Plaça de Catalunya is situated in the heart of downtown Barcelona at the top of Las Ramblas. City planners laid it out in its present form in the 1920s, focusing on formal arrangements of statues, circular fountains and trees.
The city’s fabulous main food market is officially called the Mercat Sant Josep, but locally it is referred to as La Boqueria. It was built on the site of what was once a convent between 1836 and 1840, and the main hall stretches back from a high wrought-iron entrance arch that faces Las Ramblas.
Located near the Plaça de la Boqueria and the market in Ramblas is the large, round mosaic by Joan Miró. This is one of several public works scattered throughout the city by the artist, who was born in the Barri Gòtic.
Palau Güell is an extraordinary townhouse located in the neighborhood El Raval.
The Casa Battló was just as spectacular at night as it was during our visit during the day...
Casa Vicens was Antoni Gaudí’s first major private commission.
After we watched the sunset, we took the funicular railway back down the mountain…
The Fundació Joan Miró is located on Montjuïc, a hill that overlooks the city centre from the southwest. In addition to museums, the area also offers soothing gardens, the main group of 1992 Olympic sites, in addition to a handful of theatres and clubs.
The Fundació Joan Miró gallery is one of the highlights of Barcelona which is dedicated to one of the greatest artists to come to prominence in Barcelona during the 20th century, Joan Miró.
La Rambla is widely considered to be Spain’s most famous street, offering a flair of Barcelona’s vibrant ambiente. It is a broad pedestrian boulevard lined with vendors and street performers.
Barcelona’s cathedral is one of the most impressive Gothic structures in the city, which is located on the Plaça de la Seu. While we were visiting, the city’s was restoring the building.
Located in Passeig del Born, a plaza that once served as the location of medieval jousting tournaments, the Església de Santa Maria del Mar was built in the 14th century and exists as one of Barcelona’s most exquisite medieval churches.
The Barri Gótic is the classic medieval quarter of Barcelona where many of the building were built in the 15th century or before. In this area, there are narrow, windy cobblestone roads, charming plaças (plazas), and grandiose mansions and monuments, all of which attest to the influence of the Golden Age in Barcelona.
Situated in the Palau Nadal of Barcelona, this museum offers one of the world’s most prestigious collections of pre-Colombian art, such as gold jewelry, ceramics, statues, and textiles. The artefacts from South America pertain to the collections of Swiss businessman Josef Mueller (1887-1977) and his son-in-law Jean-Paul Barbier, who directs the Musée Barbier-Mueller in Geneva.
By far one of the most visited museums in Barcelona, the Museu Picasso is housed in five of the many fine medieval stone mansions on Carrer de Montcada.
This spired house is where Gaudí lived for most of his remaining twenty years, 1906-1926. Inside there are a number of different examples of furniture that Gaudí created in addition to other oddities.
Park Güell is where Gaudí turned his attention to landscape gardening. Originating in 1900 when Count Eusebi Güell purchased a hillside property, he hired Gaudí to create a miniature garden city of houses for the affluent.
