The best stadium tours in Europe

Getting the chance to visit one or more of the most famous stadiums in Europe and see where the best football teams play and train is an invaluable opportunity for every football supporter. Interested? Read through to have a list of the best stadium tours in Europe.

Camp Nou – Barcelona

The Camp Nou Experience is a self-guided tour of the stadium which takes about 90 minutes and gives access to the Barcelona museum. The tour is available from Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6.30 pm and costs 23€ per person.

Camp Nou

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Emirates Stadium – London

Self-guided audio tours of the Emirates Stadium are available in different languages, including Mandarin and Japanese, and are going to make you feel like a real football player exploring the changing rooms or walking down the tunnel, hearing the screams of the crowd waiting for the match. If you book a Legends tour, you will be guided through the stadium by one of the greatest stars of the history of Arsenal FC.

Emirates Stadium

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San Siro – Milan

There are tours of the San Siro stadium in Milan available (not only) for Milan and Inter FC supporters. There is also a museum dedicated to the two main teams in Milan located inside the stadium. Tours last about 40 minutes and include access to the changing rooms, hospitality areas and press room. Tickets cost 13€ or 7€ only for accessing the museum.

San Siro

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Stade de France – Paris

The Stade de France, the biggest stadium in France, where the national team plays its most important matches, organizes guided tours that include a visit to the changing rooms, the players’ tunnel, the presidential lodge and also to the museum dedicated to the construction of the stadium and important events that took place in it. The tours are available every day of the week except for Monday and cost 15€.

Old Trafford – Manchester

Supporters of Manchester United FC can visit the main stadium of their favourite team all week, except for match days. The guided tour of the Old Trafford stadium includes a visit to the dugouts, the tunnel and the museum dedicated to the history of the English club. The tour lasts about 70 minutes and the ticket is 18£ per person.

Santiago Bernabéu – Madrid

The stadium of Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabéu, is open to public all week, including public holidays. The self-guided tour in the stadium allows visitors to explore the stadium, the dugouts, the presidential box, the press room, the changing room and also the trophy room. Tours, that cost 19€ are also available 5 hours before the kickoff during match days. Are you curious to see how it actually looks like behind the scenes? Do you like the idea of seeing any stadium from inside?

Santiago Bernabeu

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Don’t wait anymore and plan your trip. Our advice if you want to quickly plan and book your cross-European stadium tour is to do so using flights and hotel-listing sites, which allow you to book all hotels at once and save time, also being able to quickly compare prices and hotel locations. One of the leading sites for Europe is Venere.com (here an example of listing page for hotels in Barcelona) also allowing you to find hotels based on given addresses (the ideal to stay close to your favourite arenas). Also getting there is easier than it may look like. There are so many cheap flights that connect Europe’s most important cities and once you get in, you simply follow indications provided by the stadium websites. Have fun!