What to Do When Barcelona Attractions Sell Out? Here’s the Solution

You have no idea how many times we receive the same desperate questions:

• What do I do when Sagrada Familia/Park Guell is sold out?
• All I see is whited out dates and I can’t book, what are my options?
• I’m not seeing any ticket availability for my weekend in Barcelona, am I screwed?

Well yes, it’s super common to see sellouts of the main attractions of Barcelona: mainly Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and Casa Batlló first and foremost.

This is especially over Christmas, NYE, Easter, and pretty much every weekend in high season.

In these cases, it’s useful to put on a good face and think that a good solution can always be found, especially if you have friends like us at Barcelona Hacks!

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Everyone wants to see the Sagrada and Parc Guell, but perhaps not everyone knows that Barcelona has 7 other UNESCO heritage sites and a lot of other incredible things to see.

I’d just grab myself a Barcelona Card to lock in all the available attractions in one booking, so there’s no further risk missing out.

In short, this pass has the following advantages:

• ✔️It is always available, even in the peak season
• ✔️There is no need to book anything
• ✔️It has a very reasonable price
• ✔️Includes unlimited public transport, even from the airport

The card costs 10% less if you purchase it online from the Tourist Office from the button below and collect it upon your arrival at the airport (until 7.30 pm) or in Plaça Catalunya the following day:

Here you can consult the complete list of card benefits, while below I list the main ones.

Museums included in the Barcelona Card

Included in the Barcelona Card you will have more than 20 free museums, some of great importance, such as:

• Picasso Museum (with one of the most important collections in the world)
• Moco Museum (the most fashionable museum!)
• Cosmo Caixa (a show for children)
• CCCB (for photography enthusiasts)
• MACBA (contemporary art)
• Castello del Montjuic
• Miró Foundation
• MNAC (for history buffs)

Discounted museums in the Barcelona Card

In addition to getting many of Barcelona’s top museums for free, you also have a slew of more than 35 attractions discounted.

Among the most important we highlight:

• Casa Batlló (€7.00 off)
• La Pedrera (€3.00 off)
• Hop on Hop off Bus (10% off)
• Tibidabo Amusement Park (20% off)
• Palau de la Musica Catalana (25% off)
• Tablao Flamenco Cordobes (20% off)
• Palau Guell (€3.00 off)
• Casa Vicens (20% off)
• Sant Pau Hospital (20% off)
• Torre Glories (20% off)
• Banksy Museum (20% off)
• Poble Espanyol (20% off)

If you check off a bunch of these you can easily recover the holiday from an attraction standpoint, not to mention the average card-holder saves about

Is there a queue with the Barcelona Card?

Yes, there is a queue at the ticket office, except in some museums such as the CCCB, Joan Miró Museum, Macba, Mnac and Montjuic Castle.

Now, you have to think that the queue problem really arises in the main attractions, such as Casa Batlló, Pedrera and the Picasso Museum above all and in this case I recommend you go and visit them when they open (at 9:00) or before closing, in order to reduce the wait to a minimum!

For the rest of the attractions you shouldn’t have any major problems.

Bonus: Transport is Also Included

The Barcellona Card includes unlimited Barcelona public transport including to/from El Prat airport.

In particular, the following are included:

• Metro (also from the airport and even at night)
• R2N train to and from the airport
• City buses during the day
• The entire Barcelona tram network

For more information on the card and its collection points I refer you to my article dedicated to the Barcelona Card.

This is the link to buy it at a discount from the Barcelona Tourist Office:

I hope I have been useful to you in better organizing your holiday, overcoming any problems!

As always, if you have any doubts, leave me a comment below.