Official Barcelona Card for 2025

What is the Barcelona Card?

The Barcelona Card is an official tourist card that offers free entry to over 25 museums, free use of public transport, discounts at over 70 attractions and other benefits for visitors to Barcelona.

Free admission to over 25 museums
Free and unlimited use of public transportation (except night buses)
Discounts at over 70 other attractions, restaurants and tours
Available for 3, 4 or 5 days (72, 96 or 120 hours)
Skip-the-line entry to museums and attractions

Some top attractions: Picasso Museum, Moco Museum, MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Barcelona Aquarium and Zoo, etc. Public transportation is free of charge!

Rating: 4,3 (1504 Rezensionen)
Price: from 57,00 EUR

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Barcelona Card: View of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona

Barcelona Card: Parque Güell in Barcelona

With the Barcelona Card you can visit over 25 museums free of charge and enjoy priority admission. It includes the following museums, among others:

Picasso Museum
CaixaForum
Moco Museum
Botanical Garden
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Ethnologic and World Culture Museum
Castell de Montjuïc
Chocolate Museum
Fundació Joan Miró
Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
Science Museum CosmoCaixa

You can find a complete list of all free museums here: Brochure Barcelona Card

The Barcelona Card allows unlimited travel on public transport operated by TMB and some other providers. The following means of transport are included:

Streetcars
Metro incl. L9 from the airport to the city center
Buses (except night buses)
City and suburban trains from FCG
RENFE trains in zone 1

You will receive a separate ticket, the Hola Travel Card, which does not need to be activated at the same time as the Barcelona Card. It must be validated at the start of the journey.

You cannot use the Barcelona Card for the Aerobús, hop-on hop-off buses and the Montjuïc cable car.

Barcelona Card: Public transportation in Barcelona — © VladyslaV Travel photo/ Shutterstock.com

With the Barcelona Card you receive the following discounts, among others:

Barcelona Zoo (20%)
Hop-on hop-off bus trips (10%)
Casa Batlló (7,00 EUR)
Harbor tour (2,00 EUR)
Casa Milà (1,00 EUR)
Casa Vicens (20%)
L'Aquàrium de Barcelona (20%)
Mirador Torre Glories (20%)
Palau Güell (25%)
Palau de la Música Catalana (25%)
Guided tour of the Gothic Quarter (50%)

Here you will find a list of all discounts: Brochure Barcelona Card

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Barcelona Card pick up

You can pick up the Barcelona Card at the following locations:

Barcelona Airport, Terminal T2 Metro
daily 08:30 to 20 o'clock
Barcelona Airport, Terminal T1 and T2
daily 08:30 to 19:30
Pl. Catalunya
Plaça de Catalunya, 17-basement
daily 08:30 to 20:30
Plaça Espanya
Plaça Espanya, s/n - Avinguda Maria Cristina
daily 08:30 to 14:30
Sagrada Familia tourist information
daily 08:30 to 20:00
Mirador de Colom (Columbus Monument)
Plaça Portal de la Pau
daily 08:30 to 14:30

Helsinki Card: Helsinki Airport, pick-up points — © Artmim/ Shutterstock.com

Barcelona Card: Savings calculator

Barcelona Card: Day 1

Moco Museum: 15,95 EUR
Guided tour of the Gothic Quarter: 13,50 EUR discount
Hop On-Hop Off bus ride: 3,00 EUR discount
Castell de Montjuïc: 12,00 EUR
Public transport day ticket: 8,50 EUR

Total: 52,95 EUR

Barcelona Card: Day 2

Picasso Museum: 14,00 EUR
Fundació Joan Miró: 15,00 EUR
Barcelona Zoo: 4,30 EUR discount
Public transport day ticket: 8,50 EUR

Total: 41,80 EUR

Barcelona Card: Day 3

Guided city tour: 13,50 EUR discount
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya: 12,00 EUR
Barcelona Aquarium: 6,20 EUR discount
Public transport day ticket: 8,50 EUR

Total: 40,20 EUR

Savings: In this example, you use services worth 134,95 EUR within 72 hours. The Barcelona Card costs 57,00 EUR for 72 hours. So you save 77,95 EUR.

Tip: If you only want to use public transport, you can also use the Hola Travel Card buy.

How to make optimum use of the Barcelona Card

Maximize time planning

Activate the card in the morning to get the maximum usage time. The card expires exactly 72, 96 or 120 hours after the first use.

Plan museum visits strategically

Take advantage of free entry to over 25 museums such as the Picasso Museum, MNAC, Fundació Joan Miró and MACBA. Skip the queues and visit as many institutions as possible.

Make intensive use of public transport

The card allows unlimited travel on metro, bus, streetcar and regional trains in Zone 1, so you can get around Barcelona efficiently.

Take advantage of discounts and additional offers

Benefit from discounts of up to 50% on city tours, 20% discount at Gaudí attractions such as Casa Batlló and Casa Milà as well as discounts at restaurants and stores.

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Purchase from Tiqets
Website in English
Attractive payment methods
Voucher immediately available

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Frequently asked questions

The price of the Barcelona Card depends on the period of validity:

72 hours: 57,00 EUR
96 hours: 67,00 EUR
120 hours: 79,00 EUR

Yes, the following reduced prices apply for children between the ages of 4 and 12:

72 hours: 35,00 EUR
96 hours: 44,00 EUR
120 hours: 49,00 EUR

The card can be purchased online as a voucher that can be exchanged for a plastic card.

You can collect your Barcelona Card from various collection points in Barcelona. You can find more information in the collection section.

The Barcelona Card is activated automatically with the first use. The included Travel Card is activated with the first use of public transport.

Yes, if you buy the Barcelona Card at Tiqets.com, you can cancel it free of charge until 23:59 p.m. on the evening before the booked date.

Reservations are generally not required.

The Barcelona Card is held at the ticket validator on public transport. In the metro, it is validated at the access turnstiles.

The Barcelona Card can be used during the opening hours of the participating attractions. Please note that museums and some attractions in particular have one day off per week.

There are only a few museums where you can skip the queues with the Barcelona Card. However, waiting times should rarely be a problem, as there are no long queues outside most museums.

No, but the card gives you a discount of 10% on the hop-on hop-off bus.

Yes, you can buy the Barcelona Card for several people. You will then receive several vouchers that you can exchange for the corresponding number of Barcelona Cards.

Yes, the Barcelona Card is personal and non-transferable.

No, with the Barcelona Card each attraction can only be visited once. After visiting an attraction for the first time, the ticket is validated electronically so that it is not possible to visit the same attraction again.