Barcelona — 3-day itinerary

One day covers the essentials that lie close together.

Pavelló Mies van der Rohe · Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys · Montjuïc

A second day lets you go beyond the very centre.

Casa Vicens · Spotify Camp Nou · Camp Nou Experience

Three days are comfortable — enough for museums and places further out.

Casa Milà · Casa Batlló · Palau de la Música Catalana · Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia · Palau Güell · Basílica de la Sagrada Família

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We measured walking times to the main sights from different parts of the city. From the area below you reach them in 27 min on average, 53 min at the furthest, and 3 of them are within walking distance.

• Casa Batlló (273 m)
• Casa Milà (657 m)
• Palau de la Música Catalana (1100 m)

For comparison: from the worst-placed area it is 66 min on average to the same places.

Open: Nov-Feb: Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 10:30-18:00; Mar-Oct: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 10:30-19:00; Apr-Sep: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00, Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 10:30-20:00; Dec 25,Dec 26,Jan 01,Jan 06 09:00-14:00; PH off

Basilica of the Holy Family

basilica under construction since 1882 in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Nov-Feb: Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 10:30-18:00; Mar-Oct: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 10:30-19:00; Apr-Sep: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00, Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 10:30-20:00; Dec 25,Dec 26,Jan 01,Jan 06 09:00-14:00; PH off

Camp Nou

football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Park Güell

public park system in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Jan 01-Mar 24,Oct 28-Dec 31: 08:30-18:15; Mar 25-Apr 29: 08:00-20:30; Apr 30-Aug 26: 08:00-21:30

Open: Mar 01-Nov 04: 09:00-20:30,21:00-23:00; Nov 05-Feb 28: 09:00-18:30,19:00-21:00

Batlló House

modernist building in Barcelona

Open: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00

Open: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00

concert hall in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Mo-Su 09:00-15:30

Cathedral of Santa Eulalia

Gothic cathedral and seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

Open: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-17:15; Su,PH 14:00-17:00

Open: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-17:15; Su,PH 14:00-17:00

Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium

olympic stadium at Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Hospital de Sant Pau

cultural property in Barcelona, Spain

Open: PH,Su 10:00-14:30; Nov-Mar: Mo-Sa 10:00-16:30; Apr-Oct: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:30; Jan 01,Jan 06,Dec 25: off

Open: PH,Su 10:00-14:30; Nov-Mar: Mo-Sa 10:00-16:30; Apr-Oct: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:30; Jan 01,Jan 06,Dec 25: off

Hospital de Sant Pau

cultural property in Barcelona, Spain

family residence in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), designed by Antoni Gaudí

Open: PH,Mo-Su 10:00-20:00; Dec 25,Jan 01,Jan 06: off

mansion in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudi

Open: Apr-Oct: 10:00-20:00; Nov-Mar: 10:00-17:30

art museum in Barcelona, Catalonia

Open: Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-15:00; May-Sep: Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00; PH off

art museum in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Jan 1, May 1, Jun 24, Dec 25 off; Tu, We, Su 09:00-20:00; Th-Sa 09:00-21:00

German Pavilion, Barcelona

historical building in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Mar-Oct 10:00-20:00; Nov-Feb 10:00-18:00; Dec 25 off

Basilica of Our Lady of the Sea

church

Open: Mo-Su 10:00-20:30

Gothic Quarter

the centre of the old city of Barcelona

Montjuïc

mountain in Barcelona

mountain in Barcelona

Montjuïc

mountain in Barcelona

triumphal arch

FC Barcelona Museum

sports museum in Camp Nou, Barcelona

Open: 09:00-19:00; Dec 25,Jan 01 off

opera house in Barcelona, Spain

La Boqueria

Public market in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Mo-Sa 08:00-20:30

Open: Mo-Sa 08:00-20:30

MACBA Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

museum in Barcelona, Spain

Open: Mo,We-Fr 11:00-19:30; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su,PH 10:00-15:00