Churches & monasteries · Barcelona
Santa Maria del Mar
The people's basilica, built with stones carried from Montjuïc on porters' backs.
Opening hours, admission and address
- Address
- Plaça de Santa Maria 1
- Opening hours
- Mon–Sat10:00–18:00
- Sun13:00–18:00
- Admission
- The cultural visit runs Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 13:00 to 18:00, with last admission at 17:30. Outside those hours the basilica is free to walk into. One flat ticket of €8 covers the interior, the gallery museum, the crypt, the towers and the roof terraces, self-guided; no guided tour is required, and no concessions are published. Children under eight are not allowed on the towers or the roof. Booking is not required and tickets are sold at the door, but the towers and terraces close in bad weather. The official site is santamariadelmar.barcelona; other addresses selling entry are resellers.
- Category
- Churches & monasteries
- Official website
- santamariadelmar.barcelona
- Coordinates
41.38378, 2.18201
Where it is
Walk it with the guide
Santa Maria del Mar is one of 24 stops on Barcelona Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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