Short answer. For Park Güell you need a ticket with a day and a time slot. You can enter up to 30 minutes after your slot begins and stay as long as you like, but you cannot leave and come back. The entry ticket with audio guide is the simplest choice. If you want someone to explain what you see, choose a guided tour.
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Park Güell: Entry Ticket + Audio Guide
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Book tickets and tours →How does the Park Güell ticket work?
You pick the day and the time slot when you book. The slot is the half hour in which you arrive at the gate. If your slot is 9:30, you can come in until 10:00, and after that the ticket is no longer good for that slot.
The slots for visitors run from 9:30 to 17:30. The park lets in a limited number of people every 30 minutes, so each slot can fill up. If the slot you want is gone, try the one before or after, or another day.
Once you are inside, nobody tells you when to leave. There is one rule to remember: you cannot go out and come back in. If you want a coffee outside, plan it for after your visit.
What is the monumental zone?
The ticket is for the monumental zone, the part of the park with Gaudí’s best known work: the entrance pavilions, the dragon stairs, the Hypostyle Hall, the terrace with the serpentine bench and the viaducts. It is a regulated area, and it covers about 12 hectares.
The rest of the park, a wooded area of about 8 hectares, is free for everyone and needs no ticket.
Which ticket should I choose?
Here is a simple way to decide:
- Want to see it your own way? Choose the entry ticket with audio guide. You walk at your own pace, and the audio guide tells you about the history and the design of the park.
- Want a person to explain? Choose a guided tour. One lasts about an hour and a half and has guides in seven languages. Another lasts about an hour and a quarter, in English, and can be cancelled up to 24 hours before.
- Coming with children? Look at the small-group tour for families, where children follow clues, use a map and stickers, and look for the dragon and a hidden lizard. The exploration game is a download for families who prefer to go on their own, but it does not include the entry ticket.
- Want to see more of Gaudí? The combo ticket with the Gaudí Experience adds an attraction about the architect. The Gaudí–Güell Pass covers three of his works: the Crypt of Colònia Güell, Palau Güell and Park Güell.
- Want to see the city too? Two tickets add the hop-on hop-off bus, and one of them adds the cable car that runs from Montjuïc mountain to the beach.
What about Gaudí’s house?
Inside the park there is the pink house where Gaudí lived from 1906 to 1925, now the Gaudí House Museum. You can see it from outside. Going in depends on whether the museum is open on your day, so do not plan your visit around it.
Who enters for free?
Children from 0 to 6 years do not pay, but they need an entry ticket anyway. Residents of Barcelona enter the monumental zone free with the Passi Verd, and the neighbours of the park have a personal card. These rules are for local people, so visitors from abroad need a ticket.
Can I change or cancel?
Each ticket says whether it can be cancelled. Most entry tickets cannot, so choose the day carefully. The guided tour in English and the small-group tour for families can be cancelled up to 24 hours before the start.
When should I book?
As soon as you know your date. A day can run out of places, and the slot you prefer may be gone by the time you decide.
Which one for you?
Short on time? The entry ticket with audio guide is enough. Want the story behind the mosaics? Pick a guided tour. Coming with children? Book the family tour. To plan your day, see the opening hours and how to get there.