Archives for the ‘Sightseeing’ Category

La Sagrada Familia

By admin • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: - Historic Sites

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 Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (official Catalan name; Spanish: Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia; “Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family”), often simply called the Sagrada [...]



Mansana de la Discordia

By admin • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: - Historic Sites

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

By admin • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: - Historic Sites

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 [...]



Palau Güell

By admin • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: - Historic Sites

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,

By admin • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: - Parks & Gardens

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. [...]