Seville Cathedral tickets: prices, free entry and tours

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Official tickets: price and where to buy

We recommend buying on the official website, catedraldesevilla.es, or at the ticket offices at the Puerta de San Cristóbal (Puerta del Príncipe). Online you pick a time slot, skip the ticket queue and pay €1 less.

What the general ticket includes: the cathedral, the climb up the Giralda, the Patio de los Naranjos and the Iglesia del Salvador, about ten minutes’ walk away. Keep your ticket for the Salvador. There is no separate ticket for the Giralda.

Comparison: official ticket vs guided tour vs combos

Which ticket should you choose?

• Most visitors: the general ticket online, and we’d add the audio guide if you like background as you go. The building is huge, and the visit takes 1.5 to 2 hours, including the Giralda.
• First visit, and you like stories: a guided tour. It costs more, but it explains the Columbus tomb, the altarpiece and the old mosque.
• Seeing the Alcázar too: the Alcázar and cathedral tour covers both in one morning. On your own, we’d book the first slot at the Real Alcázar, and the cathedral for the afternoon. Together, the two official tickets cost about €28.50.
• Second visit, or you love architecture: the rooftop tour. Allow an extra hour and a half.
• On a tight budget: the free Sunday slot, if you can queue. Places are limited.

When to go

The cathedral is open Monday to Saturday from 10:45 to 19:00, and on Sunday from 14:30 to 19:00. We’d go at opening time, or in the last two hours of the afternoon. In the official route, you climb the Giralda first, before it gets hot and crowded in the afternoon.

Check the calendar before you book. Hours change for religious services and holidays, and the building closes to visitors on some days during Semana Santa. From 4 to 7 December 2026, only the Giralda and an exhibition can be visited, and there is no visit on 8 December.

Free entry

• People born in or living in the diocese of Seville and children up to 13 enter free.
• Free slot: on Sundays (subject to the church calendar), free tickets are handed out in person at the Puerta del Príncipe ticket office from 17:00 until closing. Places are limited.
• Mass: attending mass is free, but you can’t visit the cathedral during services.

Sold out? What to do

The cathedral rarely sells out completely, but time slots in spring can fill up for a few hours:

1. We’d pick a later slot the same day, or come at opening time.
2. Book a guided tour. Guides have their own group slots.
3. Queue at the ticket office. The queue usually moves faster than at the Alcázar.

How to book on the official website

1. Go to catedraldesevilla.es and choose Tickets (Entradas).
2. Select General visit, then the date and time.
3. Choose ticket types and add the audio guide if you want it.
4. Pay by card and keep the email with the ticket on your phone.

With an online ticket, enter by the Puerta del Lagarto. The ticket offices are at the Puerta de San Cristóbal (Puerta del Príncipe), on the south side facing the Archivo de Indias. The cathedral is open Monday to Saturday 10:45–19:00 and Sunday 14:30–19:00; the ticket offices close at 18:00.

On the day

• Bring your ticket on your phone, and any document you need for a reduced or free ticket.
• Dress code: it is a place of worship, so cover your shoulders and knees. We’d carry a scarf in summer.
• The Giralda climb is easy. It uses ramps rather than stairs, with a few steps at the very top.
• Be on time for your slot, above all from March to June and in October, when slots fill up.

For what to see inside and the best route, see our cathedral guide.

Scams to avoid

• We’d buy only from the official website or a well-known tour company. Look-alike sites charge more for the same ticket.
• We’d politely refuse the rosemary sellers at the cathedral doors: the “gift” is followed by a demand for money.

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