Casa Batlló Tickets and Opening Hours: What a Visit Includes
Casa Batlló is open 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., with last admission at 9:30 p.m. and children up to 12 free. Visit length, services and access covered.
Casa Batlló is a house redesigned by Antoni Gaudí at Passeig de Gràcia 43, in Barcelona’s Eixample district. People go to see its mosaic facade and the interior Gaudí reworked in 1904. According to the Casa Batlló visitor page, the house is open from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., a visit lasts about 1 hour 15 minutes, and children aged 0 to 12 enter free. Current ticket prices and booking options are listed on the official website.
Opening hours and visit length
The house opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 10:30 p.m. Last admission is at 9:30 p.m. The visitor page adds that the ticket office is open until 9 p.m., so anyone planning an evening visit should confirm on the official site how tickets are sold after that time.
The page gives the duration of a visit as about 1 hour 15 minutes. Groups or school parties of 11 people or more fill in a request form on the Casa Batlló site, and the staff then contact them with the details.
What a visit includes
The visitor page presents an augmented reality tablet as part of the visit. The audio guide comes in English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese and Japanese. Visitors with hearing impairments can use a tablet with subtitles in the same languages.
The Gaudí App carries audio guides, images and videos, an augmented reality mode (visitors bring their own headphones), quizzes with rewards, and a section for managing tickets. It can be used before, during and after the visit. At the end, the shop Simbòlic sells gifts, and the house has free Wi-Fi for visitors.
What to look at
According to Wikipedia, the ground floor has unusual tracery, irregular oval windows and sculpted stonework in sinuous shapes, with few straight lines. Much of the facade is covered in a colorful mosaic of broken ceramic tiles, known as trencadís. The building is also called Casa dels Ossos (House of Bones).
Inside, Gaudí enlarged the central well so that light reaches the whole building. He also changed the main apartment, which was the Batlló family home, and added floors.
Background of the house
The building dates to 1877, when Emili Sala Cortés, one of Gaudí’s professors, designed it for Lluís Sala Sánchez. Textile industrialist Josep Batlló bought it in 1903 and hired Gaudí in 1904. Batlló first thought of tearing the house down, but Gaudí persuaded him that a renovation would be enough. The work was finished in 1906, and that year Barcelona’s city council shortlisted the house for its best building award. The prize went to another architect.
The house stands in a row on Passeig de Gràcia called the Illa de la Discòrdia (Block of Discord), a nickname that comes from the clash of styles among its buildings by different Modernista architects. Next door, at number 41, is the building Josep Puig i Cadafalch reworked for the chocolatier Antoni Amatller.
Josep Batlló died in 1934 and his wife kept the house until her death in 1940. Their children managed it until 1954, when the insurance company Seguros Iberia bought it and set up offices there. The Bernat family, owners of Chupa Chups, bought it in 1993. In 2005 Casa Batlló became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Access and services
- Wheelchair users can visit all areas of the house.
- Two elevators have priority use for people with disabilities, people with reduced mobility and pregnant women.
- For children under 2, the house offers an alternative to strollers and stores the stroller.
- Animals may enter under their owner’s supervision with the approval of staff.
- The house is cardioprotected, and staff are trained to use the defibrillator and give first aid.
- Lost items are kept for one month and then donated to charity.
Tips for visiting
Bring headphones if you want to use the augmented reality content in the Gaudí App. If you are planning a day around Gaudí, the guide to Sagrada Família tickets, towers and entry rules covers his best-known building. On a wet day, the list of rainy day museums with hours and tickets has other indoor options, and the page on free things to do in Barcelona suggests places that cost nothing.
Quick answers
How long does a visit to Casa Batlló take?
The visitor page gives about 1 hour 15 minutes.
Is Casa Batlló free for children?
Yes. The page lists free entry for children aged 0 to 12.
Can wheelchair users visit Casa Batlló?
Yes. The house says wheelchair users are welcome in all areas and that two elevators have priority use for people with reduced mobility.
Can I visit with a dog?
Animals are allowed under the supervision of their owner and with the approval of Casa Batlló staff.
Checked against official sources in November 2026. Hours, prices and rules change: confirm on the official page before you go or apply.
