Sagrada Familia and Park Guell: the perfect combination for your trip to Barcelona

Have you come on holiday to Barcelona? Barcelona has many places and plans to offer you, but two of its great emblems are undoubtedly the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell. Both are considered the two most popular postcards of the city and in this post I propose a way to see them in a cheap and organised way.

Thanks to the different types of combined tickets for the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell, you can see both tourist attractions for a fixed price, enjoying these architectural wonders in a single day so that you leave Barcelona with a good taste in your mouth. Are you interested? Then read on and I'll tell you all about it.

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Combo: Barcelona Park Güell and Sagrada Familia Tour

Combined excursion to the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell

Visit two of the most important attractions of the Catalan capital with a professional guide. Admire the talent of the great Antoni Gaudí embodied in two of his masterpieces and learn all the curiosities with an expert guide.

From ₹7,922 at Hellotickets

With these combined tickets to Park Güell and La Sagrada Familia you'll be able to visit two of Barcelona's most emblematic architectural works, both by Spanish artist Gaudí. Always accompanied by a professional guide and history expert, you'll get to know every corner in depth, so that you get a complete and special experience.

These works are part of the vast legacy that the architect left in the city and are worth exploring in Barcelona. Visiting them is a good way to start discovering the magical world of Gaudí and you can do so with this ticket-saving pack, which costs around 89€.

Recommended if... you want to admire the great creations of this Catalan legend and don't want to worry about queuing or running out of tickets.

Both Park Güell and Sagrada Familia can be purchased through the Hellotickets website respectively. However, there are no combined tickets offered directly by either institution.

Fortunately, many websites and tour companies offer this type of combined tickets to enjoy two of the greatest works of the artist Gaudí with all kinds of advantages. All you have to do is buy them online a few days in advance and show them at the entrance to both places.

The truth is that the price of both Park Güell and the Sagrada Familia can be a little high if you buy them separately. Barcelona has a lot of museums and places to see and it is always a good option to consider buying some kind of pack like these combined tickets in order to save a few euros.

Combined tickets to La Sagrada Familia and Park Güell are a good option that I recommend you consider, as you can save money and time, as well as get the most out of the experience at both attractions. General admission to the Sagrada Familia starts at around €34 and general admission to Park Guell is around €14.

At first glance you might think that buying separate tickets might be better, but if you take a look at what these basic tickets offer, you'll quickly see the difference. The general tickets to the Sagrada Familia do not include, for example, the climb to the towers from where you have spectacular views and the general pass to Park Güell has no guide to guide you on what you see.

By booking the Park Güell and Sagrada Familia tour, from ₹7,922, you can buy the combined offer and also have not only the accompaniment of a professional guide to show you both places, but also the transfers between the two monuments. It's definitely worth it.

If you have opted for the combined ticket, you will be able to see these two monuments in a much more flexible and personal way, without having to wait in endless queues. To do this, it is advisable to book in advance. You don't have to do both visits on the same day. You can do one first and the other the next day, or both on the same day, but you should know in advance and book the dates in advance due to capacity issues.

If you are short of time, I recommend that you book both visits on the same day:

• Ideally, you should go to the Sagrada Família in the morning, preferably first thing in the morning (it opens at 9 am) because, although you won't have to wait in line, it will be much more pleasant to see inside without the crowds.
• With Park Güell, however, my advice is to go at sunset around 6.30pm, as from its famous caldera you'll have privileged views and, if you go in summer, the temperatures in the park will be more pleasant.

This way, you'll be able to organise your trip to Barcelona much better and save a few euros without having to give up getting to know these two works of art by Gaudí in depth. You're free to choose the dates and times that suit you best, and you'll also have access to all the facilities and an audio guide at each location.

If you have come to visit Barcelona in 1 day and you have just enough time, this type of tickets can be your solution as they not only offer you access to the basilica and Park Güell but they also organise the whole visit and the transfers so you can do both visits during the day in approximately 4 hours.

If you were thinking of doing the visits on your own, it would be advisable to check the Sagrada Família timetable and the Park Güell timetable in order to be able to plan your time and control the time of the journeys between one place and the other. However, one of the advantages of this type of combined ticket is that the tour itself, which includes access, organises the day for you.

The most common type of combined tour lasts 4 hours and takes place in the morning, as the afternoon timetable can vary depending on the season. So, whether you choose a tour that goes first to Sagrada Familia and then to Park Güell or vice versa, you 'll finish seeing everything by lunchtime and still have the afternoon ahead of you.

Once you have finished your visit to Park Güell and La Sagrada Familia, you will have worked up an appetite. I recommend that you take the opportunity to go into one of the restaurants in the area to recharge your batteries and try some typical Catalan and Mediterranean dishes.

