Tourist office Barcelona
Turisme de Barcelona, the consortium formed by Barcelona City Council and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, is the official tourist office of Barcelona, and it lists 15 official tourist information points across the city and the airport. The underground office in the middle of Plaça de Catalunya, long the main one, is closed for maintenance, so the other three points on the same square take the walk-in traffic. The 11 points listed below cover that square, both airport terminals, the Gothic Quarter, the Sagrada Família, Plaça d'Espanya, the coach station and the old harbour.
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Plaça de Catalunya Bergara information point
Location: Plaça de Catalunya, the square at the top of La Rambla
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 20:00
Street level booth in central Barcelona for advice, directions and official visitor services.
Plaça de Catalunya Sud information point
Location: Plaça de Catalunya, southern side of the square
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 20:00
The office offers maps, sells transport tickets and is a point where visitors pick up the Barcelona Card.
Plaça de Catalunya Nord information point
Location: Plaça de Catalunya, 17, at the top of the square
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 08:30 to 20:00, Sundays and Mondays 08:30 to 14:30
Outdoor booth that also sells or hands over Barcelona Bus Turístic and Catalunya Bus Turístic tickets.
Airport Terminal 1 office
Location: Aeroport del Prat, Terminal 1, arrivals area on Level 0
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 19:30
Just past baggage reclaim, and one of the points where a Barcelona Card booked online is collected.
Airport Terminal 2 office
Location: Aeroport del Prat, Terminal 2
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 19:30
Maps at the counter, with information on public transport, museums, monuments and the city districts.
L9 metro lobby at airport Terminal 2
Location: Aeroport del Prat, lobby of the Metro L9 station
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 08:30 to 20:00, Sundays 08:30 to 14:30
Inside the metro lobby, with resources for newcomers and the cultural events running that week.
Catedral information office
Location: Placeta de la Seu, 4, opposite the Cathedral of Barcelona
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:00, closed on Sundays
Not inside the church but in a building directly opposite, with multilingual staff and ticket sales.
Sagrada Família information point
Location: Plaça de la Sagrada Família, beside the basilica
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 20:00
Official maps and products for planning a visit to the basilica and the streets around it.
Plaça d'Espanya information point
Location: Plaça Espanya, at the foot of Montjuïc
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 14:30
A place to pick up maps and ask questions at the start of a visit to the city.
Estació del Nord coach station office
Location: Estació del Nord, Espai Mediterrània on the ground floor
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 14:30
The desk faces platform 7 and covers transport, services and what to do next in the city.
Mirador de Colom office
Location: Plaça Portal de la Pau, under the Columbus monument
Opening hours: All year round, Monday to Sunday 08:30 to 14:30
The oldest tourist office in Barcelona, with access to the viewing platform above it.
Catalonia tourist office at Palau de Mar
Location: Plaça de Pau Vila, 1-5, inside Palau de Mar in la Barceloneta
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 19:30; Sundays, public holidays, 24 and 31 December and 5 January 09:00 to 14:30; closed 25 and 26 December, 1 and 6 January
Not run by Turisme de Barcelona: this office belongs to the Generalitat de Catalunya and covers the whole region.
Get to know Barcelona in detail
Get to know Barcelona in detail
The Barcelona guide on Tourist Office is where to start for anyone about to visit Barcelona. It lays out a one day itinerary that runs from the Sagrada Família to La Pedrera, Casa Batlló, the Mercat de la Boqueria and the Cathedral of Barcelona, and it ranks the twelve landmarks worth booking ahead, Park Güell, Camp Nou and Tibidabo among them.
It also gathers the free attractions, the secret gardens, the unusual museums and the medieval corners that rarely make a first itinerary, together with the concerts coming up in the city and practical notes on how many days Barcelona needs and how to reach the centre from the airport.
Public holidays in Barcelona to plan around
Public holidays change the rhythm of a visit more than most travellers expect. Many shops and museums move to holiday timetables, public transport can run a reduced service and a day built around a market or a municipal museum can fall flat. Barcelona keeps 14 paid holidays in 2026: the 8 that apply across the whole of Spain, 4 more that only Catalonia observes and 2 that the city council adds for itself. The Catalan and city days are the ones that catch visitors out, because they are ordinary working days in the rest of the country.
National holidays in Spain 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day (Cap d'Any)
- 6 January Epiphany (Reis)
- 3 April Good Friday (Divendres Sant)
- 1 May Labour Day (Festa del Treball)
- 15 August Assumption of Mary (l'Assumpció)
- 12 October National Day of Spain (Dia Nacional d'Espanya)
- 8 December Feast of the Immaculate Conception (La Immaculada)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Nadal)
Local holidays in Barcelona 2026
- 6 April Easter Monday (Dilluns de Pasqua Florida), regional
- 25 May Whit Monday (Dilluns de Pasqua Granada), local
- 24 June Midsummer (Sant Joan), regional
- 11 September Catalan National Day (Diada Nacional de Catalunya), regional
- 24 September Feast of La Mercè (Mare de Déu de la Mercè), local
- 26 December Saint Stephen's Day (Sant Esteve), regional
The Catalonia tourist office at Palau de Mar closes on 25 and 26 December and on 1 and 6 January, and it shortens its hours on 24 and 31 December and 5 January. Turisme de Barcelona does not publish a holiday closing list, and the hours of each of its points sit on that point's own page, so a visit on one of these dates is worth checking there first.