La Pedrera - Casa Mila Sunrise: Early Morning Access
Description
Do not miss this unique tour and be the first to visit La Pedrera-Casa Milà. Enjoy an amazing guided tour through the building before it opens to the public in a small group. Contemplate the nature of one of Gaudi's modernist masterpieces with a guide and take crowd-free photographs until 9am. The UNESCO-listed La Pedrera boasts extravagant features that demand attention: marvel at dramatic staircases and elaborately decorated columns. In the tour you will see the Warrior Rooftop, the Whale Attic with the Gaudí Exhibition, the Tenants’ Apartment, the Flower Courtyard and the Butterfly Courtyard as well as some areas that cannot be visited on the normal tour. Did you know that Casa Milà is also a Foundation? Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation serves society to build a better and fairer future within a framework of direct quality, excellence and innovation. The Foundation enable more than 500.000 people to have a better and fairer future.
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Itinerary
Start your experience at the modernist masterpiece of La Pedrera to embark on this 1.15-hour guide tour. Use your priority access ticket to sail past long lines in the crowed entrance foyer of the UNESCO-listed landmark. After greeting your guide and small group, you'll start exploring the building in relative solitude. Stroll thorough a richly decorated lobby and extensive courtyards embellished in typical Gaudi style; capture tourist-free photographs of kaleidoscopic murals and mosaics, and then explore the Exhibition Hall to see impressive stair columns. Enter the apartment to see an accurate recreation of a bourgeois apartment in the building during the 20th century. Rise to the roof terrace to observe the jewel in the building's architectural crown, its imitable corkscrew chimneys, and then absorb panoramic vistas of Barcelona’s skyline before descending to the Espai Gaudi to peruse an exhibition detailing the architect’s life and works.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Reviews(49)
La Pedrera (Casa Milà) is pure Gaudí's genius. We booked the sunrise guided tour, and it was excellent; the guide was very knowledgeable and she explained to us how Gaudí designed every detail, from the flowing stone facade to the attic space used for laundry. One of the highlights, without question, is the rooftop. Walking among the surreal warrior chimneys while taking in 360-degree views of Barcelona and the mountains was unforgettable. The period apartment recreation on the floor below adds wonderful context about how upper-class families lived when the building was new. We learned a few interesting details that Gaudí added for the comfort of the people that lived there. Ticket is expensive, but definitely worth it!
Definitely worth waking up early for! We were the first visitors on to the roof of La Pedrera and had the place to ourselves and uninterrupted views of Gaudí’s Barcelona! Brilliant and very knowledgeable guide. Excellent experience made even better by the lack of crowds. Highly recommend the sunrise tour.
Visit starts at 8:30 AM. 2 groups of 15-20 people, one in English, one in Chinese. Start of the visit was fine, but at 9 AM the casa opened to the public, making the guided visit incomprehensible and constantly interrupted by other groups. Tour taken with breakfast included. Avoid this, it is not a breakfast, just a choice between 3 sandwiches and coffee or tea, including for children… orange juice extra, croissant extra… €11.90 for the coffee and the ham sandwich...
Great information on the history of the house & so nice to get there 30m before they open for a less crowded experience
We did the sunrise tour which was particularly good time to visit before it got so busy. Our guide Nikos was friendly and informative. Lovely views from the rooftop
This is the experience, I'm glad I made it. We entered 8:30 with the guide, she very well, I have nothing to criticize regarding the guide, very friendly always and gave good information. The visit itself I did not like, fast and with MANY people who did not allow you to almost walk much less value what you were seeing. The building as such impressive yes very interesting but the visit itself is bad. They shouldn't let so many people in at the same time. They sell you the entrance at dawn as if it were something exclusive but immediately it is full of people and you can not even walk, that was my experience.
Go to the first tour of 830 to take advantage of the space with few people and can take pictures
We took with the family the tickets to visit La Pedrera and left very happy. You walk through several spaces of the building, see what the original homes were like and end up on the roof with all the views that is the most striking, everything is well explained and the staff is friendly during the tour
Gemma was knowledgable and patient. There was a mix up between trip advisor and Casa Mila team but Gemma made sure we could take the tour and sort it out afterwards.
I highly recommend the early morning access tour! Unlike the rest of the attractions we visited in Barcelona, we actually have photos of La Pedrera without tons of people blocking our view. We had a real person guiding the small-group tour (rather than a recorded audio-tour), so were able to ask questions and pause for pictures. It's not really a "sunrise" tour, but maybe thats for the best. If you're interested in Gaudi architecture, then this is a MUST!
