The ‘Park Güell and schools’ programme offers the chance for all Spanish and EU schools that have an educational interest in this emblematic site, designed by Antoni Gaudí, to visit Park Güell.
Modalities of visit the program offers
Our school program offers two different visits, at specific times and both granting free access to the Park Güell:
- Guided experience: you will discover in an enjoyable and educational way, and along with a specialized guide, the most emblematic spaces of the Park Güell.
It includes:
- Free access, maximum 60 people per school and day.
- Specialized guide (60€ per group of 30 students), available in four languages: Catalan, Spanish, English and French.
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Free Non Guided Visit: this type of visit allows you to discover Park Güell by your own. It is included the free access with a maximum 60 students per school and day.
You will have also the possibility to book a parking spot for 90 minutes/18€.
Who is it for?
Accredited education centres in the European Union member countries, for the following school levels:
- Pre-school education
- Primary education
- Lower secondary education
- Higher secondary education – Baccalaureate
- Vocational training
Agencies and/or other entities specialised in school visits and university centres are excluded. In this case, you can make your booking as an organised group on our website.
How to make a booking through our website
If you are interested in visiting the Park Güell, you can make and manage your own booking on our website. The steps to do so are as follows:
- Register your educational centre in the system.
- Select the type of visit (unguided or with a specialised guide).
- Select your desired date and time among those available.
- Complete your booking and obtain your admission voucher.
** IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR BOTH TYPES OF VISITS, YOU MUST ACCREDIT THAT YOUR VISIT HAS A CULTURAL COMPONENT AND IS NOT MERELY RECREATIONAL.
We ask that you please carefully read our terms and conditions before registering and making your booking.
For more information, you can download the manual or take a look at the FAQs below.
FAQ’s
The Educational Programme runs in parallel to the school calendar, so bookings of this type are only allowed starting on 12 September 2023 and visits can be made from October 2. Holiday periods and local public holidays are excluded from the programme:
- Christmas (from 21 December 2023 to 7 January 2024)
- Holy Week (from 23 March to 1 April 2024)
- Local holidays (25 September, 12 October, 1 November, 6 and 8 December and 1 and 20 May).
With our guided experience you will discover in an enjoyable and educational way, and along with a specialized guide, the most emblematic areas of Park Güell. You will also have the opportunity to discover the secrets and the symbolism of the architecture behind the genius, Antoni Gaudí. The content of the visit will be adapted to the students’ age and their interests.
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Remember to correctly introduce the centre’s tax identification number (NIF), without spaces or hyphens, and to attach the appropriate supporting documentation.
If you are still having trouble, please contact us by sending an email to parkguell@bsmsa.cat.
The guided tour lasts approximately 50 minutes.
Once inside, there is no time limit. However, it is important that you respect your designated entrance time.
Applications for visits can be made a minimum of 15 days (two weeks) before the day of the visit. If you would like to make a booking less than two weeks in advance, please contact us at the following email address: parkguell@bsmsa.cat
Visits can be cancelled a maximum of two days before the day of the booking. To request a cancellation, you must contact us via email at parkguell@bsmsa.cat
The maximum number of students visiting from one school is 60 per day. If the group is larger, we recommend you to buy the rest of the tickets as an organized group.
If there is no availability on the day requested, you can check the available alternative dates and options through the application on our website. When a time slot is fully booked, the system will not show it to you. In this case, we recommend that you either purchase your tickets as an organised group.
Visits can be adapted to the needs of the student. Please inform us of this when making the booking through our website; there is a field where you can type in your requests.
Once you have confirmed the booking, you will receive an educational dossier, along with the admission voucher, that will allow you to work on the visit with your students.
A credit card must be used to pay for the booking.
The booking must be made directly by the educational centre. Therefore, requests from leisure/educational agencies or companies will not be accepted.
At the end of the booking process, you will receive an automatic email with the invoice of your reservation.
Remember that by default we will use the information you registered with as the tax information for the invoice.
Coaches for groups visiting Park Güell can book a parking place when purchasing their tickets, entitling them to an hour and a half's parking in the Bus Area parking zone.
The price of this booking is €18.
IMPORTANT:
• School visits with a pre-booked parking place can extend the length of their booking provided there is availability. They may also use the platform for pick-ups at no additional cost.
• School visits without a pre-booked parking place can access the platform provided there is availability and will have to pay the corresponding 18 euro fee. They may re-enter for the pick-up at no additional cost.
To avoid any incidents and to improve your visitor experience, we recommend that you pre-book a parking place when you purchase your tickets or by contacting the Visitor Assistance Service parkguell@bsmsa.cat.