Camp Nou – FC Barcelona's Stadium
Camp Nou is the 3rd largest football stadium in the world and the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of about 110000 people.
It has been the home of FC Barcelona since 1957 and is also the home of the Catalan national team.
Construction started on 28 March 1954 and took 3 years to complete, it was officially opened on the 24 September 1957.
The architects who built it were Francesc Mitjans, Josep Soteras, and Lorenzo García-Barbón.
The stadium is also used for various other purposes and often hosts major concerts.
These are some of the artists that have performed here:
- Julio Iglesias
- Bruce Springsteen
- Sting
- Peter Gabriel
- Youssou N'Dour
- Tracy Chapman
- El Último de la Fila.
- The Three Tenors—Josep Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti
- U2
- Michael Jackson
There are always thousands of football lovers visiting the stadium, being one of the best teams in the world attracts people from everywhere.
It is always busy, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in Barcelona.
The tour is one of the most popular in Barcelona and receives more than 1.2 million visitors per year and it comes in second after the Museu Picasso, which attracts 1.3 million visitors.
On the tour you will see the grounds, the pitch and the football museum. Check out the player's dressing room, see the press conference area, visit the VIP lounge and even take a break on the players benches or on the VIP seats.
The Plus Ticket gives you access to what happens behind the scenes and to the FC museum that occupies 3,500 square meters.
The tour is self guided, you just have to follow the yellow barriers if you lose your way there are security guards that will point you back in the right direction.
Read the information on boards as you go a long but if you need more football facts and figures get yourself an audio-guide at the start of the tour.
These are the points of interest on the Self-Guided Tour:
The 3DVirtual Experience that makes you feel like you are on the pitch during a match.
- The Visitors Changing rooms
- The Communal Bath
- The Stadium's Chapel
- The Tunnel
- The Benches
- The Barcelona FC Press Room
- The Press Area for Post-Match Comments from the Teams
- Foundation Room
- The Miró 'Barcelona FC' Lithograph
- Presidents Box
- Press Boxes
Address
Barcelona FC
Aristides Maillol,
entrance no 7
08028 Barcelona,
Spain
Opening hours and prices
04 April - 09 October:
10:00 - 20:00
10 October - 03 April:
10:00 - 18:30
Sundays and holidays:
10:00 - 14:30
Prices:
Adults: €22.00
Child: €16.50
How to get there
Tram
500 metres from Camp Nou you will find the Trambaix Avinguda de Xile Station (lines T1, T2 and T3).
The closest metro stations to Camp Nou are:
Line 3
- Palau Reial
- Maria Cristina
- Les Corts
Line 5
- Badal
- Collblanc
These stations are about 500 to 1000 metres from Camp Nou depending on the your access point.
- For accesses 1-10: the closet station is Palau Reial.
- For accesses 11-16: Collblanc.
- For accesses 17 and 18: Badal.
- For accesses 19-21: les Corts.
Bus
The bus lines with stops close to Camp Nou are:
- 7 - Diagonal Mar/Z. Universitària
- 15 - Hosp. St. Pau/Collblanc
- 33 - Z. Universitària/Verneda
- 43 - Les Corts/Sant Adrià
- 54 - Estació Nord/Campus Nord
- 56 - Collblanc/Besòs Verneda
- 57 - Pg. Marítim/Cornellà
- 59 - Pg. Marítim/R. M. Cristina
- 63 - Pl. Universitat/Sant Joan Despí
- 67 - Pl. Catalunya/Cornellà
- 70 - Sants/Pg. Bonanova
- 72 - Distr. Gran Via l'Hospitalet/Bonanova
- 74 - Z. Universitària/Fabra i Puig
- 75 - Les Corts/Av. Tibidabo
- 78 - Est. Sants/St. Joan Despí
- 113 - La Mercè
- 157 - Pg. Marítim/Sant Joan Despí
AMB lines:
L12 - Barcelona (Pl. Reina Maria Cristina)/Cornellà (Almeda)
Nitbus - It runs from approximately 22h30 to 05h00:
- N2 - Hospitalet (Av. Carrilet)/Barcelona (Via Augusta)
- N3 - Collblanc/Montcada i Reixac
- N12 - Barcelona (Pl. Portal de la Pau)/St. Feliu de Llob. (La Salut)
- N14 - Barcelona (Rda. Universitat)/Castelldefels (Centre vila)
