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 [...]
Parc Güell, his playful 50-acre park – When Eusebio Güell bough the land in 1900, he planned for Gaudí to create an urban community for the wealthy, a village modeled on English garden suburbs. The project never came to fruition, abandoned in 1914. Sixty housing sites were provided, but only two houses were ever built. [...]
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 [...]
Caixa Forum – Located in the Montjuïc area on Avenida Marqués de Comillas near the Placa de Espanya (fundacio.lacaixa.es). Check the weekly Guia del Ocio, which you can buy at any newspaper kiosk, in Spanish, but easy to figure out to catch one of their great free exhibits. Here I have seen, for nary a [...]
A review of the history of art illustrated by drawings and engravings, sculptures, coins and photographs from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods and the 19th and 20th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary display of Romanesque murals, a collection of Gothic art consisting in the main of Catalan works, and pieces by [...]
Carrer de Montcada 15-23
08003 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34 93 319 6310
museupicasso@mail.bcn.es
The Museu Picasso – This gem of a museum is housed in a series of medieval stone mansions on the very atmospheric, mansion-filled Carrer Montcada in La Ribera district, to the east of the Barri Gòtic (museupicasso.bcn.es). The collection is strong on his very early works, [...]
In Girona there are restaurants specialised in all kinds of cuisine (Italian, Argentine, Chinese…) and especially in Catalan food. Many of them, besides the menu, offer set price lunches (2 courses + dessert) for a price that ranges between 7 and 10 €.
Although it is easy to find restaurants in Girona, the Oficina de Relacions [...]
Las Ramblas
When meandering down Las Ramblas keep your personal belongings close at hand. With all the tourists mulling around, this area is a prime target for pick-pocketing and petty thievery. With that said, I encourage you to take in the displays of (or interact with) street mimes, artists, artisans, etc., and enjoy the local flavor [...]
CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS
Picasso Museum
Montcada, 15, Tel: 319 6310.
The largest monographical museum in the world containing an extraordinary collection of works by the great painter.
Open daily except Mondays from 10am-8pm. Sundays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.www.museupicasso.bcn.es/index.htm
Museum of Contemporary Art MACBA
This modern building was completed in 1995 and houses works by artists from the last 40 years. [...]
