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Sagrada Familia - Revisit?

Posted by (Reston VA) on

We were last in Barcelona in October 2023 and had a wonderful visit to the Sagrada Familia including the interior.

We will be back in Barcelona next month (May 2026), and will head up to the cathedral to see the EXTERIOR changes (Jesus tower completed, I believe), but is there any reason to revisit the interior (ie buy an entry ticket) if we are pressed for time?

We loved the interior, but with a long list of other things to see and do, I'm thinking the full re-tour of Sagrada Familia might be overkill especially if the main differences from 2023 and now are the completion of mainly (solely?) exterior parts of the church.

So, beyond the exterior, were there any changes to the interior of the church that warrant carving out time to see when we are there viewing the exterior changes?

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I was last inside summer 2025 and I don't think there is any major changes with the interior. Totally fine if you want to see it again but it's just going to be the same experience I think as 2 years ago.

If you haven't been to the nearby Hospital de Sant Pau, I'd suggest checking it out, it's now been turned into a museum to show off it's modernist architecture. It's about a 10 minute walk from la Sagrada Familia.

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Hospital de Sant Pau

On my list based on folks like you recommending it here!

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Hospital de Sant Pau

I second the recommendation. Wonderful place to visit.

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Not trying to be a pain, but it’s not called “Hospital de Sant Pau” anymore, it’s now the Recinte Modernista Sant Pau Barcelona

Why? Because the actual hospital moved next door years ago and still operates there. The original buildings, those stunning modernist pavilions by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, have no longer been a working hospital for decades now. They’ve been restored and turned into a cultural and heritage site, hence the name change.

Yeah, plenty of locals we still call it Sant Pau… but it’s not correct. If you jump in a taxi and ask for “Hospital de Sant Pau”, you won’t end up where you think. They’ll drop you a few streets away, at the actual working hospital, not the historic site you probably meant.

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