The Barcelona Museum Pass is cheap and gets you free to some of the best art museums in Barcelona. The ARQUEOticket is even cheaper but it only takes you to museums related to history. The Barcelona Card offers more free activities than the other two cards and includes free public transport, but it is more expensive and is limited to two or five days of use.
Barcelona discount cards overview
The activities included in these cards differ greatly. The Barcelona Card may have most of the free activities, but they are not necessarily the best. And free transport is not as good as it may sound, since public transport in Barcelona is cheap.
- Barcelona Card : in 2019, prices were € 46 for three days to € 61 for five days for 25 museums and free activities and free public transport. Buy Barcelona Card
- Barcelona Museum Pass (also known as Articket) : € 30 for free entry to six art museums, valid for twelve months Buy Barcelona Museum Pass
- Barcelona Card Express In 2019, the price was € 20 for two days for discounts at dozens of Barcelona attractions, as well as free public transport. Free admissions are not included with this card.
For a more complete picture of the Barcelona discount card to get, read on.
Barcelona Museum Pass (Articket)
- Price € 30 Barcelona Museum Pass
- Duration Twelve months from first use
What the Barcelona Museum Pass gets you
Entrance to six excellent art museums in Barcelona.
Top museums on the Barcelona Museum Pass
All this, apart from the Picasso Museum, can also be found on the Barcelona Card.
- National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC) 2019 price without card: € 12
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) 2019 price without card: € 11
- The Joan Miró Foundation (Museu Fundació Miró) 2019 price without card: € 13
- Fundación Antoni Tapies (Fundació Tà pies) 2019 price without card: € 8
- Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) 2019 price without card: € 6
- Picasso Museum 2019 price without card: € 12 (€ 20.5 with temporary admission to the exhibition)
How to get your money’s worth with the Barcelona Museum Pass
The prices for each site are listed above. In general, visiting three museums will cover your admission price, so you really need to visit four of these museums before you start saving.
The total price of admission to these six museums would normally be € 57.
What does the Barcelona Card get you?
The Barcelona Card is the most inclusive card, but it comes at a price and can only be used for a very limited number of days.
The € 46 card, usable for three days (€ 61 for five days) allows free entry to 25 museums in Barcelona starting in 2019. These are subject to change, so check with the provider to confirm.
Top museums that are also on the Museum Pass
The price in parentheses is the normal entry price.
- CCCB Museum (6 €)
- Miró Foundation Museum (11 €)
- Tà pies Foundation (8 €)
- MACBA Museum (11 €)
- National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC) € 12
- Picasso Museum (12 €)
The main museums only on the Barcelona Card
- Box Museum Forum (varies)
- Cosmocaixa (3-5 €)
Other museums only on the Barcelona Card
- Chocolate Museum
- Museu del Modernisme CatalÃ
- Egyptian Museum
- Olympic Stadium Joan Antoni Samaranch
- El Born Cultural Center
- Botanical Garden of Barcelona
- Design museum
- Music museum
- Royal Monastery of Santa MarÃa de Pedralbes
- MUHBA The Call
- MUHBA King’s Badge
- MUHBA Refugi 307
- MUHBA Roman burial road
- Ethnological and Cultural Museum of the World – Montcada and Parc de Montjuïc
- Frederic Marès Museum
- Natural science museum
- Olympic and sports museum
Discounts with the Barcelona Card
These are subject to change, so please check when purchasing.
- Circuit Variable de Barcelona – Catalynya (2: 1), Cripta Gaudà de la Colònia Güell, Fundació Vila Casas: Museu Can Framis i Espais Volart, Fundación MAPFRE, Golondrinas, Mirador de Colom, Torre de Collserola
- 60% discount on
Collserola Tower - 50% discount on
genuine stores in Barcelona, ​​Barcelona Walking Tours Easy Gòtic, Barcelona Walking Tours Gòtic, Barcelona Walking Tours Modernism, Barcelona Walking Tours Picasso, Gaudà Exhibition Center – Museu Diocesà , Mirador de Colom and Wine Tourism Center - 40% discount on
Perfume Museum - 30% discount on the
Museum of Archeology of Catalonia - 25% discount on
Casa Vicens, Palau Güell - 22% discount on the
Museum of Erotica - 20% discount on
Audioguide Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, Barcelona Tourist Bus, Barcelona Night Tour, Bcnaval Tours, Big Fun Museum, Casa Amatller, Casa de les Punxes, Casino de Barcelona, ​​Gaudà Experience, Icebarcelona, ​​Illa Fantasia, L’Aquà rium de Barcelona , Museum of the History of Catalonia, European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Maritime Museum of Barcelona, ​​Palau de la Música Catalana, Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Poble Espanyol de Barcelona, ​​PortAventura World, Barcelona Zoo
- 15% discount on
Free Sailing Experience Bcn - 12% discount on
- 10% discount on
- € discount on
Barcelona Ciclotour, -2 €; Basilica of Santa MarÃa del Mar, -1 €; Basilica of Santa MarÃa del Pi, -1 €; Barcelona Ciclotour, -2 €; Casa Batlló, -3 €; Casa Milá – La Pedrera, -3 €; Catalonia Tourist Bus, -10 €; Tibidabo Amusement Park, -2 €; Montjuïc cable car, -2 €
How to get your money’s worth
From € 12 to € 15 per day, you will have to go to one of the main museums and use the metro several times (metro tickets normally cost € 1 per ticket if you buy a 10 ticket pass) just to break even, so you will have to visit two museums a day to save.
Barcelona Card and Museum Pass (Articket) compared
For the Barcelona card to be worth it, you must visit at least two museums per day out of the 20 available. For the Museum Pass (Articket) to be worthwhile, you must visit at least four of the museums on your trip.
Barcelona Card Express
The cheapest card is the Barcelona Card Express. At € 20 for two days, it offers you unlimited public transport and discounted tickets to more than 100 attractions in the city.
But as usual, it will be difficult for you to get your money’s worth. Even assuming five trips a day on the metro, that’s still 10 euros to save elsewhere.
