Sagrada Familia Highlights Tour: Tower & Skip-the-line Access

The tour starts right by the basilica, where your guide points out what work remains to be finished before you skip the line and head inside. Moving between columns designed like trees, your guide explains how Gaudí drew his style from religious, natural, and Catalonian influences. Look up at the stained-glass windows, angled to cast warm red and orange light through the Passion facade side in the morning and cooler blues and greens through the Nativity facade side by afternoon.

You'll learn about Gaudí's own life story: how he rose from humble beginnings to the top of Barcelona society, then withdrew from public life entirely to spend his final years building this basilica, up until a death that nearly went unnoticed by the world.

With tower access included, take an elevator up one of the basilica's spires for a close-up look at the mosaic-covered pinnacles, spires and a sweeping panoramic view over Barcelona's rooftops that most visitors never see from this angle. You'll descend by the tower's spiral staircase, a narrow, historic route built into the structure itself.

Your guide leads you through the highlights of the museum inside the basilica, then points you toward what else is worth seeing before you leave, including the crypt.