What to do in Sagrada Família
Almost everyone comes for the basilica, and the basilica earns it: it has been under construction since 1882 and is paid for by the tickets of the people who visit it. But one block away the neighbourhood is ordinary Eixample, with its market, its street shops and civic centres running their own programme. If you have a few hours, the interesting move is to cross that block.
Sagrada Família is a neighbourhood in the Eixample district.
Part of: Eixample
Standing out this week: courses and outdoors
Where to start
- Vida Records & Friends Series — Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm
- 'Out-of-map. Feminist Narratives of Public Space' Exhibition — Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- Show "By the stream" D’aquí surten totes aquestes extravagàncies — Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
What's on today
- 'Paint, Experiment and Create' Workshop — Ateneu el Poblet
- 'Less Diazepam, More Sewing' Exhibition — Casal de Barri Espai 210
- "Let’s Have Fun" Workshop — Carrer de Provença
- 'Patchwork' Workshop — Carrer de Provença
- 'Gentle Yoga' Workshop — Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
This weekend
- Gaudí Shopping Autumn Trade Fair — 7 November 2026 · Avinguda Gaudí (des de Sant Pau fins la Sagrada Família)
- 'Sons de Nit' Show — 7 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- 'Introduction to Self-Makeup' Workshop — 5 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- 'Deepen Your English' Workshop — Carrer de Provença
- 'Body-balance' Workshop — Carrer de Provença
- '"Sprechen Sie Deutsch!?" Advanced Conversation' Workshop — Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- 'Meditate to Live Better: Find Calm amid Chaos' Workshop — Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- 'Chess' Workshop — Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
Coming up
- 'Subirachs and the Passion Façade' Talk — 4 November 2026 · Ateneu el Poblet
- 'The Great Resignation' Exhibition — 13 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- "Sen Cello Duo" Concert — 5 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- 'Introduction to French' Workshop — Carrer de Provença
- 'Urban Sketching' Workshop — Carrer de Provença
- 'Playing, Discovering and Growing' Talk — 9 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- 'Fermented Foods and Preserves' Workshop *NEW* — 9 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
- Carola Ortíz Concert "Cantareras" — 19 November 2026 · Centre Cívic Sagrada Família
See the neighbourhood's full programme
While you are here
If you are spending a few hours in the Sagrada Família area, these places are worth discovering too.
- Antiga Fabrica Estrella Damm
- La Gran Clariana Park
- Placa de Gaudi
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Get to know Sagrada Família
From the basilica to the neighbourhood around it, in three steps.
The basilica was begun in 1882 and is still unfinished: it is funded by visitor tickets, not public money.
Gaudí took charge in 1883, aged 31, and spent the last twelve years of his life on nothing else; when he died in 1926 less than a quarter was built.
One block from the basilica the area is ordinary Eixample: a market, street shops and civic centres with their own programme.
What its programme is like
- A programme mostly in the afternoon Most of the activity happens in the afternoon: 64%.
- Mostly courses and music Courses and music account for 94% of what happens in the neighbourhood.
- Spread across many venues 22 venues with a programme of their own.
- 27% of what is scheduled here is free.
- 191 events scheduled in the neighbourhood over the measured period.
Based on 191 events between 2026-08-04 and 2027-11-02.
Venues with a programme: Centre Cívic Sagrada Família · Carrer de Provença · Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm · Ateneu el Poblet · Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família - Basílica · Avinguda Gaudí (des de Sant Pau fins la Sagrada Família) · Casal de Barri Espai 210
Neighbourhoods next door: El Clot · Gràcia · Poblenou · El Born