Ferrari Land: €1 as an Add-On, €19 Alone — Is It Worth It?

Ferrari Land is the only Ferrari theme park in Europe, it sits inside the PortAventura resort at Salou, and the most useful thing anyone can tell you about it is a pricing quirk.

Adding it to a PortAventura ticket costs one euro. Buying it on its own costs nineteen.

So the question isn’t really whether Ferrari Land is worth €19. It’s whether it’s worth the euro and the hour — and that depends entirely on how tall your children are.

What it costs

Ticket	Adult (11–59)	Child 4–10 / over 60
Ferrari Land on its own	€19	€17
PortAventura Park, 1 day	€43	€38
Both parks, 1 day	€44	€40
Both parks, 2 days	€45	€41

Buy the two-park ticket. One euro. There is no scenario in which it isn’t worth a euro to have the option, even if you end up not using it — and for €45 you get two days across both parks, which is €2 more than one day at PortAventura alone.

Only buy the €19 standalone ticket if you are staying in Salou for a beach holiday, you have a teenager who wants Red Force, and you have no intention of doing PortAventura at all. That’s a narrow case.

Note the age bands: the adult rate starts at 11, and over-60s pay the child rate.

What’s actually there

Ferrari Land is built around one ride, and it is a serious one.

Red Force

The tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe. It’s a vertical accelerator — it launches you rather than hauling you up a hill — and it is genuinely one of the most extreme rides on the continent.

It also has a height restriction that rules out most children under about twelve. Check the current minimum before you promise anything to anyone, because this is the ride your older child has seen on YouTube and the one they will be furious about.

Everything else

A vertical free-fall tower, a smaller family coaster, simulators, a Ferrari gallery with real cars, and a junior area with scaled-down Ferrari-themed rides for younger children.

The Ferrari collection is better than you’d expect if anyone in the family is interested in cars — actual racing Ferraris, close enough to look at properly, with no crowd.

The honest size problem

Ferrari Land is much smaller than PortAventura Park. That’s not a criticism, it’s a planning fact, and it’s the thing most write-ups skate over because there’s a commission on the ticket.

If your children are too small for Red Force, and most are, you are looking at a park you can see properly in about an hour.

What that means practically:

• Don’t plan a day here. Plan an hour or two inside a PortAventura day.
• Do it in the middle of the afternoon, when PortAventura is at its busiest and this park is quieter — you’re effectively buying a break from the queues for a euro.
• With a teenager who wants Red Force, the calculation flips entirely. That one ride is the reason the park exists and it delivers.

With young children

What works:

• The junior area — proper scaled rides, Ferrari-themed, and almost never busy
• The cars. Children who like cars will spend longer in the gallery than on the rides
• It’s quiet compared with PortAventura, which by mid-afternoon is a relief for everyone
• The euro

What to plan for:

• Red Force is off the table for most children under about twelve. Say so before you arrive rather than at the queue
• It’s an hour, not a day
• Less shade than PortAventura. In July and August that matters
• Check the park’s own opening days — Ferrari Land sometimes operates a shorter season and shorter hours than PortAventura Park, so confirm it’s open on your date before you build the afternoon around it

So is it worth it?

As a €1 add-on: always. Buy the two-park ticket. Even if you don’t go in, you’ve lost a euro.

As a €19 day out: no, unless Red Force is specifically the point.

With a teenager: yes, properly. The tallest coaster in Europe is a real thing and the queue for it is shorter than the equivalent at PortAventura.

With children under ten: go for an hour, look at the cars, do the junior rides, and go back to Sesamo Aventura.

That’s the honest version, and it’s more useful than being told it’s thrilling.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Ferrari Land?

€19 for ages 11–59 and €17 for ages 4–10 and over-60s as a standalone ticket. But adding it to a one-day PortAventura ticket costs only €1 — €44 instead of €43 — so the two-park ticket is almost always the right buy.

Is Ferrari Land worth it?

As a €1 add-on to a PortAventura ticket, always — you lose a euro at worst. As a €19 day on its own, no, unless Red Force is specifically why you are going. It is a small park and if your children are too short for Red Force you can see it properly in about an hour.

What is Red Force?

The tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe, and a vertical accelerator rather than a traditional lift-hill coaster. It has a height restriction that rules out most children under about twelve, so check the current minimum before promising anything.

Is Ferrari Land good for young children?

For about an hour. There is a junior area with scaled-down Ferrari-themed rides that is rarely busy, and a gallery of real racing Ferraris that children who like cars will spend longer in than on the rides. Red Force will be off-limits. Do not plan a day here.

How long do you need at Ferrari Land?

An hour to two hours, inside a PortAventura day rather than instead of one. Going mid-afternoon works well, because PortAventura is at its busiest then and Ferrari Land is quieter.

Is Ferrari Land open the same days as PortAventura?

Not always — Ferrari Land can run a shorter season and shorter hours than PortAventura Park. Check that it is open on your date before building an afternoon around it.