You are here: barcelona.de > City info > Attractions for families

Attractions for families

Our attractions for families to the sights of Barcelona and surrounding area

Barcelona offers many places that families with children will enjoy. Whether sights, guided tours, cycle trips which children and parents will have fun on, or a visit to the amusement park. There's something for everyone.

Guided tours for children in English

Guided tours for children in English

Two fun and exciting guided tours, that lead through the winding alleys of the Old Town. Both tours are topics oriented and rich in variety - your children will be delighted.

More information...

Guided tours for children in Barcelona (private tour)

Guided tours for children in Barcelona (private tour)

Two fun and exciting guided tours, that lead through the winding alleys of the Old Town. Both tours are topics oriented and rich in variety - your children will be delighted.

More information...

FC Barcelona museum – Camp Nou Experience

FC Barcelona museum - Camp Nou Experience

For football supporters both big and small. Very impressive! Admission to the museum can be booked together with a visit to the Camp Nou, home of the club and the largest football stadium in Europe.

More information...

Mosaic workshop Experiencia Gaudí

Mosaic workshop Experiencia Gaudí

You don't have to be Picasso, Miró or Gaudí to start being creative yourself. Here you and your kids will have lots of fun making your own piece of art from broken tiles or glass. There is a German-speaking instructor to show you how.

More information...

PortAventura - a leisure park with a big fun factor for the whole family

PortAventura - a leisure park with a big fun factor for the whole family

Great for families with kids: over 40 rides, shows and attractions for the whole family. The PortAventura leisure park offers pure pleasure for every age group.

More information...

Poble Espanyol - the Spanish village

Poble Espanyol - the Spanish village

Poble Espanyol is a large open-air museum at the foot of the Montjuic, Barcelona’s local mountain. It has been created with reproductions of characteristic houses from all of the regions of Spain. And what's special: you and your children can watch the handicraft businesses at work, for example the glass blowers, leather craftsmen and pottery makers in the Andalusia quarter.

More information...

Aquàrium de Barcelona

Aquàrium de Barcelona

Your kids will be amazed when they walk through the 80 meter long tunnel beneath the shark tank. It’s Europe’s largest and most important museum for marine science, which offers families with children a great experience.

More information...

Barcelona zoo

Barcelona zoo

Somewhat quieter but still a great experience: the around 13 hector Parque Zoológico de Barcelona houses roughly 5,500 animals from over 400 species. In addition to the fauna of mammals, amphibians and reptiles, the exhibition areas also display the flora from the animals' homelands

More information...

Museum of illusions

Museum of illusions

In the museum of illusions you aren't simply an observer, you are a valuable part of the pictures on display, which have been designed by well-known artists. Whether young or old, everyone has to laugh here when they realise they are right in the middle of the art pieces. And they’ll still put a smile on your face a long time after your holiday.

More information...

Gaudí Experience 4D

Gaudí Experience 4D

The way in which the presentation is made reveals Gaudí’s genius inner mind and will surprise and enthral you. You will dive into the world of the great architect and artist using unique 4D technology. Nothing is left standing still. Not even your cinema seat...

More information...

Casa Milà (La Pedrera) - skipping the line admission

Casa Milà (La Pedrera) - skipping the line admission

Here you can purchase tickets for admission to the Casa Milà incl. audio guide. This architectural masterpiece is one of the last building structures by the architect Antoni Gaudí before he completely committed himself to building the Sagrada Familia.

More information...

Casa Batlló - skipping the line admission

Casa Batlló - skipping the line admission

Here you can purchase tickets for one of the most well-known and imaginative private houses by the famous architect Antoni Gaudí! The Casa Batlló with its curved dragon's back on the roof represents the dragon from the legend of Saint George. The whole family will enjoy this attraction.

More information...

Museu Egipci de Barcelona - Egyptian museum

Museu Egipci de Barcelona - Egyptian museum

The Museu Egipci de Barcelona is one of the leading private collections of Egyptian art and culture. With over 1,000 exhibits covering an area of more than 2,000 m² you will experience daily life and ritual life at the time of the Pharaohs.

More information...

Cycle tours in English

Cycle tours in English

Our cycle tours with English-speaking guide are loads of fun and extend your sightseeing radius of Barcelona. On the tours we will show you maritime Barcelona, the historic part of the city or the Parc de la Ciutadella.

More information...

Bike hire in Barcelona

Bike hire

Here you can hire bikes to take a look around Barcelona on your own. Barcelona likes to identify itself with bikes as a practical and ecological form of transport: cycle paths and stands for bikes are available and are becoming more and more popular for guests and the locals.

More information...

Sightseeing tours of the city on the open-top hop-on hop-off - Bus Turístic

Sightseeing tours of the city on the open-top hop-on hop-off - Bus Turístic

The open-top double-decker buses take three routes to the most important sights in the city. You can hop on and hop off at any time. An audio guide in German and other languages is available on board.

More information...