Official first

Official ticket site: parkguell.barcelona

On sale
Online only, up to three months ahead, on the park's own site. No ticket desks.
Price
€18. €13.50 for ages 7 to 12 and over 65s. Under 7s free, but they need a ticket. No booking fee.
Named ticket
Yes. The name must match your ID, which can be checked at the entrance. No name changes.
Timed entry
Half-hour slots, 700 people each. Go in within 30 minutes of your slot's start or lose it.
Changes
Date and time can change up to the day before, if there is room. No cancellations or refunds.

Start with the official site

Park Güell is on Spain's list as "Wander through Park Güell". The part people come for, the monumental zone with Gaudí's terraces and benches, is run by B:SM, Barcelona City Council's municipal services company. It sells tickets on its own site, parkguell.barcelona, whose buy buttons lead to its shop at parkguellonline.cat. Since 1 July 2024 tickets have been sold online only.

This is a planning guide, not a report of a recent visit. The rules and prices below come from parkguell.barcelona, checked on 25 October 2026, and the availability described is what its own availability chart showed that day.

Why it sells out

The monumental zone takes at most 700 visitors every 30 minutes. Each ticket is for a half-hour slot, and you can go in up to 30 minutes after your slot starts; after that, you lose your entry. The park's own FAQ says "ticket availability is very limited".

The squeeze here is short-range. On 25 October 2026 the park's home page said "Tickets sold out for today", and the availability chart showed nothing for the next day either. A few days out, the morning slots were nearly gone, and from about 3 November there was plenty left. In must30's reading, outside peak season Park Güell sells out a day or two ahead, not months ahead. There is no official data on summer or Easter.

Official options first

  1. Book the official guided tour. It costs €17 on top of the €18 park ticket, takes up to 25 people and lasts about 50 minutes, in Catalan, Spanish, English or French. On 25 October, with general entry sold out for that day and the next, the official tour with ticket still had places on both days. A longer Plus tour (€29 plus the ticket, about 90 minutes, in English and Spanish, up to 15 people) also runs.
  2. Look at the combined tickets. The official shop sells the park with the Porter's Lodge (Casa del Guarda) and the park with the Gaudí House Museum. On 25 October both still had places for the next day, when the plain ticket was gone. The info pages do not show their prices, so check them in the shop.
  3. Watch the availability chart. The park publishes one, slot by slot, at parkguell.barcelona. In the 25 October check, afternoons were the last to fill.
  4. Move a ticket you already hold. If you booked the wrong day, the date and time can be changed up to the day before, if there is room. Tickets cannot be cancelled or refunded.
  5. Walk the free part of the park. The ticket covers the regulated 12-hectare monumental zone. The rest of Park Güell, the woodland and leisure areas, is open to everyone at no charge.

Barcelona residents have their own free pass, the Passi Verd, and free early and late hours. Those are for registered residents only; visitors cannot use them.

Tours with entry included

The park's terms are blunt. B:SM says it "has not signed any commercial agreement with any company" to sell Park Güell tickets, takes no responsibility for tickets bought from non-authorised agents, and treats resale as grounds for confiscating or cancelling the ticket with no refund. Tickets are named and non-transferable, so a resold one is a real risk.

What the rules do provide is the guided tour. Inside the monumental zone, tours can only be led by official tourist guides licensed by the Government of Catalonia, and agencies can book group tickets for 8 to 30 people for their own groups, though not to resell. So must30 links only to guided tours. Choose one that says it is led by a licensed guide and that you enter with the group, and expect to pay more than €18.

If you book through these links, must30 earns a commission at no extra cost to you.

Park Güell guided tours with entryThe park has no ticket-selling partners. Pick a tour led by a guide licensed by the Government of Catalonia, entering with the group.
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Park Güell walk with an official guide, entry includedYou go in with the group on its ticket, the route the park's rules allow; check the listing names a licensed official guide.
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Timing that helps

The park is open every day of the year, apart from closures for bad weather announced on its home page. From 25 October to 31 December 2026 the first ticketed slot is at 9:30 and the last at 17:30. In 2026 the last slot moved to 18:00 in February and to 19:30 from late March to October; the 2027 timetable is not published yet. Early mornings and evenings outside those hours are reserved for local residents, and tourist visits are not allowed then.

Once inside, you can stay as long as you like, but you cannot leave and come back. The park puts the average visit at about an hour. The park also lists works on drainage, lighting and Wi-Fi, expected to last 18 months, with some paths closed.

What not to do

  • Do not buy a ticket issued in someone else's name. It is non-transferable, and resale is grounds for cancellation without refund.
  • Do not arrive more than 30 minutes after your slot starts. Your entry is gone after that.
  • Do not plan to come in the early morning or the evening. Those hours are for residents only.
  • Do not trust a site because "Park Güell" is in its address. The official site is parkguell.barcelona.

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