Gaudi’s Crypt in Colonia Güell: visit+audioguide

Discover Gaudí’s most hidden treasure, the Gaudí Crypt which is located inside the Colonia Güell, a textile village packed with surprises just 20 minutes outside Barcelona. The Crypt is the church of twisted columns, the laboratory for the Sagrada Família which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005. The Colonia Güell is one of the largest industrial complexes in Catalonia.

Here people worked and learned skills in a new integrated urban design that was innovative for its time. The Colonia offers visitors a wide variety of tourist services including guided tours, audioguides, dramatised tours, etc. and other general services, including rest areas, car and bus parking, etc.

The visit with audioguide will give you the chance to discover Gaudi’s best kept treasure: the Crypt. Immerse yourself in Antoni Gaudi’s laboratory, where he experimented endlessly in order to discover techniques he later applied to design the Sagrada Familia. The audioguide is available in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian and Korean.

*New opening hours:

Saturdays and Sundays: 10h00 - 15h00

Opening Hours (Please check modifications due to Covid-19*)

Winter (November to April)
- Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Summer (May to October)
- Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed: January 1st & 6th, Palm Sunday, Holy Friday, December 25th & 26th

How to get there

Claudi Güell st., 6; 08690 Santa Coloma de Cervelló

By car: Access from road B-2002 between Sant Boi de Llobregat and Santa Coloma de Cervelló. From the C-31 (direction Sant Boi de Llobregat), the C-32 (exit 53), A2, and A7 (Direction Sant Boi de Llobregat).

By train: Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) from Plaça Espanya station, Lines S3,
S4, S8 and S9. Trains every 15-20 minutes. Station Colonia Güell