Telefèric de Montjuïc (Montjuïc Cable Car)
Glass gondola climbing to a hilltop fortress, with sweeping views over the port and old town.
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This guide to the Montjuïc Cable Car in Barcelona follows the ride's origins to 1970, when Francisco Franco personally started its motors, and back further to 1940, when Catalan president Lluís Companys was marched barefoot to the same hilltop and executed by Franco's police. You'll hear how the cars have changed since, from open-air gondolas to the enclosed cabins introduced in 2007, and the climb they make above the port and the old town. It's a ride whose sunny views sit on ground with a much darker history.
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