Gaudi and Modernismo
Description:
Your day will be busy, but you'll get a full range of modernist art and architecture from the outside. If you have more time in Barcelona, divide this itinerary into two days visiting the sites on the inside and out. The focus will be Antoni Gaudi's work, but you'll have the chance to see some other modernists along the way.
Author: Jennifer
Day 1 - Barcelona
Snake around Gaudi's benches at the Parc Guell, then taxi to his sand-drip castle spires at la Sagrada Familia. (Public transport is possible, but a little complicated.) Inside the Temple you can go up one of these spires and learn about its history in the museum. Hop on the metro to the Verdaguer stop (or go there by foot). Walk down the Avinguda Diagonal past the Casa Les Punxes and the Casa Comalat. Turn left on Passeig de Gracia pasing and/or stopping in the Casa Mila and Batllo. The two buildings after Batllo are the Casas Amatller and Lleo Morera in that order. Once you come to the Placa Catalunya, you have reached the border of the L'Eixample whose bigger blocks and trees are a contrast from the Gothic quarter. If you have more time in Barcelona, do the Barri Gotic itinerary which picks up where this one leaves off. When you are there, take note of the light posts in the Placa Reial. They are some of the first public works of Gaudi. Don't miss the famous Quatre Gats cafe where several modernists sipped the nights away.
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Parc Güell
Location:
view in google mapscarrer d'Olot
08024 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 317 39 742
La Sagrada Família
Location:
view in google mapsMajorca 401
08013 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
93-207-30-313
Museu del Temple Expiatori de La Sagrada Familia
Location:
view in google mapscarrer de Mallorca 401
08013 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 207 30 314
Avinguda Diagonal
Location:
view in google mapsavinguda Diagonal 1
08021 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 285 3834 (tourist information)5
Casa Terrades (Casa de les Punxes)
Location:
view in google mapsavinguda Diagonal 416-420
08037 Barcelona, Spain
6
Casa Comalat
Location:
view in google mapscarrer de Còrsega 316
08037 Barcelona, Spain
7
Casa Milà
Location:
view in google mapspasseig de Gràcia 92
08008 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 285 3834 (tourist information)8
Hostal de la Rita (L')
Location:
view in google mapsCarrer D'Aragó 279
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
34 93 487 23769
Casa Batlló
Location:
view in google mapsPasseig de Gràcia 43
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
93-488-06-6610
Casa Amatller
Location:
view in google mapsPasseig de Gràcia 41
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
93-216-01-7511
Casa Lleó Morera
Location:
view in google mapsPasseig de Gràcia 35
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 368 9700(Tourist Information)12
Barri de L'Eixample
Location:
view in google mapspasseig de Gràcia
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 368 9700(Tourist Information)13
Plaça Catalunya
Location:
view in google mapspasseig de Gràcia
(Ronda de Sant Pere)
08002 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 368 9700(Tourist Information)14
Els Quatre Gats
Location:
view in google mapscarrer de Montsió 3
08002 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
34 93 302 414015
Plaça Reial
Location:
view in google mapsrambla dels Caputxins
(La Rambia)
08002 Barcelona, Spain
Phone:
+34 93 368 9700(Tourist Information)