Hotels near Park Güell, Barcelona

This was my second visit here and considering the fact that it was a very hot day, it was most annoying and irritating that they make you walk through the whole park to get to the viewing point!! It’s a park yet there are locked gates with guards stopping you from having easy access to the steps leading to the top!! This was not like this the first time I visited and spoilt the visit, especially as it was extremely hot.

You can freely roam, but I took up guided tour, and was so glad I did. I learnt about genius infrastructure Gaudi had put in, which I wouldn't have known from just looking. It was like Tokyo Disney Sea, without the rides and better.

It's about a 20 minute walk up a steep hill from the Metro to the Park. If you don't fancy this you should most likely take a taxi. Park itself is well worth a visit. Just emphasizes again the brilliance of Gaudi.

They don't provide a map of the walkways of the park, so just accept it and wander, enjoy the views and the tropical birds and the Gaudi imagination. I visited the park as part of one of the city bus tours, and the bus dropped us off at least half a mile from the park. Not immediately apparent how to find the park, but well worth it. very steep climbing so not too accessible if walking is difficult for you.

Beautiful location. Even if you can’t get tickets to go closer to the Gaudi sights you can still see a lot of them from the distance by going around the park which is free entry so don’t think you’ve missed out if tickets aren’t available.

For 2nd year in a row failed to visit the statue park. It's under renovation for ages, and they favor the guided tours at a cutthroat price, so you can only see the partly covered exhibits early evening. Best to avoid altogether until renovations are done and perhaps visitor restrictions ease up. BTW, 3rd visit and not once did all escalators work. Pathetic, really.