Skip the Line: Barcelona Sagrada Familia Tour

Visit La Sagrada Familia on an exclusive 1.5-hour skip-the-line tour. With a knowledgeable local guide, head straight past the cathedral’s notoriously long entrance lines to discover the secrets of this UNESCO-listed masterpiece and its visionary creator, Antoni Gaudí. After exploring the basilica, you’ll also visit the onsite La Sagrada Familia Museum to view original artifacts, drawings and models related to its construction.

Choose a start time that suits your schedule and meet your guide in central Barcelona. Walk directly past lines that often exceed two hours and step inside Gaudí’s extraordinary Gothic-inspired basilica. Once inside, begin your detailed walking tour and learn how this architectural marvel blends symbolism, engineering innovation and spiritual meaning.

“La Sagrada Familia is not just a church — it is Gaudí’s living testimony, rising skyward as a fusion of faith, nature and imagination.”

Now a UNESCO World Heritage site and consecrated as a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI, La Sagrada Familia fascinates visitors with its richly decorated façades, towering spires and mesmerizing light-filled interior. Hear how Gaudí designed the layout as a Latin cross with five aisles, and admire the soaring vaults that reach up to 230 feet (70 meters) high.

Before leaving, stop inside the Sagrada Familia Museum where an impressive collection of sketches, plaster models and historic photographs traces the basilica’s evolution since the late 1880s. Learn why construction remains ongoing to this day and discover plans for its long-awaited completion — projected for 2026, marking the centennial of Gaudí’s death.

Your tour concludes inside the museum, but you are welcome to remain and explore the exhibits at your own pace.