Barcelona tickets, passes and day trips – decided for you

Planning Barcelona means making a dozen small buying decisions: which Sagrada Família ticket, whether the hop-on hop-off bus is worth it, whether a city card pays off, how to get from the cruise terminal or the airport, which neighbourhood to sleep in. Most pages that answer these questions are written to sell you something. We write to help you decide – and we tell you when the cheapest or the official option is the better one.

Start with the decision you need to make

• Monuments: Sagrada Família tickets – which ticket, towers, what to do if it’s sold out.
• Getting around: Hop-on hop-off bus vs metro, and whether the Barcelona Card is worth it.
• Arriving by sea: Barcelona cruise port – terminals, transfers and a one-day plan.
• Leaving the city: Montserrat – train or tour.
• Sleeping: Where to stay – the right area for your trip.

How we work

Every price on this site shows the date we checked it at the official source. Every rule, timetable and route links to the operator that publishes it. When we have not been somewhere ourselves yet, we say so. Read more in how we work.