Overview
- Park Güell, which switched systems Friday, now gives free entry only to people registered as Barcelona residents through a new online pass.
- The park has been pulled from Gaudir Més, a culture scheme with about 400,000 users, after tourists used it to get free tickets and slip into resident‑only hours.
- Residents book on the park’s website by entering their ID, which the system checks against the city roll, then use a QR for entry, including during the 7:00–9:30 and 18:30–22:00 resident windows.
- Neighbors with the local access card keep all‑hours entry, and the city has begun updating the roughly 180,000‑person registry with plans to move the card to a digital format.
- Officials say the change supports a wider effort to ease tourist pressure by cutting annual visitors and reworking access, building on steps like ending walk‑up sales and shifting taxi and bus flows.