Buy the cheapest tickets for Seville Cathedral online with skip-the-line time-slot reservations included. You can also save by booking combination tours with the Real Alcazar. Very limited slots allow for free entry on Sunday afternoons.
Seville Cathedral, the largest Gothic church in the world, attracts around two million annual visitors making it among the top five sights to see in Spain. Online skip-the-line time-slot reservation tickets are the cheapest and best way to visit La Catedral de Sevilla. Onsite ticket buying queues move very slowly. Guided tours are also a good option with combination tours a good deal to also see the nearby Real Alcazar. Entry is free Sunday late afternoon but advance online reservations are essential.
Cheapest Admission Tickets for Seville Cathedral
Admission tickets for Seville Cathedral are around €14 while the price for students 14 – 25 and seniors over 65 is €7. Admission is free for children up to 13 (but book free time slots when buying adult tickets online).
The basic ticket includes admission to all parts of the cathedral open to regular visitors, including the cathedral interior, vestries, chapter house, treasury, the Giralda church bell tower, and the orange tree courtyard. It also includes admission to the Church of the Divine Savior (El Salvador), a large Baroque church full of grand Baroque art a few blocks to the north of the cathedral.
Buying Tickets for Seville Cathedral
Tickets for Seville Cathedral are available directly at the church but buying here is rarely a good choice. Onsite tickets are more expensive and queues may be long and slow. Buying online in advance is a much better choice.
To try and buy tickets onsite, go to the main entrance door of the cathedral. If queues are very long at the cathedral, walk five minutes north to buy the combination ticket at the large Baroque Church of El Divino Salvador. The Church of El Divino may be seen separately for €4 but it is always included in cathedral tickets.
Visitors with tickets use the fast track line and enter the church without delay. The ticket should specify the entry door. For online tickets, this is most likely the Puerta del Lagarto to the north of the Giralda bell tower. Turn up within the given time slot, or for tickets without times, anytime on the ticket date.
Guided tours are also good skip-the-line options to see Seville Cathedral, especially in combination with the nearby Real Alcazar royal palace. Guided tours may also be booked further in advance than the standard tickets, which is useful to ensure admission when visiting during peak season.
Book the Best Guided Tours for Seville Cathedral
The free floorplan pamphlet issued by the cathedral is fairly basic and information inside the church is limited. Buy a good guidebook, add an audio guide, or book a guided tour to really appreciate the building and the art.
Many tours are offered by a variety of tour guides but two are only available from the cathedral itself and well worth considering: a guided visit to the rooftop or a guided tour of the stained-glassed windows. These tours book out fast and include regular admission to the cathedral (without a tour) on the same or the following day.
Basic Seville cathedral-only tours are usually around 60, 75, or 90 minutes. Tour duration is not necessarily an indication of price or value. With all tours, it is easy to stay longer in the Cathedral at the end of the tour if desired.
Better value is often offered by combining Seville Cathedral with the Real Alcazar royal palace, which also requires advance time-slot reservations. Basic combination tours usually include both the cathedral and Real Alcazar in 2.5 or 3-hour tours. An early morning start or longer four-hour tours are less rushed and not necessarily much more expensive.
Also interesting are combinations with the hop-on, hop-off buses or tours that offer the option to see the cathedral and Real Alcazar on different days, or with a gap for lunch — this makes it possible to stay on for longer in both sites at the end of the tours.
Seeing Seville Cathedral for Free on Sundays
It is possible to see Seville Cathedral for free but competition for the free tickets is intense. Admission is free on most Sunday afternoons for entry after 16:30. (This is a recent change from the previous weekday afternoon free time-slot tickets.)
Free tickets require advance online reservations at the official Seville Cathedral website. Currently, these tickets are available around four weeks in advance and usually “sell out” fast.
Regular tickets are of course available in far larger numbers. (The Real Alcazar is similarly free on Monday late afternoons with online ticket reservations essential.)
Attending Mass and Services in Seville Cathedral in Spain
The cathedral is open from 8:00 in the morning for religious services in Spanish. Sightseeing is not possible and most of the huge building will be blocked off and unlit. Early services (8:30) are usually in the Capilla Real (Royal Chapel) in the front of the church.Â
More interesting is the mass at 9:30 in the Capilla Mayor in the chancel. The main organ is often played during this service (but currently more likely on Sundays than on weekdays).Â
These religious services are not for sightseeing. It is impossible to stay in the church after services or even see the unlit areas. Admission for religious services is via the smaller entrances at the front and rear of the church — not through the main entrance or the exit via the orange tree courtyard.
→ See also Visit Seville Cathedral for more on this amazing building and its art and Booking Roof Tours of Seville Cathedral for more on the special rooftop tour.
More on Seville Cathedral and the Real Alcazar in Sevilla
- Seville Cathedral — Visiting the Cathedral and Giralda Tower, Cheapest Tickets and Tours, Tours of the Roof of the Cathedral
- Real Alcazar — Visiting the Real Alcazar Royal Palace and Gardens, Tips on Buying Tickets and Tours, Tips on Visiting the Palace Complex
- Book Tours and Experiences in Seville
