The visit to El Molinón, which Real Sporting calls El Molinón Tour, is a guided route through the tunnel, dressing rooms, press room, museum and Espacio Quini. It costs €16 for an adult and €9.50 for children and pensioners. Tours run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 12:00 and 17:00, and Sundays at 12:30. Book by email or phone and pay at the stadium.
El Molinón is Real Sporting's ground, and the club is proud to call it the oldest stadium in Spanish professional football. You can now get inside without a match on: the club runs a guided visit, El Molinón Tour, that goes down the tunnel, through the dressing rooms and ends in the museum. Here is what to know before you go: what you see, what it costs, which days it runs and how to book.
What El Molinón Tour is
It is the official stadium visit, run by Real Sporting itself, which describes it on its website as an experience to discover the club's history. It is always led by a club guide, who shares stories and the big moments in the team's past as you walk round the ground.
The club says it suits all ages and works for families, friends or people on their own. You do not need to support Sporting to enjoy it: it is a way to see the inside of a stadium that has stood in the same spot, beside the River Piles, for more than a century.
What you see inside
According to the official tour page, the route takes in the players' tunnel, the dressing rooms, the press room, the Club museum and the Espacio Quini, among other corners. The club's photo gallery also shows the pitch, which the tour sells as grass that has seen more than a century of football.
The Espacio Quini is devoted to the striker the stadium has been named after since 2018; his story, from the 1981 kidnapping to Gijón's tribute, is told in the guide to Quini.
The club warns that the route may change occasionally for organisational reasons or because of the team's own activity, so a room may be left out on a given day.
Prices and times
Prices checked in October 2026 on the Real Sporting website: a general adult ticket costs €16, a season-ticket-holder adult €14, a child or pensioner €9.50 and a season-ticket-holder child €8. Children means under-12s, and children aged 0 to 2 go free.
Tours run on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 12:00 and 17:00, and on Sundays at 12:30. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays do not appear in the tour schedule.
Tickets are not sold online: you pay at Gate 0 of El Molinón just before the tour starts. Groups and schools are asked to check availability separately.
How to book
Booking a slot is essential. The club handles information and bookings only by email or phone, using the contact details on the tour page. Just say which day you want and how many of you there are, and the club confirms whether there is space and at what time.
It is a simple system but leaves no room for improvising: turning up at the stadium without a booking does not guarantee a place. If your dates are fixed, write a few days ahead.
A ground from 1908
The first record of a match at El Molinón is a report in the newspaper El Comercio on 20 May 1908, describing a game between La Bella Sportiva and El Balón. That is the basis for its title as the oldest ground in Spanish professional football, as the club explains in its stadium history. The name comes from a large mill that stood next to it, where the Parador is today.
In 1917 a stand, a wooden fence and a main gate were built, and on 2 May 1920 it hosted the final of the Spanish Championship between Athletic and Barcelona, won 2-0 by the Catalan side. According to Wikipedia, the club sold it to the City Council in 1935, in 1969 it became the first ground in Spain with every stand covered, and it was one of the venues of the 1982 World Cup.
Today it is a municipal stadium holding just over 29,000 spectators. Beyond football, it has hosted concerts by Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney, as the club itself recalls.
Getting there
The stadium is on Avenida del Molinón, beside the River Piles and Isabel la Católica park. The stadium sheet published by LaLiga lists EMTUSA city bus lines 1, 4, 10 and 26; it is a few years old, so check the line in the EMTUSA app before setting off.
Next door is the Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies, free to enter, which fits nicely before or after the tour. Gijón railway station, on Calle Sanz Crespo, is about 3.3 kilometres away, according to the same LaLiga sheet.
Checked
Details checked in October 2026 on: Real Sporting's official El Molinón Tour page (route, prices, times, booking and payment), the El Molinón history page on the club website, the stadium sheet published by LaLiga (address, buses and station) and Spanish-language Wikipedia (article «Estadio El Molinón») for the history and capacity.
Quick questions
Do you need to book the El Molinón visit?
Yes. Booking a slot is essential: ask by email or phone with the day and number of people, and the club confirms the time.
How much do children pay on El Molinón Tour?
A child ticket, for under-12s, costs €9.50, and children aged 0 to 2 go free.
Can you buy tickets online?
No. You pay at Gate 0 of El Molinón just before the tour starts.