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💡 The Short Version: The Palau de la Música Catalana sells a €20 self-guided visit with a leaflet and skip-the-line access, and a €24 guided tour in six languages, English included; an audio-guided tour on your own phone is also €24. Each takes about 50 minutes, in time slots every day from 9:00 to 15:30. The box office adds €2 a ticket, so buy online. There are no exchanges or refunds, and once a visit has started, nobody is let in. The GetYourGuide prices, from £17.14 and £20.57, are the same as the official €20 and €24 at the ECB rate of 29 September 2026. Or book a tour: the guided tourad (from £20.57, 50 minutes) is on GetYourGuide, with dates separate from the official ones.
Tickets and prices
Official prices are from palaumusica.cat, read on 30 September 2026. Sterling is at the ECB rate of 29 September 2026 (€1 = £0.857), and GetYourGuide’s price is its lowest “from” price on 30 September.
| Visit | Official price | GetYourGuide | Languages | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-guided visit | €20 (about £17.14) | From £17.14 | 17, for the leaflet | A leaflet, not a guide; skip-the-line access |
| Guided tour | €24 (about £20.57) | From £20.57 | 6, English among them | A specialist guide; stage access if available |
| Audio-guided tour | €24 | — | 10, English among them | Your own phone and headphones |
Reduced prices, per the guided tour page and the prices page:
- Over-65s and under-35s: €20 for the guided tour.
- Children under 10: free with an adult who has a ticket.
- Family pack: €72 for two adults and two teenagers up to 16, on the guided tour.
- Residents of Catalonia: €14. Proof of eligibility is needed for every reduced price.
- The box office adds €2 a ticket; the online price skips its queue.
Self-guided visit
From €20 · 50 minutes · 17 languages for the leaflet · skip-the-line access
You go round on your own with a leaflet that explains the building and its rooms. GetYourGuide’s ticket for exploring at your own pace, Barcelona: Palau de la Música Entry Ticketad, is from £17.14 (4.6 stars from 6,089 reviews).
Guided tour
From €24 · 50 minutes · six languages, English among them
A specialist guide takes you through the main spaces and, the Palau says, into areas usually closed to the public, with access to the stage subject to availability. The guided tour lists the Orfeó Català rehearsal room; the self-guided visit does not. On GetYourGuide it is Barcelona: Palau de la Música Guided Tourad, from £20.57 (4.7 stars from 3,675 reviews, 50 minutes).
Audio-guided tour
€24 · 50 minutes · ten languages, English among them
A downloadable guide on your phone, with commentary, images and music; bring your own headphones. It covers the Concert Hall, the Lluís Millet Hall and the grand staircase.
Combined tickets and other visits
The Palau’s own site sells more than the three above (palaumusica.cat, 30 September 2026):
- Palau and La Pedrera: one combined ticket from €42, with a date and time chosen for each building. La Pedrera’s own site sells the same pairing; see Casa Batlló or La Pedrera for that house.
- Palau and Sant Pau: from €32, a self-guided Palau visit with the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, also by Domènech i Montaner. You choose the Palau slot; entry to Sant Pau is flexible on the same ticket.
- Palau Premium: a private guided visit of about 1½ hours through areas closed to other visitors, including backstage, with a glass of cava and sweets, priced by group size from €120 to €130. It runs between 8:00 and 13:00.
- Themed tours from €26, and a choir experience from €35 with a chance to sing on the stage.
What to see
The Palau was designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and opened in 1908 as the home of the Orfeó Català, a choir. The Palau calls it the only concert hall designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A visit takes about 50 minutes, and the rooms come in this order (palaumusica.cat):
The concert hall of the Palau de la Música Catalana, seen from the gallery. Photo: Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The façade, before you go in. A balcony on the first floor rests on fourteen pairs of columns covered in mosaic; on the second floor are busts by Eusebi Arnau of Palestrina, Bach and Beethoven, and on the corner Miquel Blay’s sculpture group of Saint George beneath a figure of music.
- The foyer. Brick arches with ceramic detail, now a café-restaurant, Cafè Palau.
- The grand staircase and the Lluís Millet Hall. A hall with stained glass, opening on a balcony of mosaics, named after the choir’s founder.
- The Concert Hall, last. An organ stands over the stage and a central skylight representing the sun lights the room; the muses circle the stage, Wagner’s Valkyries come out of the ceiling and there are busts of Clavé and Beethoven.
The muses on the wall behind the stage in the concert hall. Photo: Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The guided tour also lists the Orfeó Català rehearsal room, which holds the foundation stone laid in 1905; its semicircular seating echoes the half-moon stage above.
The skylight in the ceiling of the concert hall. Photo: Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The two routes cover the same main spaces; the guided tour adds the rehearsal room and, subject to availability, the stage. A visit does not include a concert: those are separate tickets, from the programme.
On the day
Carrer del Palau de la Música 4–6, 08003 · metro Urquinaona (L1, L4) · 5 minutes’ walk from Plaça de Catalunya
- Visit hours: every day from 9:00 to 15:30; the Palau asks you to check for changes while you buy.
- Ticket office: Monday to Saturday 8:30 to 21:00; Sundays and public holidays 8:30 to 15:30 and two hours before concerts. On 24 December it is open 8:30 to 19:00 and on 31 December 8:30 to 18:00.
- Booking: the Palau recommends booking ahead, most of all for guided tours, but says same-day tickets may be sold at the office.
- Be on time: once a visit has started, entry is not allowed.
- No refunds: tickets carry no right of withdrawal, and exchanges and refunds are not permitted.
- Rules: no food or drink, no smoking, and no cloakroom or luggage storage.
- When the hall is in use: tours may change route or close a space, and that entitles you to no refund.
- Access: lifts serve all floors.
- Buses: V15, V17 and 47 stop nearby.
The Palau is about 400 m north of the cathedral and 550 m from the Picasso Museum, which is closed on Mondays. 3 days in Barcelona puts it on the old-town day, and what to book before you go in Barcelona lists everything else to book before you fly.
Common questions
How much is the Palau de la Música Catalana?
At palaumusica.cat on 30 September 2026: €20 for the self-guided visit with a leaflet and skip-the-line access, and €24 for the guided tour or the audio-guided tour. Over-65s and under-35s pay €20 for the guided tour, children under 10 with an adult are free, and the box office adds €2 a ticket, so buy online.
How long is the Palau de la Música tour?
About 50 minutes: the official pages give 50 minutes for each visit and 55 in their schedule lines. Visits run every day from 9:00 to 15:30, in time slots you choose when you buy.
Are there tours of the Palau in English?
Yes. The guided tour runs in six languages, English among them, and the audio-guided tour, on your own phone with your own headphones, in ten. The self-guided leaflet comes in 17 languages.
Can you get a refund or arrive late at the Palau de la Música?
No to both. The Palau says ticket purchases carry no right of withdrawal and that exchanges and refunds are not permitted, and that once a visit has started, entry is not allowed. Visits can also change route or close a space when the hall is in use for a concert.
