Giralda Tickets

The cheapest of the Giralda tickets is the $19.67 Cathedral and La Giralda Entry Ticket, which is also the most reviewed, rated 4.55 from 30,162 reviews. The top-rated options are the two Alcázar combinations, both at 4.78. With these Giralda tickets the tower’s bell level, where visitors stop, sits about 60 m up. I’d go as early as you can, or in the last hours before the cathedral closes.

I compared the eight Giralda tickets and tours that GetYourGuide sells today. There is no separate Giralda ticket on these listings: the tower is the old minaret of the cathedral, so each ticket is a cathedral ticket that also lists tower access, and the real choice is between a plain entry ticket, a guided cathedral visit and a longer tour that adds the Alcázar. Prices are starting prices in US dollars, taken in October 2026.

Giralda at a Glance

The Giralda is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral, so Giralda tickets double as cathedral tickets. According to Wikipedia it began as the minaret of the Great Mosque of Seville under the Almohad dynasty, and a Renaissance belfry was added after the Muslims were expelled from the area. The cathedral, the tower, the Alcázar and the General Archive of the Indies share one UNESCO World Heritage listing from 1987. Here are the numbers behind the Giralda tickets, with their sources.

The Wikidata figure above is higher than the one in the article. Wikipedia says the main shaft is 50.51 m and the second shaft 14.39 m, which brings the tower to about 95 or 96 m with the belfry, and the Spanish edition gives 94.69 m including the statue on top. I use the Spanish edition for the part that matters to a visitor, because it says the bell level reaches 60.45 m and is the zone that can be visited.

“The tower contains a series of 35 ramps winding around the perimeter of seven vaulted chambers at the tower's core.”

The official cathedral site adds that the ramp was wide enough to allow access even on horseback (its words are “permitía incluso el acceso a caballo”), which is why you walk up a slope instead of climbing stairs. Read that as a gentle gradient with long turns; reviewers describe it as an easy climb with plenty of places to stop.

What	Detail
Way up	35 ramps around the core, then a final stretch of 17 steps to the bell level, per Wikipedia
Highest visitor level	Bell level at about 60 m, per the Spanish Wikipedia
Address	Av. de la Constitución, s/n, 41004 Seville, per Google Maps
Cathedral hours	11 AM to 6 PM Monday to Saturday, 2:30 PM to 7 PM Sunday, per Google Maps
Google Maps rating	4.7 from 60,431 reviews
Time to allow	1 to 1.5 hours for the guided cathedral tours; 2.5 to 3 hours with the Alcázar

The hours are the Google Maps listing for the cathedral, which the tower belongs to. Check the official cathedral site for holiday and Mass-day hours before you pay for Giralda tickets.

Giralda Observation Deck Tickets

The Giralda has no observation deck in the modern sense: the viewing level is the old belfry, and you see the city through its openings. That matters when you search for Giralda observation deck tickets, because what you buy is cathedral admission with the climb included. The ticket I’d start with is the plain one.

The Cathedral and La Giralda Entry Ticket costs $19.67, and the listing includes the Seville Cathedral ticket, the La Giralda Tower ticket and the booking fee, with an audio guide if you select that option. It is the cheapest of the eight and the most reviewed. It is not a skip-the-line ticket, and the meeting point is the Puerta de la Giralda, where the listing warns you may still stand in the security line. It is non-refundable.

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Cathedral and La Giralda Entry Ticket

• ★ 4.5 (30,162 reviews)

My pick: My pick for a first visit: the cheapest ticket, 30,162 reviews, tower included.

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Giralda Tickets and Prices

Giralda tickets run from $19.67 to $66.76, and the gap is mostly the guide. The two options at the top are combinations: they take in the Royal Alcázar as well as the cathedral and the tower, in one booking, and each lasts around three hours. The Alcázar Seville Tour skip-the-line visit is $60.09 with a 4.78 rating from 13,080 reviews.

Its listing includes skip-the-line tickets for all three monuments and an English-speaking licensed guide. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a 70 percent refund. The itinerary gives the cathedral an hour, the Giralda 30 minutes and the Alcázar an hour, plus another 45 minutes in the patio and gardens. The Camara Real ticket is not included. For Giralda tickets and prices side by side, this is the cheaper of the two combinations by about $6.67.

Alcázar Seville Tour

Alcázar, Cathedral & Giralda Skip-the-Line Tour

• ★ 4.8 (13,080 reviews)
• 3 hours

My pick: The cheaper Alcázar combination: $60.09, 4.78 stars, three monuments in about three hours.

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Giralda Tower Seville Tickets

If you want Giralda tickets with a guide but not a full morning, the Voyager Seville Fast-Track Guided Tour is the one I would look at. It costs $40.46, runs 1.5 hours and is rated 4.55 from 3,199 reviews. The listing includes the official cathedral and Giralda entry ticket, skip-the-ticket-line access, a licensed guide and a radio headset when the group size needs one.

