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Sagrada Família: Gaudí's basilica, still being built

No building in Europe has been under construction for so long, or draws so many visitors while it is. Gaudí gave the last forty years of his life to the Sagrada Família, and inside it, under a vault held up by stone trees, it is easy to see why.

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Daily from 9:00, Sundays from 10:30
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Short hours on 25 and 26 Dec, 1 and 6 Jan
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    What to see at the Sagrada Família

    1. The nave

      Columns that branch like trees towards a vault of stars, and windows that fill the church with green and blue light on the east side and red and orange on the west.

    2. The Nativity façade

      The east front, the one Gaudí saw built: the birth of Christ among carved animals, plants and angels, so dense that the stone seems to grow.

    3. The Passion façade

      The west front, stark and angular, with the sculptures Josep Maria Subirachs made from 1987 for the Passion and the Crucifixion.

    4. The towers

      Some tickets include a lift up one of the towers of the Nativity or the Passion façade, with a narrow spiral stair back down.

    5. The museum and the crypt

      Under the church a museum shows Gaudí's plaster models and the way he worked out his forms with weights and strings. The crypt, where he is buried, can be seen from it.

    Tickets and tours for the Sagrada Família

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      Barcelona: Sagrada Familia Entry Ticket with Audio Guide

      Entry to the Sagrada Família at the time you choose, with an audio guide.

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      • Entry to the Sagrada Família at the time you book
      • An audio guide

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    Visiting the Sagrada Família: hours and admission

    Opening hours

    Monday to Friday, in October and March
    9:00 to 19:00
    Saturday, in October and March
    9:00 to 18:00
    Sunday, in October and March
    10:30 to 19:00
    • From November to February the basilica closes at 18:00, and from April to September at 20:00.
    • On 25 and 26 December and 1 and 6 January it opens from 9:00 to 14:00.
    • From 9:00 to 10:00 the basilica keeps an hour of quiet for prayer.
    • Hours change for religious services and events. Tickets are sold only online.

    Who gets in free

    • There are no free days. Tickets are sold only online, for a set time.

    Getting there

    Metro
    Sagrada Família (lines 2 and 5), a minute away.
    On foot
    Ten minutes down the Avinguda de Gaudí from Sant Pau, or twenty-five from the Passeig de 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

    Basílica de la Sagrada Família
    Carrer de Mallorca 401
    08013 Barcelona, Spain

    Entrances

    The visitors' entrance is on the side of the Nativity façade, on the Carrer de la Marina. A tower ticket names the façade its lift leaves from.

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    Before you go

    • Book online and early: the basilica sells its tickets only on the internet, for a set time, and the days fill up.
    • Go in the late afternoon for the light through the west windows, which turns the nave orange and red.
    • A tower ticket is worth it on a clear day, but the stairs down are narrow and steep.
    • Shoulders and knees should be covered: it is a church, and a working one.
    • Leave time to walk round the outside. The two façades are best seen from the parks on either side, the Plaça de Gaudí and the Plaça de la Sagrada Família.

    A neo-Gothic church that Gaudí made his own

    The first stone was laid in 1882, to a design by the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar for a conventional neo-Gothic church. A year later the young Antoni Gaudí took it over, and he turned it into something no one had seen before. He worked on it until his death in 1926, in the last years living on the site, and he is buried in its crypt.

    When he died only one façade, the Nativity, and one of its towers were near completion. Building has gone on since, paid for by donations and the tickets of visitors, following his models and drawings, many of which were damaged in 1936 and pieced together again.

    The nave was finished and the church consecrated as a basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. The Nativity façade and the crypt are part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Gaudí's works.

    Sagrada Família: common questions

    What are the opening hours of the Sagrada Família?
    Monday to Friday, in October and March: 9:00 to 19:00. Saturday, in October and March: 9:00 to 18:00. Sunday, in October and March: 10:30 to 19:00. From November to February the basilica closes at 18:00, and from April to September at 20:00. On 25 and 26 December and 1 and 6 January it opens from 9:00 to 14:00. From 9:00 to 10:00 the basilica keeps an hour of quiet for prayer. Hours change for religious services and events. Tickets are sold only online.
    Is the Sagrada Família ever free?
    There are no free days. Tickets are sold only online, for a set time.
    What does the ticket include?
    Entry to the Sagrada Família at the time you book. An audio guide. It is sold by GetYourGuide.
    When will the Sagrada Família be finished?
    There is no fixed date. The towers have been going up through the 2020s, and the main façade, the Glory, is still to be built. Work has always depended on donations and on visitors' tickets.
    Is Gaudí buried in the Sagrada Família?
    Yes, in the crypt beneath the church, where he died in 1926 after being knocked down by a tram.
    How long does a visit to the Sagrada Família take?
    About an hour and a half for the church and the museum, and two and a half hours with a tower.

    What visitors say about the Sagrada Família

    Rating from Google

    4.8

    337,346 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 25 October 2026.

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