La Pedrera (Casa Milà) With Kids: Prices, Free Under 12

La Pedrera is the Gaudí building with the roof that looks like a chess set — the one covered in chimneys that have been described as veiled women and as helmeted warriors, and which children invariably decide are aliens.

It is also, as of now, free for anyone under twelve. Most families don’t know that and budget for four tickets.

La Pedrera hosted our visit. They had no say over what we wrote, and all prices below were checked independently in September 2026.

What it costs

Ticket	Price
La Pedrera Essential, adult	from €29.00
Children 0–11	Free — but you still have to book a free ticket
Ages 12–17, students, 65+	Reduced rate — confirm at booking
Catalonia residents	Reduced rate, with ID
La Pedrera Night Experience	from €39.50 — guided visit, rooftop audiovisual show, a glass of cava

Two adults and two children under 12: €58. Not €116, which is what most families assume and what the booking page’s default of four full tickets will quietly give you if you don’t change it.

Book the children’s free tickets. Free does not mean walk-in — the system wants a ticket per person, and arriving with two unticketed children is a conversation you don’t want at the door.

The audio guide is included in the price, in eleven languages including Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Opening hours

• 6 March – 1 November: daily 09:00 – 20:30
• 2 November – 25 February: daily 09:00 – 18:30
• Last admission is 30 minutes before closing

Address: Passeig de Gràcia 92, Eixample. Metro Diagonal (L3, L5).

The visit, in the order you’ll do it

1. The audio guide — give one to each child

This is the whole trick and it’s free.

When we went, Damian was handed his own audio guide and the effect was immediate — a gadget of his own, buttons that did things, a voice that answered when he pressed. He was completely absorbed by having that power in his hands, which meant he was absorbed by the building too, more or less by accident.

If you take one thing from this page: don’t share an audio guide with your child. Get them their own.

2. The courtyard

You come in to an open space with curving walls, painted in soft colours, and a wide oval of blue sky directly overhead. There are no straight lines anywhere. Children look up here without being told to.

3. The rooftop — the reason to come

Up first, before anyone tires.

The roof is a landscape rather than a surface — stairs, ramps, levels, and the chimneys, which are sculptures with helmets and faces. Some are said to be veiled Saharan women, some helmeted warriors. Ours had firm opinions and neither matched the audio guide.

The views over Barcelona are genuinely among the best in the city, and the rooftop is safe with children — it’s enclosed and supervised — but it’s uneven, so keep hold of small hands on the steps.

4. Espai Gaudí — the attic

Under the roof, in a space of brick parabolic arches that feels like the inside of a whale. This is where the building explains itself: models, drawings and the techniques Gaudí used here, at the Sagrada Família and at Park Güell.

If your child has already seen the Sagrada Família, this is where the two connect. If they’re going to see it afterwards, this makes the columns make sense in advance.

5. The apartment

A whole floor furnished as a well-off Barcelona family lived in it in the 1900s — kitchen, nursery, bathroom, the lot. It’s the part that most surprises children, because it stops being architecture and becomes somebody’s home. Ours went round it deciding which bedroom they’d have.

With children — the honest version

What works:

• Under-12s are free, which changes the arithmetic completely
• An audio guide each — say it again because it matters
• The rooftop, which is the closest thing Barcelona has to a sculpture park you can walk on
• The apartment, because it’s a home rather than a museum
• 90 minutes to two hours, which is about right before anyone’s had enough

What to plan for:

• Book a slot ahead, including the children’s free ones
• Go at opening or after 18:00 — the middle of the day is the crowd
• The rooftop is uneven underfoot
• One Gaudí interior per day, maximum. Casa Batlló is five minutes’ walk away and doing both in an afternoon is how you end up paying full price for a building nobody is still looking at

Both our boys fell asleep on the way home, which is the only review of a day out that has ever been worth anything.

La Pedrera or Casa Batlló?

The two are five minutes apart on Passeig de Gràcia and nearly everyone asks.

	La Pedrera	Casa Batlló
Adult from	€29	€29
Children free under	12	12
The draw	The rooftop	The interior
Best for children	Yes — outdoor space, room to move	More queueing, more shuffling
Length	90 min – 2 hrs	About an hour

With children, I’d pick La Pedrera, for the roof and the apartment and the fact that a third of the visit is outdoors. With adults only, Casa Batlló’s interior is the more extraordinary thing.

Is the night visit worth €39.50?

Not with young children — it’s late, it involves a glass of cava, and the point of it is atmosphere rather than looking at things.

With teenagers or without children at all, yes. You get a guided visit rather than an audio guide, the rooftop after dark with a projected show on the chimneys, and the building without a single other family in it.

What else is nearby

• Casa Batlló — 5 minutes’ walk, under-12s free, but not on the same day
• Sagrada Família — 20 minutes on foot, under-11s free
• Casa Vicens — Gaudí’s first house, up in Gràcia, and far quieter than either of these

How Eixample fits together with the rest of the city.

48h Open House Barcelona

Frequently asked questions

How much is La Pedrera?

From €29.00 for adults on the standard La Pedrera Essential ticket. Children aged 0 to 11 go free, though you still need to book a free ticket for them, so two adults and two young children pay €58. The Night Experience is from €39.50 and includes a guided visit, the rooftop audiovisual show and a glass of cava.

Is La Pedrera free for children?

Yes, for anyone under 12 — but a free ticket still has to be booked in advance. Ages 12 to 17, students and over-65s get a reduced rate, as do Catalonia residents with ID.

Is La Pedrera suitable for children?

Very. The audio guide is included and giving each child their own is what makes the visit work; the rooftop is an outdoor sculpture landscape with the best views in Eixample; and the restored 1900s apartment reads as somebody’s home rather than a museum. Allow 90 minutes to two hours.

What are La Pedrera’s opening hours?

Daily 09:00 to 20:30 from 6 March to 1 November, and 09:00 to 18:30 from 2 November to 25 February, with last admission 30 minutes before closing. It is at Passeig de Gràcia 92, metro Diagonal on lines L3 and L5.

La Pedrera or Casa Batlló — which is better with kids?

La Pedrera. Both start at €29 for adults and both are free for under-12s, but La Pedrera gives you a rooftop, an attic and a furnished apartment, so a third of the visit is outdoors with room to move. Casa Batlló has the more extraordinary interior and more queueing. Do not do both in one day.

Is the La Pedrera Night Experience worth it?

Not with young children — it is late and built around atmosphere rather than looking at things. With teenagers or without children it is worth the €39.50: a guided visit instead of an audio guide, the rooftop after dark with a projection on the chimneys, and the building almost to yourself.