Free entry 16
Museums and sights that are free, always or on certain days. From each place’s official page.
Always free
- MuseumMuseu Picasso
First Sunday of the month
Source: barcelona.cat - Place of worshipSanta Maria del Mar
Free outside cultural visit hours (Mon-Sat before 10:00 and after 18:00; Sun before 13:00 and after 18:00)
Source: santamariadelmar.barcelona - MuseumMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Saturdays from 15:00; first Sunday of the month; open-doors days
Source: museunacional.cat - MonumentSant Pau Recinte Modernista
23 April, 24 September and Night of the Museums
Source: santpaubarcelona.org - PalacePalau Guell
First Sunday of the month and significant dates
Source: inici.palauguell.cat - Ancient siteMUHBA Placa del Rei
First Sunday of the month all day; other Sundays from 15:00
Source: barcelona.cat - MuseumMuseu Maritim de Barcelona
Every Sunday from 15:00
Source: barcelona.cat - MuseumMACBA
Thu, Fri and Sat from 18:00; first Sunday of the month
Source: macba.cat - MuseumCCCB
Sundays 15:00-20:00; some festival days
Source: cccb.org - MonumentMontjuic Castle
Every Sunday from 15:00; first Sunday of the month all day (from 10:00)
Source: barcelona.cat - MuseumMuseu Frederic Mares
First Sunday of the month 11:00-20:00; other Sundays from 15:00
Source: barcelona.cat - MuseumMuseu d'Historia de Catalunya
First Sunday of the month 10:00-14:30
Source: mhcat.cat - MuseumMuseu del Disseny
Every Sunday 15:00-20:00; first Sunday of the month also 10:00-14:00
Source: barcelona.cat
Tax-free shopping
Visitors can get the VAT back here.
Only for people who live outside the EU; nationality does not matter. If you live in Türkiye you qualify. A Turkish citizen living in the EU does not.
- VAT rate
- 21%
- Minimum purchase
- No minimum amount.
- Time limit
- Leave with the goods within 3 months of purchase.
- Where to get it approved
- DIVA kiosk at the Spanish airport, port or border where you leave the EU.
Step by step
- Ask for tax-free when you pay. The shop checks your passport and gives you an electronic refund form (DER).
- Scan the form at a DIVA kiosk with your passport, boarding pass and the goods. A green tick means approved; a red cross means go to customs.
- Get paid by a refund company (minus commission) or by the shop. If you leave the EU from another country, do not use the Spanish kiosk: validate there instead.
Official sources: sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es
Lost passport
If your passport is lost or stolen, here is what to do.
If you are a citizen of another country
Contact your own country’s embassy or consulate in this city. Your foreign ministry’s website lists its address.
If you are a Turkish citizen
- Book an appointment with the Turkish mission in this city at konsolosluk.gov.tr and go in person.
- If you need to get home, ask for a temporary passport. It is free, valid for one trip to Türkiye or to the country you live in, and usually valid for one month.
- Bring your Turkish ID card (if it is lost too, a photo document such as a driving licence), a biometric photo 50 x 60 mm taken in the last six months, and your ticket home.
- For a lost passport you do not need a police report.
- The temporary passport ends with that trip. Apply for a new passport in Türkiye or at the mission in the country you live in.
Turkish mission here
Consulate General of Türkiye in Barcelona
Passeig de Gràcia 7, 1ª, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Call: +34 93 317 92 31
Out of hours: +34 680 414 283
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, konsolosluk.gov.tr (Passport: lost passport, temporary passport).
Show the waiter
Sentences in Spanish to show the waiter or the driver.
La cuenta, por favor.
Una mesa para dos, por favor.
¿Tienen platos vegetarianos?
Soy alérgico (alérgica) a los frutos secos y a los cacahuetes.
¿Tienen platos sin gluten?
¿Me puede traer agua del grifo, por favor?
Perdone, ¿dónde están los servicios, por favor?
Lléveme a esta dirección, por favor.
Checked against phrasebooks. Tell us if a sentence sounds wrong.