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Best landmarks & sacred sites in Barcelona, ranked honestly

Ranked by Reality: whether each one delivers for people who went. The chips show if it lives up to its hype.

Sagrada Família — photo by Maula JuttWorth itReality 79 −171Sagrada Família★ 4.8Eixample · Sacred siteGaudí's unfinished basilica, begun in the 1880s, with towers, museum and stained glassPedralbes Monastery — photo by Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de PedralbesWorth itReality 76 +392Pedralbes Monastery★ 4.7Day trips & outer city · Sacred siteQuiet Gothic convent in uptown Pedralbes, with a three-storey cloister and Ferrer Bassa muralsPalau Güell — photo by Adelaida SubíasWorth itReality 75 +203Palau Güell★ 4.6Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · LandmarkGaudí's early UNESCO-listed mansion off La Rambla, with a domed hall and mosaic chimneysSant Pau — photo by Recinto Modernista de San PauWorth itReality 75 +54Sant Pau★ 4.6Eixample · LandmarkDomènech i Montaner's Modernista hospital: tiled pavilions, gardens and tunnelsSanta Maria del Mar — photo by Alejandro PepeWorth itReality 70 +45Santa Maria del Mar★ 4.7Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · Sacred site14th-century Catalan Gothic basilica in El Born with a vast, airy nave and rooftop terracesBarcelona Cathedral — photo by antonio andrioliWorth itReality 70 −56Barcelona Cathedral★ 4.6Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · Sacred siteGothic cathedral (13th–15th c.) with a cloister of 13 geese and a rooftop viewMontserrat — photo by Alin VoinaWorth itReality 70 −27Montserrat★ 4.7Day trips & outer city · Sacred siteBenedictine abbey and Black Madonna shrine set among serrated peaks, about an hour from BarcelonaLa Pedrera — photo by Maciej JanickiWorth it if…Reality 69 −118La Pedrera★ 4.6Eixample · LandmarkGaudí's wave-fronted apartment block with attic exhibit and warrior-chimney rooftopPlaça Reial — photo by BlumenBergWorth it if…Reality 66 +479Plaça Reial★ 4.7Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · LandmarkArcaded, palm-lined 19th-century square off La Rambla with Gaudí lampposts and bar terracesCasa Vicens — photo by Xiaozheng FuWorth it if…Reality 64 +710Casa Vicens★ 4.7Gràcia & Park Güell · LandmarkGaudí's first house (1880s), a Moorish-tiled villa in Gràcia, now a house museumCasa Batlló — photo by Muhammad Bilal MaqsoodWorth it if…Reality 63 −2911Casa Batlló★ 4.7Eixample · LandmarkGaudí's dragon-roofed house on Passeig de Gràcia, now a tech-heavy museum visitArc de Triomf — photo by Eric MartinezWorth it if…Reality 61 −1712Arc de Triomf★ 4.6Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · LandmarkRed-brick Neo-Mudéjar arch built as the gateway to the 1888 Universal ExpositionLa Rambla — photo by Alberto Roldan AguilarSkip itReality 36 013La Rambla★ 4.3Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · LandmarkBarcelona's famous tree-lined promenade from Plaça de Catalunya down to the port

The numbers

#PlaceVerdictHypeRealityGapGoogle
1Sagrada FamíliaWorth it9679−17 · Overhyped★ 4.8 (336,344)
2Pedralbes MonasteryWorth it3776+39 · Underrated★ 4.7 (6,618)
3Palau GüellWorth it5575+20 · Underrated★ 4.6 (23,938)
4Sant PauWorth it7075+5 · Lives up to the hype★ 4.6 (62,406)
5Santa Maria del MarWorth it6670+4 · Lives up to the hype★ 4.7 (40,715)
6Barcelona CathedralWorth it7570−5 · Lives up to the hype★ 4.6 (85,495)
7MontserratWorth it7270−2 · Lives up to the hype★ 4.7 (60,680)
8La PedreraWorth it if…8069−11 · Overhyped★ 4.6 (114,874)
9Plaça ReialWorth it if…1966+47 · Underrated★ 4.7 (233)
10Casa VicensWorth it if…5764+7 · Lives up to the hype★ 4.7 (23,298)
11Casa BatllóWorth it if…9263−29 · Overhyped★ 4.7 (220,954)
12Arc de TriomfWorth it if…7861−17 · Overhyped★ 4.6 (102,019)
13La RamblaSkip it36360 · Lives up to the hype★ 4.3 (10,424)