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💡 The Short Version: Casa de Pilatos is €12 for the ground floor and €6 for the upper floor, a separate ticket. It is open every day, 9:00 to 18:00. The ticket includes a guide or audio guide in seven languages. Children to 11 are free with an adult. It is a private palace of the 15th and 16th centuries, ten minutes’ walk from the Alcázar and the Cathedral. Buy from the owner’s ticket page or from GetYourGuide’s listingad, which the palace sells itself at the same €12.
The tickets
The palace belongs to the Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, and its visitor page links to the ticket shop at articketing.vocces.com. Search results for “Casa de Pilatos tickets” include sites with the palace’s name in their web address that say on their own pages they are independent sellers.
| Ticket | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ground floor | €12 | Includes a physical or downloadable guide or audio guide |
| Upper floor | €6 | A separate ticket |
| Children up to 11 | Free | With an adult |
| Disability above 50% | Half price | With accreditation |
| Disability above 65% | Free | With accreditation |
| School groups | €8 |
- The guide comes in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Italian.
- Customer service: +34 670 412 871 or taquilla@fundacionmedinaceli.org, every day from 9:00 to 18:00. Information calls go to +34 954 225 298.
Casa de Pilatos Ground Floor Entry Ticket
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The ground-floor ticket on GetYourGuidead is sold by the palace itself at the same €12 as its own shop, with free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead. Buy the €6 upper-floor ticket from the palace’s site.
Tours worth paying for
The ticket includes a guide, so a tour adds little inside the palace. The palace also takes private visits for small groups after it closes, led by an art historian; ask by the contact details on its visitor page. For the old town around it, the small-group walking tourad is from €22.50 for two hours.
What to see
The palace was built mostly in the 15th and 16th centuries, in a Gothic-Mudéjar and Renaissance mix (Mudéjar is the style of Muslim craftsmen working for Christian patrons), and has been a National Monument since 1931. The foundation calls it the largest and most sumptuous private residential complex in the city.
The main courtyard of the Casa de Pilatos. Photo: Jl FilpoC, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The entrance and the patio. A Renaissance marble gate leads to the central courtyard, which has fountains and 24 busts of Roman emperors.
- The Chapel of the Flagellation, the oldest part of the palace, has a basket-handle arch where Christian and Islamic styles meet.
- The tiles. Glazed tilework runs through the courtyards and rooms. In the Salón del Pretorio, the ceiling is coffered.
- The gardens are Renaissance in style.
- The upper floor, if you buy the €6 ticket.
The tiled landing of the main staircase. Photo: Jl FilpoC, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What to skip: the upper floor on a short visit. It is a separate ticket, and the ground floor has the courtyards, the chapel and the gardens.
The three palaces compared
Seville has three palaces that take visitors, and each is a different kind of building. The hours are the winter hours, October to March.
| Palace | Price | Hours | Who owns it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Alcázar | €15.50 | 9:30 to 17:00 | The royal palace, run by the Patronato del Real Alcázar |
| Casa de Pilatos | €12; upper floor €6 | 9:00 to 18:00 | The Medinaceli foundation |
| Palacio de las Dueñas | €15 | 10:00 to 18:00 | The Casa de Alba foundation |
Casa de Pilatos opens at 9:00, the earliest of the three, and its hours are the same every day of the week. The Alcázar and the Dueñas both have free Monday windows, booked online.
Practical information
- Hours: every day, 9:00 to 18:00.
- Where: Plaza de Pilatos 1, on the edge of the old Jewish quarter and about ten minutes’ walk from the Alcázar and the Cathedral.
- Buying: the palace’s site and GetYourGuide’s listing both sell at €12.
The Palacio de las Dueñas is the other private palace, and Seville museums covers the Hospital de los Venerables in the Santa Cruz quarter. What to book before you go to Seville has the hours of every sight, and Seville in one or two days places the palaces in a plan. To stay nearby, see hotels near Seville Cathedral. Seville walking tours compares the guided walks through the old town.
Common questions
How much is Casa de Pilatos in Seville?
€12 for the ground floor and €6 for the upper floor, which is a separate ticket. Children up to 11 are free with an adult, a disability above 50% gets half price, and above 65% is free. School groups pay €8.
What are the opening hours of Casa de Pilatos?
Every day of the week, 9:00 to 18:00.
Does the Casa de Pilatos ticket include a guide?
Yes. The individual ticket includes a physical or downloadable guide or an audio guide, in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Italian.
Where do I buy Casa de Pilatos tickets?
From the Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, which owns the palace, through its ticket page at articketing.vocces.com, or from the palace's own listing on GetYourGuide at the same €12. Customer service is on +34 670 412 871 every day from 9:00 to 18:00.
Is Casa de Pilatos worth seeing if I have already seen the Alcázar?
It is a different building: a private palace of the 15th and 16th centuries that blends Gothic-Mudéjar and Renaissance styles, as against the Alcázar's royal palaces from the Almohad period onwards. It costs €12 against the Alcázar's €15.50 and is open to 18:00 every day, against 17:00 at the Alcázar from October to March.