The itinerary is an hour in the cathedral and 30 minutes at the tower, starting at the Voyager tourist office on Hernando Colón street between City Hall and the cathedral. A reviewer wrote of the views from the top “after climbing the 34 ramps”. Cancellation is up to 24 hours for a 60 percent refund. Compared with the plain ticket, you pay about $20.79 more for a guide and a quicker way in.

Voyager Seville

Seville Cathedral & Giralda Tower: Fast-Track Guided Tour

• ★ 4.5 (3,199 reviews)
• 1.5 hours

My pick: A guided cathedral and tower visit in 1.5 hours for about $40.

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Giralda Tickets Online

Booking Giralda tickets online is mostly about the queue. The Crown Tours Priority Access Cathedral, Giralda and Alcázar Tour is the most expensive of the eight at $66.76, and it is also the highest rated at 4.78 from 13,671 reviews. It lists skip-the-line entry to the Alcázar, the cathedral and the Giralda, a guided tour of the Alcázar and its gardens, a guided tour of the cathedral and a guided introduction to the tower.

You meet staff next to the Inmaculada Concepción monument in Plaza del Triunfo, wearing purple Crown Tours shirts. The tour lasts 2.5 to 3 hours and offers free cancellation up to two days before. If you want everything arranged in one booking, this is my choice among the Giralda tickets online.

Crown Tours

Priority Access Cathedral, Giralda & Alcázar Tour

• ★ 4.8 (13,671 reviews)
• 2.5 - 3 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The one I'd book for a full morning: three skip-the-line entries, a guide and free cancellation.

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Giralda Tower Tickets Price

The price of Giralda tickets depends on how much you add around the climb. The Special Plans Cathedral and Giralda Guided Tour with Fast-Track is a leftover in my allocation: it is not the cheapest, at $33.61, and its 4.4 rating from 2,345 reviews is below most of the others, so I would only pick it for the price.

It sits between the plain ticket and the guided tours at $40 or more. The listing includes skip-the-line access to the cathedral and the tower, a live guide and transport to the starting point, and it is not suitable for wheelchair users. The itinerary stops include the Puerta del Perdón and Patio de los Naranjos and the tomb of Christopher Columbus. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a 50 percent refund. Meeting is at Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, by the fountain, with the guide holding a red flag.

Special Plans

Cathedral & Giralda Guided Tour with Fast-Track

• ★ 4.4 (2,345 reviews)
• 1.5 - 3 hours

My pick: Second cheapest overall at $33.61, but a lower 4.4 rating than most guided options.

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Is the Giralda Tower Worth It

I think the Giralda is worth climbing with any of these Giralda tickets, mostly because the ramps make it easy, and because the cathedral comes with it. One reviewer of the Cathedral and La Giralda Entry Ticket wrote that they loved the views from the tower and that it was an easy climb with plenty of places to stop. That fits the ramp design. The view is at about 60 m, lower than a skyscraper, so you look across the rooftops of the old town rather than down from a great height.

The All Sevilla Cathedral and Giralda Skip-the-line Guided Tour is the one I’d choose if your question is whether to hire a guide. It costs $41, takes one to 1.5 hours and is rated 4.6 from 503 reviews. The listing includes a guided tour of the cathedral, the skip-the-line entry ticket and access to the Giralda bell tower. Cancel free up to 24 hours before. A reviewer said their guide was fantastic. Meeting is in Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, next to the statue of Pope John Paul.

All Sevilla

Cathedral and Giralda Skip-the-line Guided Tour

• ★ 4.6 (503 reviews)
• 1 - 1.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: A short guided visit, $41, free cancellation, 4.6 from 503 reviews.

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Giralda Tower

The Giralda tower is the part of the cathedral you see from half the city, and tickets for the Giralda are really tickets for the cathedral. It was a mosque minaret in the 12th century, according to Wikidata, which records 1198 as its opening, and the Renaissance belfry sits on top of the older shaft. The tower is also part of the same World Heritage listing as the cathedral and the Alcázar.

For visitors, the tower is one stop on a longer route. The Naturanda Cathedral and Giralda Guided Tour with Tickets costs $39.34 and lasts 1.5 hours. It includes entrance tickets to the cathedral and the Giralda, an expert guide and hotel pickup and drop-off, which no other tour here lists. It is rated 4.26 from 692 reviews, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours ahead. You check in at the Naturanda office on calle Francos.

Naturanda Turismo Ambiental

Cathedral & Giralda Guided Tour with Tickets

• ★ 4.3 (692 reviews)
• 1.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The only one with hotel pickup listed, $39.34, if walking to a meeting point is a problem.

