Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau — Attraction in Barcelona

Beautiful Art Nouveau architecture and amazing history. Visited the grounds for the annual Christmas lights tour, so we obviously had a very specific perspective. Tickets and Arrival Logistics (for the light tour): It was a fun and easy tour. Purchase the tickets in advance and include the Ice Rink add-on for an extra 5€ (more below). There wasn't too long of a wait, but I would recommend getting there a bit early. The instructions were somewhat misleading because they make it seem like it will be an informal entry as you can arrive anytime from your ticket time and the next 30 minutes. We were there on time, and there was a really long line. It did move fairly quickly, and some of the people were actually there for the next queue. Food/Beverage: There is one food stand in the center of the grounds that has an assortment of beverage options and limited food. Again, the website was a bit misleading here. It provided an overview and menu that included options for burgers, sausages, patatas bravas, and numerous other items that have it more of a "full meal" setup. Because of that, we choose the ticket time and we just going to do an easy dinner there. Bad idea. That full menu was not available. Mostly smaller entrees and snacks. Go expecting to grab a drink or quick snack at the most. They do have alcoholic and hot/cold drink options. There are numerous restaurants just outside the venue, so we had a much better meal after the tour. Activities: The tour is pretty simple and mostly just focused on walking around the buildings to look at projected lights and setup arrangements. There were a few interactive stops (writing wishes and watching them to the "Wishing Cloud", climbing on a large Caga Tió, etc.) and photo points (mistletoe, heart of hands, train, etc.). The most notable experiences were (1) Musical tree light show (at the center of the courtyard) that synchronizes a Christmas song collection with lighting not only on the tree, but around the entire complex. It only plays at certain times, so watch and listen for it. (1) Ice skating: this way exceeded our expectations. Being that it's Barcelona and a temporary location, we expected it to be slush or carved ice chunks at best. We just wanted a feeling of "winter" and a fun photo op. Kudos to the venue and the rink vendor. This was a well organized, very skatable rink. Tickets can be purchased inside, but save money, time, and hassle by doing it in advance. You get skate tokens when you check-in at the main gate (we called them around most of the night trying to realize what they were for). There's one flow to enter the hall, exchange skates/shoes, receive lighted timing lanyard, dropoff bags, fit skates and enter the rink; and another flow to exit the rink, remove skates/lanyard, exchange for shoes/bags, and exit the hall. Lanyard model was smart. 5 min green light buffer to put on skates, and 25 minute blue light skate time. When you light turns red, it's time to exit. We went on the tour thinking we'd have a fun photo stop, entered thinking we'd skate 5-10 min, and ended up sleeping out of the rink just as the lights turned red! Don't think you're going to enter the rink and break any of Apolo Ohno speed records (just showed my age), but if you can skate, it was fun weaving in/out of the constantly changing obstacles of little ones zooming sideways with little penguin support aids or first timers attempting to roam free from the side rails. All-in-all, though this was not the most elaborate light tour in the world, it was well worth the 20+ per ticket (including skating) for a great family or couple evening. Most important, it gave us a much better look at the Saint Paul Modernist Complex than we had ever seen outside the walls, and we'll definitely be purchasing tickets for a general tour after...

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Write more professionally: Stunning building, of course, but the audioguide is horrible. Not user friendly, horrible design, you need to bring your own headphones. Compared to some other sites I visited for the same price, it was a disappointing experience based on audio guide itself. For the price they are charging, I think they can allow themselves to improve this area. Still worth a visit, but I would recommend to go with an actual guided tour or just on your own.

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The building itself is undeniably stunning and well worth a visit. However, the audio guide experience was quite disappointing. The interface is not user-friendly, the design lacks intuitiveness, and visitors are required to bring their own headphones, which is not clearly communicated in advance. Compared to similar sites I've visited at a comparable price point, the quality of the audio guide falls short. Given the admission fee, there is certainly room for improvement in this area. I would recommend either joining a guided tour or exploring independently for a more enjoyable experience.

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Write more professionally, but keep my style: This site is not as popular as the other ones in Barcelona, but for me it left such an impression. The building is stunning, there is so much to see, I highly recommend to take audio guide, which is of very high quality. I spent two hours and I think you can spend even more, everywhere you turn is beautiful. And to know that this was a hospital, just amazing. Also, big plus, they had employees outside to help visitors to guide them around in case the map was unclear.

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This site may not be as popular as some of the others in Barcelona, but it truly left a lasting impression on me. The building is absolutely stunning, with so much to explore—I highly recommend using the audio guide, which is excellent and adds a lot to the experience. I spent two hours there, and honestly, you could easily spend even more; everywhere you look, there’s something beautiful to take in. The fact that this was once a hospital is just incredible. Also, a big plus: there were staff members outside helping visitors navigate the space in case the map wasn’t clear, which I really...

I may be biased but I feel like Barcelona prices way high for visiting museums for what they offer.

It was an okay experience, plenty of on site buildings where locked and no access with access to only 2-4 buildings.

Architecture is good, history of the building is far more satisfying. I actually enjoyed sitting in the small room with computer where I could access letters and deeds made from 12th century and recorded for public view on those desktops.

The room that showed the old X-ray machine was really cool, also so may devices I liked from more than a century ago, like portable motor and eye syringe and anaesthetic delivery kits.

Some good work display of building preservation in the administration building.

All in all its an okay visit to have in afternoon and lye down in the grass for a small power nap.

On the plus side I never seen a museums with so many toilets in one place. Its one toilet after another in every turn.

If you have a toilet issues, this is the place to be. It is really clean and open air ventilation, hell I even had number 2 with the window wide open, felt like I was sitting in the peru jungle taking a dump in open air. Its an experience I wont forget.

Jokes aside its much better place to visit than the Guadi park or whatever its called, that place was crawling with tourists like ants out to kill its prey!

This place is very tranquil, pensioners, doctors and naturists will...