Antoni Gaudi, the architect of Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and countless other architectural marvels used to stay in what is now called Gaudi House Museum.
Gaudi lived in this house from 1906 to 1925 and today it houses objects and furniture he designed and other artifacts he used.
Since Gaudi Museum is inside Park Guell, visitors to the Park tend to add the this attraction to their day’s itinerary.
In this article, we explain everything you need to know before visiting Gaudi House.
1. Gaudi Museum tickets
2. How to reach
3. Opening hours
4. Best time to visit
5. Is it worth it?
6. History of Gaudi House
Gaudi Museum tickets
This ticket gets you access to everything in Gaudi Museum Barcelona.
They are smartphone tickets, so you don’t need to take print outs.
On the day of your visit, show the ticket in your email and walk in.
Gaudi House ticket discount
There are a few conditions which can get you ticket discounts – being a child, student or a disable person.
Kids 10 years and below get a 100% discount and enter for free. Same is true for visitors with a disability.
Seniors (visitors 65+ years of age) and students with valid ID cards get a 1 Euro discount on the full adult ticket.
If you plan to claim discounts, please keep your ID cards ready.
Gaudi House ticket price
These are one of the cheapest tickets in the whole of Barcelona.
Here are the ticket prices –
Adult ticket (30 to 65 years): 5.50 Euros
Seniors ticket (65+ years): 4.50 Euros
Youth ticket (11 to 29 years): 4.50 Euros
Student ticket (with ID): 4.50 Euros
Child ticket (0 to 10 years): Free entry
Disabled ticket: Free entry
This Gaudi Museum ticket doesn’t get you access to Park Guell’s Monumental Zone. For that you must buy a separate ticket from here.
Gaudi Museum tickets are timed
Gaudi Museum Barcelona tickets are offered in slots of 20 minutes.
For instance, while booking your tickets you must decide on the time you will be there – 9.20 am or 9.40 am or 10 am etc.
This time is important because this gets printed on your Gaudi Museum ticket and you can enter the museum only at the stipulated time.
You can choose any 20 minute from slot from 9 am to the closing time of the Museum.
Gaudi House’s location
Park Guell has two parts – the paid Park Guell Monumental Zone and the free-to-enter rest of the Park.
The Gaudi House is in the free access area.
Its address is:
Gaudí House Museum,
Park Guell,
Carretera del Carmel, 23A
08024 Barcelona.
Tel: +34 93 219 3811
How to Reach Gaudi House
If you are in Park Guell, you can easily walk to the Gaudi house. Get Directions
If you are in the city center, you have three choices – Taxi, Bus, and Metro.
By Taxi
Since services like Uber, Lyft etc don’t work in Barcelona you must hire a local taxi.
To hire a local taxi in Barcelona you can use this app called MY TAXI – https://es.mytaxi.com/index.html or call them by phone.
We have listed some of the popular taxi numbers and their websites below:
Barnataxi: 933222222 / Barnataxi.com
Radio Taxi ‘033’: 933033033 / Radiotaxi033.com
Fono-Taxi: 933001100 / Fonotaxi.net
You don’t always have to dial for them.
If you see a black and yellow taxi on the road with a green light on the roof, you can hail them.
The minimum fare of a taxi hailed on the street is 2.05 Euros, which is what the meter should say when you start your trip.
By Bus
If you want to reach Gaudi’s house Barcelona by bus, you have two options.
Bus numbers 24 and 92 can get you to the Carretera del Carmel entrance of Park Guell.
While bus numbers 32 and H6 can drop you at the Carrer d’Olot entrance of Park Guell.
Once you get down, ask anyone for directions or fire your Google Map.
Note: If you are using the Barcelona hop on hop off sightseeing bus to reach Gaudi Museum, get down at the ‘Park Guell’ stop.
By Metro
You have two options –
Line 3, Vallcarca Metro station
Vallcarca is the metro station closest to Parc Guell.
Once you get down at this station, you can’t miss Gaudi house because it is very well signposted.
However, the walk to the park can be daunting for it is a steep walk upwards.
In some stretches, you can use outdoor escalators, but it is still hard work. Especially in the summer.
If you have kids or elderly in your group, factor in enough time for the walk from the Metro station to Gaudi House Museum.
Line 3, Lesseps Metro station
Gaudi House Museum is a kilometer and half away from the Lesseps Metro station.
Even though the walk from Lesseps Metro station is also uphill, it is a bit better than the walk from Vallcarca Metro station.
You will find signs pointing you in the right direction all along this 25 minutes’ walk to the Gaudi house.
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Gaudi House Museum hours
Unlike other attractions in Barcelona, Gaudi house’s timings don’t change much with seasons.
Here are the museum hours:
Oct to Mar: 10 am to 6 pm
Apr to Sept: 9 am to 8 pm
Dec 25 and 26: 10 am to 2 pm
Jan 1 to 6: 10 am to 2 pm
Best time to visit Gaudi Museum
Tourists prefer to finish their Park Guell adventure in the morning and then try out the Gaudi House Museum.
Since in the morning the crowd will be at Park Guell, the best time to visit Gaudi House is in the early hours.
However, if you are holidaying in Barcelona during peak summers we recommend you visit Park Guell first and then check out Gaudi Museum.
This will help you avoid walking around in Park Guell’s monumental zone in the afternoon sun.
If there is no crowd, 30 minutes are enough to explore Gaudi’s House.
Is Gaudi House Museum worth it?
To realize the worth of Gaudi house museum, you must first know about him and his work.
That’s why we recommend you first see Park Guell and/or Sagrada Familia and then visit Gaudi’s Museum.
Once you have seen what amazing things architect Gaudi was capable of, and then you visit his house you will understand its importance.
In short, Gaudi House Museum is worth it.
But for you to see and understand its worth, you need to first understand Gaudi himself.
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History of Gaudi Museum
Gaudi house was to be a model house to be shown to prospective buyers of houses in Park Guell.
Back then Park Guell was supposed to be a residential complex.
However, when not many buyers came to buy houses in the fancy residential complex, it was converted into a park.
Gaudi House was designed by Francesc d’Assís Berenguer i Mestres, Gaudí’s friend and right-hand-man.
Since his friend wasn’t a professional architect Gaudi had to sign for the designs.
In 1963 – many years after Gaudí’s death, the house opened to the public as Gaudi House Museum.
It is also known as Casa Museu Gaudi.
This house gains significance because it was here that Gaudi designed some of his most famous works such as Casa Mila, Park Guell and the yet to be completed Sagrada Família.