Casa Batllo Barcelona: the complete guide to visiting [2025].

Casa Batllo BarcelonaIts interior, facade and roof. Here's the complete guide to visiting it!

Visit Casa Batlló is a building of the modernist designed and built from 1904 to 1906 by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.

The Batlló "House" is located on the Illa de la Discordia, on the famous Passeig de Gràcia Barcelona, a stone's throw from La Pedrera, in the Eixample district.

The building was commissioned by a textile industrialist, Josep Batlló i Casanovas.

Visit façade of the building is the best-known part, and is considered theone of Gaudi's most original. It features stone, wrought iron, glass and polychrome ceramics.

A mix of fantasy and color... Captivating!
It's simply a sight for sore eyes!

Casa Batllo Barcelona: practical information (opening hours, prices, tickets)

The tour of Casa Batlló lasts approximately one hour and includes an audio guide (or video now available in several languages (French, Catalan, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Portuguese).

Casa Batlló opening hours

• Every day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Attention Please note: this timetable may be altered due to specific events.

Admission to Casa Batlló

• Adult rate :35 euros
• Children aged 13 to 17 29 euros
• Children under 12 free admission
• Seniors (over 65) 32 euros
• Student 29 euros

Book your visit to Casa Batlló:
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Contact

• Telephone: +34 932 160 306

Tour content

The cultural tour lasts about an hour and includes a French audio guide

You'll visit a art myth, architecture and Modernism.
Light, color and form combine with wood, iron, glass, ceramics and stoneware in the fantastic and surprising way that characterizes Gaudí's work.

Start your journey through twenty points of explanationDiscover the many details that are difficult to perceive at first glance, the metaphors and representations of nature, particularly the marine world, that will inspire you and stimulate your senses and emotions.

You'll visit the legendary noble floor, former residence of the Batlló family, the attics that served as storerooms and laundry rooms, the roof, the mythical fireplaces and the fantastic skylight, former staircase of privileged neighbors. And you can't leave without appreciating the splendid vestibule and main staircase!

How to get to Casa Batlló

• MetroYellow L4, violet L2 and green L3 lines Passeig de Gracia station
• Bus: 7, 16, 17, 22 and 24
• AddressPasseig de Gràcia, 43

Description and history of Casa Batlló (interior, facade, roof)

Antoni Gaudí's masterpieceCasa Batlló is a benchmark of Modernism.
Located on Passeig de Gràcia, this building stands out for its style and colors. Every passer-by interprets the curves and colors of the building in his own way. total contrast with the rest of the artery where it is located.

Architect Antoní Gaudí took advantage of the reconstruction of an 1875 building on Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia to create one of his most audacious and exceptionally creative works.
Gaudí was assisted by the architects Josep Maria Jujol and Joan Rubio i Bellver.
Gaudí's imagination was essential to the direction of the project, as was the decorative work of the craftsmen. The polychrome circles of glazed ceramic and the trencadis fragments of coloured glass, placed with precision, draw flowers and water lilies and play with the reflections of sunlight.

Sometimes the building is seen as the surface of an undulating sea in the middle of Passeig de Gràcia.
On the second floor, a large sandstone balcony reveals the noble floor, while other floors feature large, mask-like balconies.

On top is a ceramic scaled skin and a tower crowned with a four-pointed cross.

Inside Casa Batlló, you can see the wonderful ceramic-covered courtyard and the roof with its colorful chimneys.