Sagrada Família Tickets: Prices, Closures and Booking

Is the Sagrada Família closed right now?

The "temporarily closed" wording a visitor may see on the official ticket page comes from two different places, and only one of them carries a date.

The dated one is a notice published on 3 October 2026 and still linked from the home page banner on 12 October as "Important notice – Temporary closure of the Basilica due to the adverse weather conditions". It says that, because of the adverse weather forecast for Barcelona and for safety reasons, Vespers on 3 October were cancelled and that on 4 October "the Sagrada Família Basilica will remain closed until 2 pm". The Junta Constructora says it "will automatically refund the ticket price" to everyone who bought official-channel tickets for the affected hours, and directs questions to customer@ext.sagradafamilia.org (closure notice, checked 12 October 2026). The notice covers 3 and 4 October only and does not mention rebooking.

The undated one sits on the individual tickets page itself, below the four ticket cards: "The Basilica of the Sagrada Família is temporarily closed to the public", followed by a link to virtual tours, an apology and a shortened "More information" link. It gives no date, no reason and no reopening time, and it sits below ticket cards that still show prices and booking buttons. The page's internal block labels are named "Caiguda Clorian" ("caiguda" is Catalan for a fall or outage), which suggests a fallback message for a ticketing outage, but the page itself does not say so. We cannot tell whether that block is shown to every visitor, so treat it as unconfirmed rather than as a current closure.

Everything else on the official site on 12 October 2026 points to normal operation: the opening hours page lists the regular seasonal timetable, and the worship page lists the regular masses with no cancellation. The only current closure notice on the hours page concerns the Gaudí House Museum, a separate site, which it calls "closed temporarily".

Ticket prices by type

Four individual tickets exist. All include the official app with a downloadable audioguide in 19 languages, a standard 45-minute or express 25-minute version, which the basilica says is not adapted for children under 10.

Prices are from each product page: basic ticket, guided tour, with tower and guided tour and tower, all checked 12 October 2026. Under-11s and people with disabilities go free on every ticket, and children under 3 do not need a ticket. A companion of a person with a disability enters free on the basic ticket and pays EUR 4, EUR 10 or EUR 14 on the guided, tower and combined tickets.

The basic ticket lets you stay "for as long as you like" but excludes the towers and the crypt. The guided tour itself does not cover the museum or the Liturgical path; the guided-tour product page says you can visit them on your own after the tour.

Booking rules: named tickets and timed entry

Tickets are sold online only (hours page), and the FAQ says they can currently be bought roughly two months before the visit. Each ticket is "nominative, personal, and non-transferable", and staff may refuse entry if the name on it does not match the passport or ID you show (conditions of sale, clauses 4.2 and 13.2, checked 12 October 2026). One purchase is capped at six individual tickets; more than nine people must book as a group.

The time slot is strict. The FAQ says tickets are only valid for the chosen time and "If you arrive late, you won't be able to enter". Once inside you cannot leave and come back on the same ticket (clause 13.3), and the temple is evacuated 15 minutes before closing (clause 13.10).

The conditions also state that the basilica "will not accept any Ticket purchased through a reseller entity" (clause 3.9) and may cancel such tickets without refund, so book on sagradafamilia.org.

Changes, refunds and what to do if it closes on your date

As a general rule there are no exchanges or refunds. Two official pages describe the exception differently. The FAQ says you must request an exchange or refund "at least 48 hours before the scheduled visit" with official proof of why you cannot come, writing to customer@ext.sagradafamilia.org. The conditions of sale (clauses 5.2 to 5.4) allow an exchange or refund when an incident stops you entering and the ticket was not validated, requested within 15 days of the visit date and paid within 30 days of the request. The conditions are the contract you accept at checkout.

When the basilica itself closes, as on 4 October 2026, the dated notice promised an automatic refund for official-channel tickets in the affected hours. If your visit falls in such a window:

• read the linked notice for the exact hours, since a morning closure may leave your afternoon slot valid;
• if your slot is inside the closure, wait for the automatic refund and write to customer@ext.sagradafamilia.org within 15 days if it does not arrive;
• buy a new slot for another day on the official site, since the notice mentions refunds, not rebooking;
• for a same-day alternative, the Park Güell ticket guide and the La Pedrera (Casa Milà) tickets guide cover other Gaudí sites with their own operators and rules.

Towers close more often than the basilica. Clause 19.2 says they close when weather conditions are adverse, and for breakdowns, maintenance or force majeure, with a partial refund that never covers the basilica entry; the tower product pages instead say no reimbursement is given.

Opening hours

The basilica keeps three seasonal timetables, with Saturday always closing at 6 pm (opening hours, checked 12 October 2026):

On 25 and 26 December and on 1 and 6 January the basilica opens 9:00 to 14:00 only, and management may change hours for special events. Sunday opening is later because the free international mass is held at 9:00 on Sundays and holy days of obligation, with another every Saturday at 20:00; both enter from the Nativity façade on Carrer de la Marina and have limited capacity.

The individual entrance is also on the Nativity façade, Carrer de la Marina; visitors with disabilities or reduced mobility use entrance B on the same street. The basilica is served by metro L2 and L5 (Sagrada Família) and buses 19, 33, 34, D50, H10 and B24. For fares, see the T-casual and fare zones guide.

Dress code, bags and quiet hour

The rules and regulations set a dress code rather than a general cover-up rule: no see-through clothing, no swimwear, no bare feet, and trousers and skirts at least to mid-thigh. Hats are generally not allowed in the nave or museum except for religious, health or belief reasons, and the FAQ adds that bare shoulders are not allowed in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament.

Bags, rucksacks, luggage and professional photo or video equipment are checked at the entrance. There are no lockers for suitcases; the only lockers are for bags while you go up a tower, and all rucksacks and bags must go in them first. Eating and smoking are banned on the premises, drinks from outside are not allowed in, and the regulations say photo, video and sound-recording equipment is not allowed inside the basilica except for authorised media.

Since 2 February 2026, 9:00 to 10:00 is a daily quiet hour: earphones are compulsory for the audioguide and any other audio, and visits otherwise run as normal.

What is finished

The official History of the Temple chronology records these milestones (checked 12 October 2026):

On 10 June 2026 Pope Leo XIV officiated a mass for the centenary of Gaudí's death that included the blessing of the tower of Jesus Christ, which was then illuminated for the first time. The same chronology had said in 2023 that this tower was "scheduled for completion in 2025".

The page gives no completion date for the whole basilica and says only that construction continues. The UNESCO world heritage listing of 2005 covers the Nativity façade and the crypt, not the whole building, and the church was consecrated for worship on 7 November 2010.

If you are arriving by air on the day of your visit, leave time for the trip in from the airport, covered in the El Prat to the centre guide, because a missed slot cannot be used later.