Your day, step by step
08:15
Leave the ship and take the Cruise Bus (buy the €5 return) to the World Trade Center stop.
08:40
Walk 10 minutes to Drassanes. Metro L3 to Diagonal, change to L5 for two stops to Sagrada Família.
09:30
Sagrada Família, timed entry. Allow 75–90 minutes with the audio guide app.
11:15
Metro L5 to Diagonal and walk down Passeig de Gràcia past Casa Milà (La Pedrera) and Casa Batlló.
12:30
Metro L3 Passeig de Gràcia to Liceu, or walk 25 minutes. Lunch in El Born or the Gothic Quarter.
13:45
Gothic Quarter on foot: the cathedral square, Plaça Sant Jaume, Plaça Reial, then Santa Maria del Mar in El Born.
15:15
La Rambla and La Boqueria market, then walk to the Columbus Monument.
16:00
At the Cruise Bus stop by the World Trade Center. Allow for a queue.
- Latest you can leave Cruise Bus stop (World Trade Center)16:15
16:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Cruise Bus stop (World Trade Center)Cruise Bus T3, about 10 min, plus queue16:15
- Columbus Monument (WTC terminals)Walk, 5–10 min16:20
- Sagrada FamíliaMetro to Drassanes 30 min, walk 10, Cruise Bus15:35
Where people get Barcelona wrong
Leaving the return to the last half hour, when afternoon Cruise Bus queues are long on multi-ship days.
Built from our Barcelona guide, checked against 12 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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