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Giralda Plaza

The plaza around the Giralda is where most of the confusion over Giralda tickets starts, because the tower, the cathedral and several meeting points are within a few steps of each other. Google Maps puts the tower at Av. de la Constitución, and the cathedral entrance on the same street is 0.06 km (0.04 miles) away. The tours then gather at other spots: Plaza Virgen de los Reyes for two of them, Plaza del Triunfo for Crown Tours.

For the plain entry with an app audio guide, the Turiguía Cathedral and Giralda Entry Ticket is the one that sends you to an office, at Calle Arfe 3, ten minutes before your booking time. It costs $43.84, which is more than the cheapest ticket, and rated 3.92 from 901 reviews, the lowest of the eight. It includes a downloadable audio guide in five languages and headphones. It is non-refundable, so I’d choose the $19.67 ticket unless you want an audio guide with this operator.

Turiguía

Cathedral and Giralda Entry Ticket with Audio Guide

• ★ 3.9 (901 reviews)
• 1.5 hours

My pick: Entry plus an app audio guide at $43.84, but the lowest rating at 3.92.

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Best Time to Visit the Giralda

Giralda tickets are best used on a clear day, and Seville’s summer is the clearest. In the Open-Meteo data for the tower, July is the clearest month at 6 percent average cloud cover, and August is next at 11 percent. December is the cloudiest at 57 percent, with March at 56 percent.

Month	Sunset (Madrid time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	18:29	50%	6.9 h	13
Feb	19:03	51%	9 h	8
Mar	19:31	56%	8.6 h	20
Apr	20:59	49%	10.5 h	10
Mayclearest	21:26	31%	12.9 h	5
Jun	21:46	33%	13.2 h	2
Julclearest	21:44	6%	13.2 h	0
Augclearest	21:15	11%	12.9 h	0
Sep	20:31	34%	11.6 h	1
Oct	19:46	40%	9.4 h	4
Nov	18:13	47%	8.1 h	7
Dec	18:07	57%	6.8 h	11

Sunset ranges from 18:07 in December to 21:46 in June, per Open-Meteo. Google Maps lists the cathedral as closing at 6 PM Monday to Saturday and 7 PM on Sunday, so the sun sets after closing in almost every month. A sunset climb is not realistic with Giralda tickets. The planner shows the sunset for your date, and I would take the last slot you can book instead.

What You Can See From the Giralda

Per the Spanish Wikipedia, the highest level your Giralda tickets reach is the bell level at about 60 m, so the horizon figure below is for that height and not for the full tower.

The best things to pick out are the old town buildings nearby. The Royal Alcázar is 0.41 km (0.25 miles) away, and the Torre del Oro 0.53 km (0.33 miles). Casa de Pilatos is 0.64 km (0.40 miles) from the tower and the Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija 0.68 km (0.42 miles). The Triana Bridge is 0.85 km (0.53 miles) away, Plaza de España 1.12 km (0.70 miles) and Parque de María Luisa 1.42 km (0.88 miles). The Palacio de las Dueñas is 1.01 km (0.63 miles) away. Distances are straight-line from the tower.

Giralda vs Other Viewpoints in Seville

The Giralda is not the only way to see the city from above, but its tickets are the cheapest I compare. Setas de Sevilla, also known as Metropol Parasol, is the other well-known viewpoint, and I cover it in my Metropol Parasol tickets guide. The others are lookouts that Google Maps lists as viewpoints.

Viewpoint	Google rating	Reviews	Distance from the Giralda	Free or paid
Giralda	4.7	60,431	0 km	Paid, cathedral ticket with tower
Setas de Sevilla	4.4	113,002	0.76 km (0.47 miles)	Check locally
El Mirador	4.1	32	0.84 km (0.52 miles)	Check locally
Mirador Torre Sevilla	4.4	85	1.68 km (1.05 miles)	Check locally
Mirador de Santa Brígida Atalaya	4.6	358	5.17 km (3.21 miles)	Check locally

Setas is the closest alternative and the more reviewed of the two, but it is a modern structure, while the Giralda gives you the cathedral as well. I’d see both if you have a second day.

How I’d Choose

• Cheapest Giralda tickets: the $19.67 Cathedral and La Giralda Entry Ticket, 4.55 stars from 30,162 reviews.
• First visit with a guide, among the Giralda tickets: the Voyager Seville tour at $40.46, 1.5 hours, tower included.
• Cathedral, tower and Alcázar: the Crown Tours option at $66.76, or the Alcázar Seville Tour at $60.09 if you want to save $6.67.
• Hotel pickup: the Naturanda tour at $39.34, the only one that lists it.
• Short and flexible: the All Sevilla tour at $41 with free cancellation up to 24 hours.
• Audio guide on your phone: the Turiguía ticket at $43.84, non-refundable.