Placa de la Seu 3
Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93-315-1554
http://catedralbcn.org
La Seu Cathedral (Plaça de la Seu; daily 7.45am-7.45pm; 4€), one of Spain’s most astonishing specimens of Gothic architecture. Dedicated to Santa Eulàlia – Barcelona’s patron saint whose tomb lies in the crypt – it features elaborate choir stalls in the interior, a beautiful cloister that overlooks a [...]
Avinguda Diagonal, 686
08034 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93 280 50 24
Fax: +34 93 280 18 74
www.museuartsdecoratives.bcn.esHours of Operation: 10am-6pm, Tues-Sat; 10am-3pm, Sun
Palau de Pedralbes – Designed by Gaudí for one of his major patrons, Eusebi Güell, this Italianate-style palace was officially opened by King Alfonso XIII in 1926.
It now belongs to Barcelona’s Town Hall who rent [...]
Mallorca, 401
08013 Barcelona, Spain
Tel +34 93 207 30 31
Fax +34 93 476 10 10
http://www.sagradafamilia.org
Individual admission: 8 €
Opening hours
October to March, 9am to 6pm.
April to September, 9am to 8pm.
The museum is the repository of the history of the construction of the church in the form of plans, photographs, fragments of models, iconography and pieces of wrought-ironwork, [...]
Mansana de la Discordia – Note the famous block to the left, as you go north on the Passeig de Gracia. It’s called the Mansana de la Discordia, or the “block of (architectural) discord”, where you’ll see three wildly contrasting works in a row from the three great Modernist architects: Gaudí, Domenech I Montaner and [...]
Casa Batlló – Passeig de Gracia, 43, and Casa Milá, nicknamed La Pedrera, “the stone quarry”, is at Passeig de Gracia, 92. Make sure to visit the top floor apartment and the roof, the Espai Gaudí at La Pedrera for an up-close view of the surreal chimneys, Monday – Sunday, 10:00 – 8:00, €6. It [...]
Carrer Nou de la Rambla 3-5
08001 Barcelona, Spain
Palau Güell – Don Eusebio Güell i Bacigalupi, a prominent nobleman and Gaudí’s most important patron, commissioned this mansion, located in the Raval quarter at Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 3, right off Las Ramblas, as a residence for himself and his family. Inside you’ll find more than [...]
Architect Antonio Gaudí’s Modernist works, the Catalán Art Nouveau – As the NY Times article “Antonio Gaudí’s Visions in Brick and Stone” states, “there is no other city that honors and, indeed, so identifies with the work of a single architect. Gaudí’s buildings are a magnet for the cultivated and the curious; even sightseers who [...]
