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Help with Casa Battlo and Casa Mila Tickets

Posted by (Toronto, ON, Canada) on

I'd appreciate some help understanding the passes for Casa Battlo and Casa Mila. We will be in Barcelona early July so I'd like to buy the tickets online and skip the line. With Casa Battlo, the blue pass makes you select a time slot, but then I see comments that you can't skip the line but have to wait in line. Can someone explain how the blue pass works. I'm not sure if the silver pass is really worth it and again doesn't seem like you skip the line. With Casa Mila, it looks like the Essential Pedrera does give you skip the line for the time slot you pick.

We have limited time in Barcelona and so we had wanted to go to Casa Battlo at 2, Casa Mila at 4 or 4:30 and then Sagrada at 7pm. Is this doable? I'm worried about the Casa Battlo ticket if we can't skip the line.

Posted by
1524 posts

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa!
Your issue has nothing to do with obtaining tickets.
Your 2, 4 and 7 schedule for three major architectural and cultural wonders is the problem.
Pause and please ask, "What type of memories are you expecting to achieve from this journey?"

Posted by
27096 posts

I am not certain about the current ticket types; I hit those spots in 2016, and they've restructured the tickets since then. I suspect what you may be reading are comments from folks who didn't get in at the exact time on their tickets because the site was overcrowded. It was my impression they were counting people as they left and only allowing that many people to enter, for safety reasons. Even so, Casa Batllo and Casa Mila were packed.

I don't think 2 hours is a safe gap between CB and CM. I spent at least 90 minutes inside CB. You may get delayed at the door, then you have the walk to CM, during which you might get held up at each crosswalk. I spent more than 2 hours at CM because there was an exhibit about Gaudi's other buildings on the top floor. I don't know whether that is permanent.

Edited to add: Your proposed schedule doesn't appear to allow time for food.

Posted by
201 posts

Thanks for the replies. We only have 1.5 days in Barcelona so a very quick visit after being away about 2 weeks. There are a few of us going of which several have been to Barcelona before & part of the group are flying home from Barcelona which is why the short time line. We arrive around 9:30 from San Sebastian but by the time we get to our hotel etc I figured it wasn't safe to book anything before 2. We were trying to get the timed entries of the three places on the one day, then Parc Guell first thing the next day (booked) and then would have the rest of the day to just wander as opposed to running to timed entries the next day as well. I was reading reviews from different sites which commented to give each casa around an hour so that's how I based the 2 and 4 times. We thought after Casa Mila we'd have time to grab a couple of pintxos to tied us over and then take a cab to Sagrada. We'd then grab dinner.

Posted by
35 posts

I am confused about the tickets types as well and would love some input

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