Gràcia · Barcelona
Gaudí's first house, built 1883 to 1885 as a summer home: green and white tiles, yellow flowers in ceramic, a palm-leaf iron fence and the first roof he made to walk on. About 1 hour 15 minutes inside, a short walk from Fontana metro.
Tickets and experiences hand-picked by our editors.
Tickets
In the centre, the skip-the-line ticket: your own time slot and the audio guide on your phone. On the left, the guided tour with an in-house expert, at the same from-price; on the right, Casa Vicens with La Pedrera and Casa Batlló in one guided walk. Every card opens a full page.
Guided
★ 4.81 hour 30 minutesFree cancellationAn in-house expert explains the tiles, the smoking room and the symbols room by room, in a small group. When the tour ends you can stay and wander as long as you like.
Top pick
★ 4.7About 1 hour 15 minutesFree cancellationGaudí's first house at your own pace: a timed entry, the free mobile audio guide in 16 languages and the permanent and temporary exhibitions. Bring your own headphones.
3 houses
★ 4.73 hoursFree cancellationCasa Vicens first, then down Passeig de Gràcia to La Pedrera and Casa Batlló with one guide and every admission included: Gaudí's early, middle and mature houses in one morning or afternoon.
Park Güell
★ 4.71 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes
Sagrada Família
★ 4.6Own pace
La Pedrera
★ 4.7Own pace
Full day
★ 4.83 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours 30 minutes
Private
★ 4.54 hours
Best value
★ 4.92 hours
Walk
★ 4.92 hours 30 minutesCompare
Casa Vicens is small enough to see on your own in just over an hour. The real choices are whether you want a guide, and how much more of Gaudí you want to fit into the same day.
| Ticket or tour | Where | How it runs | Best for | Length | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Vicens Skip-the-Line Entrance Ticket | Carrer de les Carolines, Gràcia | Self-guided, mobile audio guide | Gaudí's first house at your own pace | About 1 hour 15 minutes | $27 | Book |
| Casa Vicens Guided Tour | Carrer de les Carolines, Gràcia | Small group with an in-house guide | The stories behind the tiles and rooms | 1 hour 30 minutes | $27 | Book |
| The 3 Gaudí Houses Tour: Vicens, Milà and Batlló | Starts at Casa Vicens, Gràcia | Guided walk, small group | Three Gaudí houses with one guide | 3 hours | $133 | Book |
| Park Güell Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry | Carretera del Carmel, Park Güell | Guided walk with headsets | Park Güell, uphill from Gràcia | 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes | $28 | Book |
| Sagrada Família Entry Ticket with Audio Guide | Carrer de Mallorca, Eixample | Self-guided, audio guide app | The basilica on your own | Own pace | $38 | Book |
| La Pedrera-Casa Milà Ticket and Audio Guide | Passeig de Gràcia 92 | Self-guided, audio guide option | The rooftop of chimneys | Own pace | $33 | Book |
| Complete Gaudí Tour: Sagrada Família and Park Güell | Passeig de Gràcia 41 | Guided, with transfers | Batlló, the Sagrada Família and Park Güell in a day | 3 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours 30 minutes | $157 | Book |
| Private Gaudí Tour of Casa Milà and Casa Vicens | Plaça del Teatre, La Rambla | Private, your group only | Your own guide from Palau Güell to Casa Vicens | 4 hours | $175 | Book |
| Gaudí's Houses and Modernism Walking Tour | Passeig de Gràcia 1 | On foot, facades from outside | Gaudí's facades on a budget | 2 hours | $14 | Book |
| Walking Tour of the Old Town, Ramblas and Gaudí Houses | Plaça de Catalunya | On foot, small or standard group | The Gothic Quarter plus Gaudí | 2 hours 30 minutes | $30 | Book |
Casa Vicens's own prices for 2026 are €22 for the self-guided visit and €24 for the guided visit, with reduced prices of €20 and €22 and free entry for children under 11 (Barcelona City Council listings). The tour prices above are from-prices in USD.
Gaudí's first house
Gaudí was in his twenties when the stockbroker Manuel Vicens asked him for a summer home in Gràcia, then a separate town outside Barcelona. The plans were signed in January 1883 and the house was finished in 1885: brick, stone and ceramic, with Islamic and Mudéjar touches, green and white checkerboard tiles and tiles of yellow flowers the house calls "Moorish carnations". Gaudí said the plot had been covered in them.
In 1925 the second owners doubled the house, with a matching turret by the architect Joan Baptista Serra de Martínez, after Gaudí declined the job. Much of the garden was sold for housing in 1946 and 1963. The bank MoraBanc bought the house in 2014, restored it from 2015 to 2017 and opened it as a museum in November 2017.
