Park Güell

Park Güell (Parc Güell)

A tiled lizard, a snaking bench and the whole city below

⚠ Enter within 30 min of slot

Hours

Tourist entry slots 09:30–19:30, open all year; once inside you can stay as long as you like

Tickets

Adults €18, ages 7–12 and 65+ €13.50, 0–6 free (ticket still required); book a timed slot on parkguell.barcelona

Address

Carrer d'Olot, Gràcia; it sits on a hill, so every entrance involves a climb

Through the lower gate, two gatehouses that look like gingerbread stand on either side. Halfway up the stairs a lizard covered in broken tiles gapes at the crowd, and above it a forest of thick columns holds up a hall whose roof is the main terrace. Sit on the long, wriggling tiled bench at its edge and you get the city, the sea and the Sagrada Família towers in one sweep. It was meant to be a gated garden estate for rich families; the plots never sold, so it became a park.