Paella and tradition near the Sagrada Família

Sagrada Familia is in one of the most gentrified and traditional areas of Barcelona, so it won't be difficult to find some of the best restaurants in the city. Being such a touristy place, there will be no shortage of stalls and restaurants offering set menus, sangria and paella. But, so that you don't get ripped off on prices and quality, I would like to recommend two restaurants whose quality and price will leave you very satisfied:

• Restaurante Madre: A few steps away from the Sagrada Familia, it offers you an experience of tapas and portions of first quality, with simple but very well worked products for you to have a gourmet tapas lunch.
• Arrocería Gaudí: If what you're in the mood for is a good paella, I suggest you go to a place that specialises in rice dishes that will make you lick your fingers.

Rustic food with views of Parc Güell

The surroundings of Park Güell are in a beautiful residential area in Barcelona and also offer a great gastronomic offer more intimate and rustic. If you finish your visit of the combined tickets in this beautiful and special park, I want to leave you with two restaurant options to consider:

• Tibet Restaurant: offers a good menu of seasonal products prepared in a simple and tasty way and respecting the most primary flavours.
• Restaurant La Salut: it has a varied menu of dishes typical of Mediterranean cuisine with meat, fish, rice and seasonal vegetables, a delight!

If you do the sightseeing on your own, the truth is that it's quite a long way to walk. The best option in this case is to take the bus, combining the V21 and V19 lines, or the metro, getting off at Sagrada Familia or Lesseps to go to Park Güell.

However, you can avoid all this hassle of metros, buses and combinations if you book one of the tours with a combined ticket to both monuments, as the transfers are included in the price.

This way, not only do you avoid the cost of public transport, but you'll also travel comfortably and in air-conditioned comfort. Something that, I assure you, in summer in Barcelona you'll be grateful for.

Gaudí is one of the emblems of Barcelona and two of his greatest representations are precisely the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell. These two must-sees are visited every year by millions of people.

Before you start your visit to both places with your combined ticket, let me tell you a little more about what you are going to see on your visit and what is the importance of these two places in the modernist city.

Sagrada Familia

The interior of the Sagrada Familia is worth seeing. It is a modernist basilica, one of the few of this artistic period, which Gaudí designed and began to build at the beginning of the 19th century. It is still being built today, which is why it is normal for it to be full of cranes when you see it. The artist left all the plans ready so he knew how to finish his masterpiece.

The exterior alone is worth a visit. Its strong influence of nature intermingles with Christian symbols in such a way that it appears to have a leafy, organic façade with a total of 12 towers that give it impressive dimensions.

Although it is not finished, you can enter inside and see the chapel, which is almost like entering the author's mind. The way he plays with shapes and heights is unique.

Park Güell

Park Güell was commissioned by Eusebi Güell and is one of Gaudí's most important projects. The artist wanted to create a fusion between the nature of the park and its characteristic forms and sculptures.

Thus, his famous mosaic salamander, his large terrace with views over the whole city, his forest of columns and his passageways made of sculpted columns have remained as landmarks of Barcelona.

Visiting Park Güell is an experience for the senses, as you'll feel like you're inside a fantasy set, where colour and shapes play with you.

The best advice I can give you if you are planning your trip to Barcelona and want your visit to Sagrada Familia and Park Güell to be enjoyable and unforgettable is to book your combined tickets well in advance and avoid coming during the high season.

Barcelona is a city full of tourist attractions, good weather and gastronomy. It is logical that everyone wants to come and visit it, but, precisely because of this, during the busiest months of the summer, all of Barcelona's points of interest end up overcrowded.

If you want to avoid finding the basilica and park packed with tourists from all over the world and temperatures above 35ºC, I recommend you come to Barcelona in June or September; the weather will be pleasant but you'll find the city less crowded.

The Park Güell, Sagrada Familia and Casa Battló tour is a must on your trip to Barcelona. A unique way to explore Gaudí's legacy and immerse yourself in Catalan modernism through three of his masterpieces:

• Sagrada Familia: Gaudi's unfinished work will leave you speechless with its tall towers and spectacular stained glass windows that fill the interior with colour.
• Park Güell: A fairytale place where nature and architecture intertwine in a dreamlike space characterised by its organic shapes, colourful mosaics and panoramic views.
• Casa Batlló: A modernist gem characterised by undulating forms, dazzling stained glass windows and nature-inspired details.

Buy a combined ticket to the impressive Sagrada Familia, the iconic Park Güell and the dazzling Casa Batlló, and admire the creative evolution and its influence on world architecture. An unforgettable experience for any lover of architecture and art. This experience includes... half-day Gaudí tour of Barcelona with Casa Batlló, Park Güell and Sagrada Familia with an expert guide, skip-the-line tickets and transfer between the three sites in a private vehicle.