I am heading to Barcelona and Madrid in August, and I am considering using the GoCity Pass (All‑Inclusive or Explorer) to visit attractions. I would love your honest input before I purchase them.
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Walnut Creek, CA
805 posts
Here's my honest input: For me, those type tickets are never worth it. Determine what you can realistic see in X days. Or make a list of what the most important sites you want to see in X days and price it out. It will usually always be cheaper to buy a transportation pass and the individual site admission fee than the price of a 2-7 day pass.
But if you are dead set on buying the pass, look at the fine print, in Barcelona, the Explorer ticket only allows 2 sites for €84, up to 7 sites for €189.
The all inclusive pass for 2 days is €169. And during those two days, there is no way you are going to Girona, Figueres or the Dali Museum in Figueres, the paddle surf class, etc.
A 5 day pass costs €299 per adult. NOT worth it, IMHO
If you are only going to see 2 sites, you are better off buying a transportation pass and the individual tickets at each site.
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Go City is a "bait and switch"…
Go City is a "bait and switch" operation. You pay to access a bundle of venues and in theory pick and choose what you want to visit. Go City however takes no responsibility for the actions of its vendors, its agents even though you are PAYING Go City for access. So you may make a reservation of a unique venue such as the Royal Palace or the Prado, both unique places to visit in Madrid Spain and Go City's vendor can cancel your reservations made weeks or months before without recourse at the last minute. What this means in my experience is that you end up shelling out $150 or more to visit unique places which other tour companies are servicing in by using VIATOR. VIATOR stands behind its customers and willingly arranges refunds cancellations. Go City is unreliable has abysmal customer service and should be avoided as a scam.
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Doesn't seem like a great value, and as mentioned, I think there's an uneasiness about having your tickets through a third party tour operator instead of directly with the Prado, etc.
For Madrid specifically, there's some value to the national museum pass if you're under 65 years old and you want to see a bunch of museums in Madrid. But, that also doesn't give you timed entries to the Prado which is an issue.