The year the plans were signed. Casa Vicens has been part of UNESCO's "Works of Antoni Gaudí" since 2005.
9am to 8pm from March to October, 9am to 6pm from November to February.
1 hour 15 minutes before closing; the ticket office opens at 9:30am.
Free on your phone in 16 languages. Bring your own earphones.
Reduced prices for students aged 12 to 29, over-65s and some families.
Your visit
With the skip-the-line ticket, about 1 hour 15 minutes at your own pace, floor by floor, with the audio guide on your phone.
In through the gate on Carrer de les Carolines to the garden, the fountain porch and the palm-leaf railings.
StartThe main floor: plant motifs on the dining-room walls and ceiling, and a ceiling of plaster palm fronds in the smoking room.
Main floorUpstairs, birds painted on a domed ceiling and the pink and blue bedrooms, then the attic exhibition with Gaudí's plans.
Upper floorsOut between the tiled chimneys and the turret, then down to the shop and the café in the garden.
About 1 hour 15 minutesPlan your visit
Tickets, getting there, the rest of Gràcia and the seasons: one tab each.
Where it is
Carrer de les Carolines 20-26, 08012 Barcelona
Casa Vicens stands on a narrow street in the old village of Gràcia, a few minutes from Fontana and Lesseps metro stations on line L3. Passeig de Gràcia, with Casa Batlló and La Pedrera, is two metro stops south; Park Güell is about 1 km uphill.
Around your visit
When to go, what guests wish they had known, the other Gaudí houses and the fine print.
The fountain porch
Pick your time slot, then check the dates.
Check availabilityGuest reviews
★★★★★Casa Vicens is a wonderful discovery, with vibrant colors, decorated majolica tiles and truly distinctive architectural details. A fascinating place that surprises in every corner and showcases all of Gaudí’s creativity. A visit that is absolutely worth making!
★★★★★Visiting Casa Vicens with a guide made the experience much better. I dare say it’s the most beautiful house Gaudí designed in Barcelona. Highly recommended!
★★★★★Jane was a fantastic guide! There is no way we could have seen this three houses so quickly and learned so much. She also explained many things while walking in between. So glad we took this tour!
★★★★★No line, went straight in. Really enjoyed the audio guide. The house was amazing, you could spend as much time there as you wanted.
★★★★★Marc was an exceptional guide and the tour was outstanding [...] As one of the earliest Gaudi houses in Barcelona, the style is very different from his other later work - very much worth seeing and learning about the history of this unique house.
★★★★★Clear and informative. Gave us opportunity to ask questions which were well answered. Enough time to see everything and take photos. At the end we could stay in the park as long as we wanted to explore further
★★★★★Definitely visit these other places, not just Sagrada Familia. Jana was an excellent guide.
★★★★★Had a great guide (Marta). Learning the history of the houses on the walking tour was fascinating. We would have never seen some of these houses if it weren’t for this tour. Thanks Marta!!!
★★★★★Stephen was an excellent guide. He was very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. La Sagrada Família was absolutely incredible and we are so glad we did a guided tour.
Where the story ends
Casa Vicens is where Gaudí's career as a house architect began; the Sagrada Família is where it ended, and where he is buried. 2026 is the centenary of his death, and the basilica's tallest tower was blessed on 10 June.
Where Gaudí's story ends: an official guide takes a small or standard group through the basilica he worked on until 1926 and where he is buried, with the entry ticket included. The towers are not part of this tour.
Official guideEntry includedTowers not included
The guide
The house where Gaudí became Gaudí, and how to fit it into a day of his Barcelona.
Most visitors meet Gaudí on Passeig de Gràcia or at the Sagrada Família. Casa Vicens comes first in the story. It was his first major house, designed when he was in his twenties, and you can see the later buildings starting here: the ceramic, the nature motifs, the roof treated as a place to be rather than a lid. It only opened to the public in November 2017, after more than 130 years as a private home.
It is also a calmer visit. Casa Vicens counted 263,743 visitors in 2025, and the rooms are domestic in scale: a dining room, a smoking room, three bedrooms, an attic and a roof.
The skip-the-line ticket is our pick, with 4.7 from 5,872 reviews: you choose a time slot and walk round at your own pace with the audio guide on your phone. The guided tour costs the same from-price and adds an in-house expert for the symbols and the stories, in a small group, and you can stay on afterwards.
Gaudí's houses tell a story when you see them in order. The 3 Gaudí houses tour starts at Casa Vicens and walks down to La Pedrera and Casa Batlló, with one guide and all three admissions included, in about 3 hours. For your own guide, the private Gaudí tour starts at Palau Güell in the Raval and ends at Casa Vicens, with La Pedrera on the way.
