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 [...]

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 [...]