, Thurday, Friday, Saturday
- 01.06. to 30.09., 19:30, Wednesday, Thurday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- 01.10. to 31.10., 19:00, Thurday, Friday, Saturday
- 01.11. to 31.12., 18:00, Thurday, Friday, Saturday
- Duration: 3 hours
No tours in January and February and 25 and 26 December.
Private Magic Fountain Bike Tour
- Enter the number of people or the group size in the private tours on the top right and select the desired date
- Then click on "Add to cart"
- A confirmation of the booking will be sent to you by e-mail
- Within 24 hours you will receive the binding booking confirmation
Meeting point of the Magic Mountain Bike Tour
- In front of Costa Caffee, Plaça Sant Jaume 3
- Detailed directions will be provided with the booking confirmation
Barcelona Card
- Here you can purchase the Barcelona Cards at a favourable online price
- Booking is simple: select the product on the top right (Barcelona Card, Ticket Bus Turístic) and enter the desired number
- Select the shipping method (post or voucher by e-mail)
- Then click on "Add to cart"
Free Time Selection and Validity of the Tickets
- Full flexibility: You can decide yourself when you would like to use the tickets in the respective validity year. Our vouchers and tickets are valid for a full calendar year.
- From the first use it is valid for the booked amount of calendar days
Shipping of the Tickets and Barcelona Cards
- You can find detailed shipping information on the product pages of the Bus Turístic and the Barcelona Card
Private Magic Fountain Bike Tour
- You can cancel the reservation up to 48 hours before the event for free
- If canceled later or in case of no-show, no refund will be given
Barcelona Card
- Booking without risk: unused Barcelona Cards and Bus Turístic tickets received by post can be returned until January 15 of the following year. We will refund the full amount paid, provided that the Bus Turístic tickets and Barcelona Cards are in a resalable condition.
- The booking with delivery option e-mail voucher can be canceled up to six weeks after the booking, but no later than 15 January of the following year.
- No cancellation fees
In the immediate surroundings of Plaça d'Espanya, the Montjuïc is located. To explore it, the Plaça d'Espanya, which was opened on the occasion of the World Fair, is ideal as a starting point. The grandiose staging of the square served as the entrance to the World Exposition. The Palau National is situated in the view axis through the two brick towers, which are based on St.Mark's tower in Venice. Inside, the Museu National d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) is placed there, today.
These towers are the entrance to the fairground and here starts the Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina. It is appropriate to note that you can also pass without admission during fair operation. The Fair (Fira de Barcelona) is situated on the left hand side of the Plaça d'Espanya.
Font Màgica - Magic Fountain
After about 300 metres from the towers in the direction of the Palau National d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), the Plaça de Carles Buïgas appears. This is the Font Màgica, the Magic Fountain. In the daytime rather unspectacular, however, in the evening it is really magical.
The Font Màgica, the magical fountain
You can attend a special spectacle. Font Màgica spray fountains in correspondence to the sound of music. Font Màgica are a total work of art, music, water, motion and colour. The plant has a total of 3,000 water jets; about 2,000 litres of water per second are pressed through them.
The water games occupy a surface of 50 * 65 meters; the largest diameter of the water basin is 35 meters. Five pumps ensure that 2,600 litres per second of water run through a total of 1,500 meters of pipelines to the 3,620 jets.
The maximum water pressure corresponds to a water column of 54 meters. The fountains are controlled by 134 engines and 109 valves. Together with the lighting system of 8 different colours, it is cared for to put one into the mood.
The music comes from an impressive sound system and 6 km air pipes.
It is worthwhile to visit the magical water games of the Font Màgica several times. The games take approximately 15 minutes and are repeated several times in the evening.
Playlist
In total, there are nearly 30 different arrangements. We listed some of the songs played:
- Antarctica - Vangelis
- El Cant de la Senyera
- Sultans of Swing
- Cançao do Mar
- Nocturne
- La ciutat entre dos blaus
- Apologize
- Film soundtracks
- Children music
- Current hits
The program varies depending on the weekday.
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Important information
Surroundings
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Address
Plaça Espanya, Plaça de Carles Buïgas
www.barcelona.cat/en/what-to-do-in-bcn/magic-fountain
Arrival
Metro: Espanya (L3, L1)
Bus Turístic: Plaça Espanya / CaixaForum - Pavelló Mies van der Rohe
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Opening times
Actual schedule: currently out of service
Admission
Open to the public
Information about visiting the Font Màgica
Due to the ongoing drought, the Font Màgica are unfortunately not in operation (as of February 2025).
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