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With a GetYourGuide Originals tour, you can enjoy complimentary rescheduling if you’re late or plans change, and a full refund if you’re not completely satisfied after taking your tour.
Unforgettable local guides
Led only by 5-star guides and local aficionados, you can expect intriguing insights, fun facts, and stories from the people who call your destination home.
Small groups
A maximum of 20 people on your tour, which means you'll enjoy a more interactive, personalized experience.
Top sights (and hidden ones, too)
On an Originals tour, you'll discover lesser-known treasures that other visitors often miss, bringing you a deeper understanding of your destination.
Priority access — more time to explore
Long line? We'll show you how to skip it. Packed out sights? Follow us to the secret quiet spots. On Originals tours, you can explore in ways that others can't.
About this tour
Duration 1.5 hours
Skip the ticket line
Printed or mobile voucher accepted
Instant confirmation
Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before activity starts
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The Original experience
Highlights
Relax knowing your entry tickets, museum entrance and Sagrada Familia School access are all included
Benefit from priority access to Gaudi's otherworldly Basilica
Enjoy a guided tour with an expert guide and a group no bigger than 20 people
Enter the Basilica at a time of the day when the light is at its best
Ask your tour guide for tips on what else to see and do in Barcelona at the end of the tour
Full description
Make your visit to the Sagrada Familia unforgettable with a 1.5-hour guided tour of Gaudí’s masterpiece. See the Basilica’s dream-like façade and interior in a small-group setting accompanied by an expert guide. During the tour you will learn about the ongoing construction, the current predicted completion date, and the generations of craftspeople, architects and artists learned how to bring Gaudi’s vision to life.
Your guide will meet you outside, starting the tour with a little introduction before heading to the Basilica’s entrance. After you’ve headed through security, you will hear all about the Nativity Façade. This was the first completed section of the Basilica and the one that Gaudí personally worked on the most in his lifetime. Try to decode the many symbols that Gaudí left for the viewer to decipher.
Next, you will step into the interior of the Sagrada Familia. Marvel at the world created by the intense colored light from the stained glass windows and the branch-like columns extending over the ceiling. Gaudí intended for the interior to look and feel like a walk through the woods, with the light exuding a sense of sifting through forest leaves.
As you exit the Basilica you will hear about the Passion Façade, representing the story of Jesus’ crucifixion. Experience the drama of the Passion through the tower’s stark and angular sculptures. This façade, like most of the Sagrada Familia, was built after Gaudí’s death.
Head to Sagrada Familia Schools next, designed for the children of the workers building the Sagrada Familia. Hear how it was reconstructed more than once and even moved locations to make way for the Basilica.
Your last stop will be the Sagrada Familia Museum, where your guide will share original sketches and plans with you that demonstrate the complexity of Gaudi's architecture and vision. Find artifacts here from Gaudi’s life and the Basilica's own history, such as his upside-down model of the Basilica.
Includes
Entrance fees and tickets
Official tour guide
Personal audio reinforcement (if more than 10 people)
What’s Not Included
Access to the towers
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Prepare for the activity
Meeting point
• Meet your guide on the corner of Carrer de la Marina and Carrer de Mallorca in front of the Sagrada Familia Gift Shop (Botiga de la Sagrada Familia).
• Look for a guide wearing GetYourGuide attire and holding a red GetYourGuide flag
• Please bring your passport or ID card with you
• All visitors must go through a security check, which may take up to 25 minutes in high season
• The Sagrada Familia is occasionally closed to the public
• Modest clothing is required: knees and shoulders must be covered at all times; no swimwear; no transparent clothing; no plunging necklines, exposed backs or stomachs
• For safety reasons, no hats are allowed inside the nave or the museum, except for religious or health-related reasons
• You will need to arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the tour starts
• Please do not enter the monument barefoot
• At the Sagrada Familia it is not permitted to give headsets to children under the age of 12