Visit the Camp Nou – Barcelona Football Club Stadium

Camp Nou, situated in the west of Barcelona, is home to the second richest football club in the world. Built in 1957, it is the largest stadium in Europe and, since being remodelled to celebrate its 50th anniversary, is now the third largest stadium in the world. It flies the universally recognisable club colours of blue and red and holds its five star status rating as the home ground of Barcelona Football Club.

Not just a football stadium, Camp Nou has played host to some of the biggest names in the music industry over the years, from Frank Sinatra to Pink Floyd; Michael Jackson to Madonna; and the three tenors to Bruce Springsteen. In 1982 Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass in the stadium with a congregation of over 121,000. It was also the Spanish venue for the Amnesty International concerts of 1988.

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Modern visitors, however, are usually far more interested in its football credentials and visit Camp Nou in their thousands to pay homage to its successful home team, as well as remembering the famous match between Manchester United and Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League in 1999. The club is the only European site to have played UEFA matches since its inception over half a century ago.

Along with Real Madrid, Barcelona FC holds pride of place in Spanish football history and Camp Nou houses one of the most visited museums in Catalonia which proudly displays 1500 pieces of the club’s history – nearly a quarter of which are coveted trophies.

The El Museu del Barca attracts 1.2 million visitors each year and guided tours of the stadium and museum operate daily, from 10 am to 6.30 pm Monday to Saturday and 10 am to 2 pm on Sundays. As well as a souvenir shop, there are also mini pitches where Barcelona’s up and coming football stars can try out their skills and assess their chances of becoming the next European football legends.

Camp Nou is situated 13 kilometres from Barcelona’s El Prat airport; about 5 kilometres from the city centre, so football-loving visitors have little difficulty in fitting a pilgrimage to this modern and highly successful shrine to European football into their itineraries.

Admission is only Є11 and includes tours of the dressing room, press box and a memorable walk through the tunnel towards the touchline. Sadly visitors are not allowed onto the pitch, but fans can sit in the stands and while away the hours dreaming the impossible dream until it is etched into their memories for all time.