El Classico Tickets

[mattwilko]

Thinking I'm going to bite the bullet and go and see Barcelona vs Real Madrid in March. Just wondered if anyone had been and if so, where did you get tickets from?

Cheers, Matt

[mattwilko]

ascayman said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

If you're going to go, wait to RM are at home. The Nou Camp is completely overrated.

Maybe but barcalona is a far, far better city, Madrid apart from the Bernabeu is pretty st.

Yeah, that was my thought too.

[mattwilko]

Thanks for the responses. I get German football is great, but to be honest the chance of seeing Messi vs. Ronaldo outweighs that. The only safe way to do it seems to be do it through a travel company and get the hotel and the match ticket together, so it looks like we're gonna do that. Maybe Dortmund vs Bayern next year!

[mattwilko]

ArsE92 said:

How did you get on with this OP?

I'm going to Madrid for the El Classico at the end of November for a friend's 40th. The only option I know of to get tickets seems to be Viagogo, and they are around £350 each. I don't mind paying that as it's a one-off, but does anyone know of any other options? Is Viagogo safe? We need 3 tickets.

Any other tips on enjoying the rest of the weekend? We'll be there from Friday morning until Monday.

Cheers

We managed to get tickets off a travel agent friend in the end which worked well, though not cheap. The game was pretty good, and the atmosphere was amazing. I believe Viagogo is safe, but I've never used it, and you're dealing with regular people, not a company, so it's a bit less secure. I think Viagogo refund you if anything goes wrong but obviously you've got flights and accommodation to think about as well.

We went to the game in Barcelona, not Madrid, and I haven't been to Madrid so can't help you on that front, but for Spain in general don't be a typical Brit and eat burger and chips, if you can find a tapas place with no Brits in it you've probably found a good place. Also, allow a lot of time to get to the game, the streets clog up and it took us probably 40 mins just to hail down a taxi that didn't have someone in it.

Good luck.

[mattwilko]

ArsE92 said:

mattwilko said:

ArsE92 said:

How did you get on with this OP?

I'm going to Madrid for the El Classico at the end of November for a friend's 40th. The only option I know of to get tickets seems to be Viagogo, and they are around £350 each. I don't mind paying that as it's a one-off, but does anyone know of any other options? Is Viagogo safe? We need 3 tickets.

Any other tips on enjoying the rest of the weekend? We'll be there from Friday morning until Monday.

Cheers

We managed to get tickets off a travel agent friend in the end which worked well, though not cheap. The game was pretty good, and the atmosphere was amazing. I believe Viagogo is safe, but I've never used it, and you're dealing with regular people, not a company, so it's a bit less secure. I think Viagogo refund you if anything goes wrong but obviously you've got flights and accommodation to think about as well.

We went to the game in Barcelona, not Madrid, and I haven't been to Madrid so can't help you on that front, but for Spain in general don't be a typical Brit and eat burger and chips, if you can find a tapas place with no Brits in it you've probably found a good place. Also, allow a lot of time to get to the game, the streets clog up and it took us probably 40 mins just to hail down a taxi that didn't have someone in it.

Good luck.

Cheers. We booked the match tickets last night on Viagogo, so fingers crossed we won't be let down.

Flights - £90
Accomodation - £100 each for 3 nights
Match Tickets - £370 each

You have to think of the price as an overall price for the weekend rather than split it up and it feels more justifiable. Enjoy it. Fingers crossed Messi is back from injury by then.

[mattwilko]

ArsE92 said:

And here we are...

Have a good one, I'll be watching on the telly.