Barcelona Casa Batlló Tickets and Visits

The Batlló family, another of the great Catalan bourgeoisie of Gaudí's time, commissioned the architect to renovate an old building on Passeig de Gràcia and thus the building we know today as Casa Batlló was born.

The best rated option

Barcelona Casa Batlló Tickets

Discover Casa Batlló with audio guide and rooftop drink included.

You will tour Gaudí's work with an audio guide available in more than 10 languages and you will have access to the Gaudí Dome and Gaudí Cube spaces.

From AED 136 at Hellotickets

When you book your tickets for Casa Batlló you can go inside one of Barcelona's most popular architectural works and even go up to its rooftop. What's more, you won't miss a thing thanks to the audio guide, which will tell you all about the history of the building and its creator.

Casa Batlló is a must-see not to be missed. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is located on one of the most important and luxurious avenues in the capital, the Paseig de Gràcia. So not only is it incredible in itself, but it's also in a setting that goes with it.

Why I like this option: it allows you to tailor your visit and choose different packages depending on the sites you want to see.

Recommended if... You want a more in-depth experience for an affordable price.

The queue-free option

Casa Batlló Premium Tickets

Discover Casa Batlló's private lounge and the Dragon's rooftop with Augmented Reality audio guide

You will tour Casa Batlló with a VIP ticket that will allow you to avoid queuing and waiting for a long time before entering. You'll also have access to the Gaudí Dome and Gaudí Cube spaces.

From AED 174 at Hellotickets

Booking your PREMIUM tickets for Casa Batlló will give you one of the best experiences the monument has to offer. You will be able to visit the Batlló's Private Room, the Dragon Roof, the Gaudí Dôme and Gaudí Cube rooms.

But that's not the best part, the ticket includes a 10D experience in which Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality combine to give you a unique experience unlike anything you've ever experienced, in which you will feel how the whole house comes to life. Do you dare?

Why I like this option: the tour it offers is very original and different from other tourist experiences you might have.

Recommended if... You want to live a complete experience, but at the same time different and out of the ordinary.

When going to either of the two Gaudi designed residential buildings, Casa Batlló or La Pedrera, the time you choose your ticket makes the difference between a memorable experience and a visit to a more crowded attraction.

By booking these tickets to Casa Batlló, you can enter early in the morning and tour the building at your leisure with an audio-guided narration. The great advantage of these tickets is that you avoid the hustle and bustle of tourists and can enjoy the rooms of the building at your own pace and in natural light.

Casa Batlló is full of small details and plastic forms designed by Gaudí in his iconic style, and you can even find some furniture designed by the architect. During your visit, you'll be able to see the beautiful interior courtyard and - if you choose the Gold option on these tickets - go up to the rooftop to look out over Passeig de Gràcia from above.

For the full experience at this must-see Barcelona landmark, it's best to book a VIP ticket for Casa Batlló. With this pass you'll not only have priority access to Gaudí's monument, but you'll also be able to visit the Dragon Roof, the Batlló's private lounge and the immersive rooms Gaudí Cube and Gaudí Dôme.

In addition, the augmented reality audio guide will allow you to immerse yourself in the Gaudí universe and the genius of the architect. Its immersive projections and the 10D experience created with artificial intelligence will make your visit to Casa Batlló an unforgettable memory of your trip to Barcelona.

Visiting Casa Batlló without having been to La Pedrera is like going to Figueres and not entering the Dalí Museum. Therefore, combining two of Barcelona' s most important buildings in a single visit makes this half-day tour a very interesting experience.

At La Pedrera you will see its residences, corridors, roof terrace and courtyard, as well as the museum dedicated to Gaudí. And then Casa Batlló, located in what is known as the Block of Discord because you can find buildings by other modernist artists such as Casa Amatller by Josep Puig i Cadafalch or Casa Lleó Morera, the work of Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

Casa Batlló is different from La Pedrera in the sense that it is not a building designed and built by Gaudí, but a remodelling of an existing building in which the architect added the façade, modified the interior courtyard, created its iconic rooftop and included all kinds of plastic decorations.

When you book your ticket to Casa Batlló you will receive a confirmation email which you can print out or show directly at the ticket office.

With tickets to Casa Batlló, as with La Pedrera, it is essential to buy them in advance to avoid waiting not one, but two queues to buy your tickets at the ticket office and then enter the building.

Both the Early Bird ticket and the VIP ticket and the combined ticket for Casa Batlló and La Pedrera that I recommend above, you have access without queues, which is definitely worth it to make the most of your trip without unnecessary waiting. Plus, if you go on a weekday, you'll be sure to see far fewer people at either attraction.

How to get to Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló is located at Passeig de Gràcia, 43, a few blocks from La Pedrera. To get there by metro, the best way is to go to Passeig de Gràcia station on lines 2, 3 and 4, take the RENFE to Passeig de Gràcia or take buses 7, 22, 24, H10 and V15.

Days and opening hours of Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, and the last time to enter is at 16:00.

A typical visit to Casa Batlló takes about an hour, although I recommend you allow at least half an hour more to explore it at your leisure and stop on the roof to marvel at its structures and decorations.

Where to eat near Casa Batlló

As in my guide to La Pedrera, here are what I think are the two best restaurants in the Eixample area:

• El Principal de l'Eixample, a restaurant with an interior courtyard to fall in love with and a market cuisine with typically Catalan dishes with a modern twist. It won't be cheap, but I wouldn't think twice about paying a fortune in a restaurant for tourists.
• La Pepita, a place for tapas and sandwiches but very well presented and elaborated, perfect if you don't want to spend so much money on a meal with cutlery and prefer to nibble and continue exploring Barcelona.

Casa Batlló has an impressive modernist-era lift with a travel hack inside: if you start your visit by taking it up to the rooftop and then tour the house from top to bottom, you'll have the rooftop all to yourself for a while and you'll also encounter far fewer tourists during your tour.

Inside Casa Batlló there is a gift and souvenir shop but it always has a long queue and overpriced prices. In my opinion, it's not worth wasting time on your trip to Barcelona to go into the shop, as you can find most of the prints in other shops.

Like La Pedrera, Casa Batlló also offers night tours and rooftop concerts on certain nights of the year. Tickets are a little hard to get as they won't always coincide with your travel dates, but it might be worth it.

What to see inside Casa Batlló

You should keep an eye out for the most photogenic spots in Casa Batlló. If you're on the hunt for the corners that will look best on your Instagram feed, take note:

• The rooftop: the textures of the marble and the sinuous dragon-tail shapes of Casa Batlló's rooftop are a marvel.
• The inner courtyard: the bluish tones of its cladding are perfect for a blue-centric feed.
• The living room on the main floor: whether it's the open-plan space or the whirlpool from which the ceiling lamp hangs, you'll find plenty of details to take photos of.
• The attic: its beautiful pure white arches are a fantasy for the eye and for the lens of your mobile phone.

If you have to choose between La Pedrera and Casa Batlló, I would definitely recommend the former. To help you organise your visit, you can read my guide at La Pedrera in Barcelona Tickets and Tourswhere you'll find out how to get the best tickets and practical tips that will be very useful.

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