Park Güell is about 1 km uphill, so the two make an easy half-day. The Park Güell guided tour has 4.7 from more than 23,000 reviews and lets you stay in the park afterwards. Down in Gràcia, the squares and the Mercat de la Llibertat are good for lunch between the two.
Guides
In-depth guides to Casa Vicens and the other Gaudí sites, and the questions people ask most before booking. See all guides.
Casa Vicens ticketsSelf-guided or guided, reduced and free rates, timed entry and how to book with free cancellation.
Visiting Casa VicensRoom by room from the garden to the rooftop, how long it takes, the house rules and getting there.
Which Gaudí house?Vicens, Batlló, Milà or Palau Güell by era, style, price and time, and the Milà or Batlló question.
Gaudí prices 2026The cheapest adult ticket at every Gaudí site, plus seniors, children, free entry and booking rules.
Park Güell and Casa VicensTwo Gaudí sites in Gràcia in one half-day: tickets, the walk down, the buses and the squares in between.
Is Casa Vicens worth it?Who will love Gaudí's first house, how it compares with the later ones and what guests say.From the blog
The Gaudí Year 2026, Casa Vicens hours and closures, and the Gaudí sites in winter. All posts.
Gaudí Year 2026: the centenaryThe tram, the tower, the exhibitions still running and what the houses are doing for the centenary.
Casa Vicens hours and closures 2026-27Winter times, last entry, the closed days in November, December and January, and the best slots.
Gaudí sites in winter 2026-27Winter hours at every Gaudí site, the Christmas closures, rainy-day picks and how far ahead to book.FAQ
Straight answers to what people ask most about Casa Vicens and Gaudí's houses.
About 1 hour 15 minutes. Casa Vicens puts a visit at 60 to 75 minutes, and its own guided visits run about as long; the GetYourGuide guided tour is listed at 1 hour 30 minutes, and you can stay on afterwards. Add time for the café in the garden, which is open to ticket holders. More in visiting Casa Vicens.
Yes, if you like Gaudí or colour. It is his first major house, built 1883 to 1885, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005 and open to visitors only since November 2017. It is much quieter than the houses on Passeig de Gràcia, and cheaper too. See is Casa Vicens worth visiting.
Yes. It opens every day: 9am to 8pm from March to October and 9am to 6pm from November to February, with the last entry 1 hour 15 minutes before closing. It closes on 25 December and from 7 to 14 January 2027, and on a few announced days. Details in Casa Vicens hours and closures.
The self-guided visit costs €22 and the guided visit €24, with reduced prices of €20 and €22 for students aged 12 to 29, over-65s and some families (Barcelona City Council listings). Children under 11 go free, and online tickets are cheaper than at the ticket office. The skip-the-line ticket and the guided tour both cancel free up to 24 hours before.
Yes. Casa Vicens runs guided visits of 60 to 75 minutes in small groups of up to 12, in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian, Chinese and Japanese. The guided tour on this site lets you stay in the house as long as you like afterwards.
Casa Vicens is at Carrer de les Carolines 20-26 in Gràcia. The nearest metro stops are Fontana and Lesseps on line L3, a few minutes on foot, and buses 22, 24, 27, 87, 114, H6, V17 and D40 stop nearby. From Passeig de Gràcia it is two stops on L3 to Fontana.
Easily. Park Güell's own site puts Lesseps metro about 20 minutes' walk from the park, and Casa Vicens is a few minutes from Lesseps. Book a morning slot at one and an afternoon slot at the other. See Park Güell and Casa Vicens in one day.
For his early, Eastern-influenced style, Casa Vicens. For the sea-creature facade and the famous rooftop, Casa Batlló and La Pedrera on Passeig de Gràcia. The 3 Gaudí houses tour covers all three with one guide. Compared in which Gaudí house to visit.
Both are UNESCO-listed, and a standard adult day ticket costs from €29 at each in 2026. Casa Batlló has the colourful facade and the dragon roof; La Pedrera is bigger, with the sculpted rooftop and an exhibition on Gaudí's whole career. If you only have time for one, pick the one whose photos you keep going back to.
Yes. Casa Vicens has ramps and lifts so visitors with reduced mobility can reach the spaces, and companions of people with functional diversity enter free. Large bags, umbrellas and rucksacks over 30 x 30 cm go in the lockers.
Yes, as many as you like, without flash. Tripods, selfie sticks and phone stabilisers are not allowed, and filming for professional use needs permission from the house.
UNESCO added Casa Vicens in 2005 to the "Works of Antoni Gaudí", together with the Nativity facade and crypt of the Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló and the crypt at Colònia Güell. Park Güell, Palau Güell and Casa Milà had been listed in 1984.
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More: the 3 Gaudí houses tour · Park Güell with a guide · La Pedrera
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