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Park Güell: Gaudí's garden on the hill

Eusebi Güell wanted a garden suburb for rich families above the city. Almost nobody bought, and what is left is a park: Gaudí's gingerbread gatehouses, a mosaic dragon, a hall of columns and a terrace with one of the best views of Barcelona.

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    What to see at Park Güell

    1. The dragon

      The mosaic lizard or dragon on the double stair at the entrance, the park's emblem and its most photographed creature.

    2. The Hypostyle Room

      A forest of Doric columns planned as the estate's market hall, with mosaic medallions of broken tile on its ceiling.

    3. The serpentine bench

      The long, curving seat round the great terrace above the hall, covered in broken tiles and pottery by Gaudí's collaborator Josep Maria Jujol.

    4. The gatehouses

      Two pavilions at the gate like houses from a fairy tale, with roofs of white and coloured tile.

    5. The viaducts

      Paths carried on leaning stone columns that look grown rather than built, winding up the hill.

    Tickets and tours for Park Güell

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      Barcelona: Park Güell Admission Ticket

      Entry to the monumental area of Park Güell at the time you choose.

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      • Entry to the monumental area of Park Güell
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    Visiting Park Güell: hours and admission

    Opening hours

    Every day, 25 October to 31 December
    9:30 to 17:30 for visitors with a ticket
    • The park has no artificial lighting, so its hours follow the daylight and change through the year. Its site gives each season's.
    • Tickets are for a set time, and you may enter up to thirty minutes after it.
    • Before 9:30 and after closing the park is open only to local residents with a pass.

    Who gets in free

    • The paths and woods outside the monumental area are open to all.

    Getting there

    Metro
    Vallcarca or Lesseps (line 3), each about fifteen minutes uphill on foot, partly by outdoor escalators.
    On foot
    Twenty minutes from Casa Vicens, through Gràcia.
    By car
    Barcelona is a low-emission zone, and parking in the centre is scarce and dear. Leave the car and use the metro.

    Address

    Park Güell
    Carrer d'Olot 5
    08024 Barcelona, Spain

    Entrances

    The main gate, with the gatehouses and the dragon stair, is on the Carrer d'Olot. There are other gates to the upper park, but a ticket is checked at the monumental area.

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    Before you go

    • Book a time slot for the monumental area. Tickets are sold for each half hour and the day often sells out.
    • Come at opening or late in the day: the terrace has little shade.
    • The park is on a steep hill. From the metro it is a climb, partly by outdoor escalators.
    • The Gaudí House Museum has its own ticket.

    A garden city that found no buyers

    The industrialist Eusebi Güell, Gaudí's great patron, bought the hillside of the Muntanya Pelada and asked him to lay out a private estate of houses and gardens. Work went on from 1900 to 1914. Only two houses were built, and the city bought the estate and opened it as a public park in 1926.

    Gaudí himself lived in one of the two houses from 1906 to 1925. It is now the Gaudí House Museum, with furniture he designed.

    The heart of the park, the monumental area with the stair, the hall and the terrace, can be visited only with a ticket for a set time. The rest of the park's paths and woods are open to all. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Gaudí's works.

    Park Güell: common questions

    What are the opening hours of Park Güell?
    Every day, 25 October to 31 December: 9:30 to 17:30 for visitors with a ticket. The park has no artificial lighting, so its hours follow the daylight and change through the year. Its site gives each season's. Tickets are for a set time, and you may enter up to thirty minutes after it. Before 9:30 and after closing the park is open only to local residents with a pass.
    Is Park Güell ever free?
    The paths and woods outside the monumental area are open to all.
    What does the ticket include?
    Entry to the monumental area of Park Güell. At the time you book. It is sold by GetYourGuide.
    Is Park Güell free?
    Part of it is. The paths and woods of the park are open to all, but the monumental area, with the dragon stair, the Hypostyle Room and the terrace, needs a ticket for a set time.
    How long do you need at Park Güell?
    About an hour for the monumental area, and two with the rest of the park and the Gaudí House Museum.
    How do you get to Park Güell?
    By metro to Vallcarca or Lesseps on line 3, then about fifteen minutes uphill on foot, or by one of the buses that stop near the gates.

    What visitors say about Park Güell

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    4.4

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    Google's figures as read on 25 October 2026.

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