Barcelona and Torre Glòries through a tower opening

Sagrada Família towers

The €36 Sagrada Família with towers ticket covers the Basilica and museum, the audioguide app and one tower. The official ticket page also offers Sagrada Família with guided tour and towers for €40. The Nativity façade tower overlooks eastern Barcelona; the Passion façade tower overlooks the city centre.

Updated 27 October 2026 Hours and tickets the Basilica's own pages and booklets, last read 25 October 2026; tour listings read 25 October 2026

Tower tickets €36 / €40 The Basilica and museum with one tower; €40 adds the guide. → Tower choice 2 façades Nativity for eastern Barcelona; Passion for the city centre. → Children 6 to 16 No tower entry under 6; ages 6 to 16 need an adult. →

You choose the Nativity façade tower or the Passion façade tower when you buy. Both Sagrada Família tower visits use a lift up and stairs down.

The place

Sagrada Família towers and their meaning

Gaudí designed 18 towers for the Sagrada Família, documented in the official booklets. The 12 apostles each have a tower. The 4 Evangelists each have a tower. The remaining 2 towers represent the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.

The apostles' towers range from 98.5 to 120 metres in the finished design. The 4 Evangelists' towers reach 135 metres and surround the Tower of Jesus Christ. The Tower of the Virgin Mary reaches 138 metres above the apse.

A €36 visitor ticket opens one tower on the Nativity façade or the Passion façade. The Nativity façade and the Passion façade each have 4 bell towers. The Tower of Jesus Christ is not a visitor ticket option.

Which tower

Which Sagrada Família tower is better?

For €36, choose the Nativity façade tower for eastern Barcelona or the Passion façade tower for the city centre. The €36 ticket includes the Basilica and museum. You choose your tower when you buy.

The Nativity façade faces east on Carrer de la Marina; the Passion façade faces west on Carrer de Sardenya. Morning sun lights the Nativity façade; evening sun lights the Passion façade.

Plan around: a morning slot if the Nativity façade tower is your choice.

The Nativity tower looks over eastern Barcelona. The €36 ticket includes the Basilica and museum with the audioguide app, plus one Nativity tower chosen when you buy. Compare towers → The Passion tower looks over the city centre. The €36 ticket includes the Basilica and museum with the audioguide app, plus one Passion tower chosen when you buy. Compare towers →

Sagrada Família tower rules, read 25 October 2026: lift up, stairs down; minimum age 6; ages 6 to 16 need an adult; no access with reduced mobility.

The ticket

Sagrada Família tower tickets

Sagrada Família The €26 ticket covers the Basilica and museum with the audioguide app; the suggested visit takes about 1 hour. Students and under 30s pay €24; seniors pay €21.

€26

Sagrada Família with guided tour The €30 ticket covers a guided Basilica visit of about 50 minutes, followed by the museum on your own. Students and under 30s pay €28; seniors pay €23.

€26 €30

Sagrada Família with towers The €36 ticket covers the Basilica and museum with one tower; the suggested visit takes about 1 hour 30 minutes. Students and under 30s pay €34; seniors pay €28.

€26 €36

Sagrada Família with guided tour and towers The €40 ticket covers a guided Basilica visit with one tower; you visit the museum on your own. Your visit takes about 1 hour 30 minutes, including about 50 minutes with the guide. Students and under 30s pay €38; seniors pay €32.

€26 €40

entrance with the audioguide app, €26 guide +€4 · tower +€10

Your ticket: all four options include the audioguide app; a guide adds €4 and one tower adds €10. Prices are per person, from the Basilica's ticket pages read 25 October 2026.

Sagrada Família with towers costs €36 per adult for the Basilica and museum, the audioguide app and one tower. Sagrada Família with guided tour and towers costs €40 on the official guided tour with towers page. The guided visit lasts about 50 minutes. You visit the museum on your own.

The official price list sets Sagrada Família with towers at €34 for students and visitors under 30, or €28 for seniors. Sagrada Família with guided tour and towers costs €38 for students and visitors under 30; seniors pay €32.

The Basilica's FAQ puts official ticket sales roughly 2 months before your visit, online or in the official app. Bring the photo ID that matches your ticket, as the Basilica's rules require. Arrive on the booked date and at the booked time; late arrivals cannot enter. Once you leave the Basilica grounds, your ticket does not allow you back in.

The €36 Sagrada Família tower ticket includes one tower; €119 with GoforaJourney adds a guide and specifies the Passion façade tower. The English Tour & Tower Access option has up to 15 people. If your tower slot is sold out, check the other façade or another date.

Your ticket: Sagrada Família with towers at €36 includes one tower plus the Basilica and museum with the audioguide app.

Access

Sagrada Família tower stairs and access

The €36 tower ticket means a lift up and a spiral staircase down at the Sagrada Família. Leave your bags and rucksacks in the tower lockers before you go up. Collect your bags as soon as you return from the tower. The Basilica has no lockers for suitcases.

Children under 6 cannot visit the Sagrada Família towers. Children aged 6 to 16 need an adult. Wheelchairs and pushchairs cannot enter the towers. Visitors with reduced mobility cannot enter the towers.

Pregnant visitors cannot go up the Sagrada Família towers. The tower ban also covers vertigo, anaemia or a tendency to dizziness. Visitors with claustrophobia, heart conditions or respiratory problems cannot enter the towers. Guide dogs and assistance animals cannot enter the towers.

If the Sagrada Família towers close for weather, breakdowns or maintenance, the official tower ticket page rules out refunds. Condition 19.2 of the official conditions of sale provides for refunding the tower portion. The sources conflict, so no refund amount is promised. Before booking, check your terms with customer@ext.sagradafamilia.org, or with your seller for a tour.

Your ticket: Sagrada Família, €26, for the Basilica and museum if the tower route is unsuitable.

Stone spiral staircase viewed down the central well

The views

Sagrada Família tower views

The €36 Sagrada Família tower visit gives you views across Barcelona through openings in the stonework. Your tower choice determines the direction: eastern Barcelona from the Nativity façade tower, the city centre from the Passion façade tower.

The Sagrada Família's side nave façades carry 12 mosaic fruit baskets by Etsuro Sotoo, made from Gaudí's models. The bell tower pinnacles carry bishops' symbols.

Inside the Basilica, the Nativity windows have bluer tones for morning light; the west windows are orange for evening light. The basic ticket page lists the Basilica and museum with the audioguide app for €26.

Plan around: the €26 Basilica and museum ticket if your priority is the stained glass.