Sagrada Família Basilica, with or without the tower

You enter by the Nativity façade, on Carrer de Marina, at the time shown on your ticket. You walk through the nave and the museum with no time limit, with the audio guide in the official app (45 minutes the standard one, 25 the express), and you can count on a good hour. If you add a tower, you go up by lift and walk down: that adds another half hour.

First hour in silence, Sunday mid-morning

Between 9:00 and 10:00 the basilica asks for silence: headphones are compulsory for the audio guide, and phones must be quiet. It is a good slot if you want the nave peaceful and the morning light in the eastern stained glass. On Sundays it does not open until 10:30. From November to February it closes at 18:00 every day; from April to September, on weekdays, at 20:00, and on Saturdays always at 18:00. On 25 and 26 December and 1 and 6 January it is open only from 9:00 to 14:00.

You get there by metro to Sagrada Família station, on lines L2 and L5, which comes out at the foot of the temple. Buses 19, 33, 34, D50, H10 and B24 also stop here.

What to book if you live in Barcelona

Tickets are bought online only, with a time slot, and are named: bring your ID. General admission costs €26; under-30s and students, €24; pensioners, €21; under-11s, free. With a tower it is €36, and you choose between the Nativity tower, which looks to the sea, or the Passion tower, towards the centre. If you are registered as a resident in Barcelona, the "Te esperamos" promotion takes 50% off, requested 48 hours ahead by email to the basilica.