The most beautiful Barcelona modernist buildings, many of them designed by the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudí, are located in diferent places of the city. So, in this post, I would like to suggest you a route, called Modernist route, which will let you see these buildings walking along two of the most interesting avenues of Barcelona: Avinguda Diagonal and Passeig de Gràcia.
Walking along this route you will see the following modernist buildings:
- 1) Park Güell
- 2) Sagrada Familia
- 3) Hospital de Sant Pau
- 4) Casa Vicens
- 5) Casa Fuster
- 6) Casa Terrades or "Casa de les Punxes"
- 7) Casa Thomas
- 8) Casa Mila or "La Pedrera"
- 9) Casa Batlló
- 10) Casa Amatller
- 11) Casa Lleó i Morera
- 12) Casa Calvet
- 13) Palau de la Música Catalana
- 14) Casa Martí (Restaurant els Quatre Gats)
- 15) Mercat de la Boqueria
- 16) Palau Güell
- 17) Col·legi de les Teresianes
- 18) Torre i Viaducte Bellesguard
Besides, near Barcelona you can visit more modernist buildings in La Colònia Güell.
Let's start the route!
Park Güell
A popular dragon is in the entrance of the Park Güell in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí
Typical benchs in the Park Güell. A nice place where you can spend a lovely sunday morning with children and enjoy fantastic views of Barcelona
Tile on the ceiling of Sala Hipóstila in Park Güell
- Useful information about the Park Güell:
- Address: C/ Olot, 1-13
- How to get there: Bus 24 and 92, Barcelona Bus Turístic, stop Park Güell.
- Web site: www.bcn.cat/parcsijardins
Sagrada Familia
Birth's façade of the temple of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, conceived by Gaudí. This temple is still under construction and it is believed that it could be finished in twenty years
Passion's façade of La Sagrada Familia. The height of this four towers is 140m
Inside La Sagrada Familia you can enjoy views as fantastic as this one of the transept- Useful information about La Sagrada Família:
- Address: Mallorca, 401 (08013 Barcelona)
- How to get there: Metro L2 and L5, stop Sagrada Família. Bus 19, 33, 34, 43, 44, 50 and 51.
- Web site: www.sagradafamilia.org
Hospital de Sant Pau
The roofs of the pavilions with tiles, tiles in flake shaped, chimneys, domes and pinnacles underline the lush application of ceramic to decorate the pavilions of Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona
Casa Vicens
Casa Vicens designed by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona
Casa Fuster
Casa Fuster was Luís Domènech i Montaner last building
- Useful information about La Casa Fuster:
- Useful information about La Casa Fuster:
- Address: Pg. de Gràcia, 132
- How to get there: Bus 22, 24 and 28.
Casa Terrades or "Casa de les Punxes"
The Terrades house or "Casa de les Punxes", designed by Puig i Cadafalch is another example of Modernist architecture you can see in Barcelona- Useful information about La Casa de les Punxes:
- Address: Av. Diagonal, 416
- How to get there: Metro L4 and L5, stop Verdaguer.| Bus 20, 39, 45 and 47.
Casa Thomas
Casa Thomas is another beautiful modernist building you can see in Barcelona designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner
- Useful information about La Casa Thomas:
- Address: Mallorca, 293.
- How to get there: Bus 20, 43, 44, 45 and 47.
Modernism along the Passeig de Gràcia
Along the Passeig de Gràcia there are some of the most important modernist buildings of Barcelona, like Casa Milà o Casa Batlló, masterpieces of the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudí.
Casa Mila or "La Pedrera"
Casa Milà, also known as "La Pedrera", is another impressive modernist building in Barcelona
The chimneys and balconys of "La Pedrera" were really carefully designed by Antoni Gaudí
The chimenys of La Casa Milà are, in my opinion, the most impressive elements of this wonderful modernist building
- Useful information about La Casa Milà
- Address: Provença, 261-265
- How to get there: Metro L3 and L5, stop Diagonal. Bus 7, 16, 17, 22, 24 and 28. FGC, stop Provença. Barcelona Bus Turístic, stop Pg. de Gràcia-La Pedrera.
Casa Batlló
The facade of La Casa Batlló lit at night
Chimneys on the roof of La Casa Batlló, one of the most beautiful modernist buildings in Barcelona
- Useful information about La Casa Batllo:
- Address: Pg. de Gràcia, 43
- How to get there: Metro L2, L3 and L4, stop Passeig de Gràcia.Bus 7, 16, 17, 22, 24 and 28. Barcelona Bus Turístic, stop Casa Batlló-Fundació Antoni Tàpies.
- Web site: www.casabatllo.cat
Casa Amatller
La Casa Amatller, designed by Puig i Cadafalch, and Casa Batlló, conceived by Gaudi, are in the block of buildings called Block of discord, together with the Lleó Morera house
- Useful information about La Casa Amatller:
- Address: Pg. de Gràcia, 41
- How to get there: Metro L2, L3 and L4, stop Passeig de Gràcia. Bus 7, 16, 17, 22, 24 and 28.
- Web site: www.amatller.org
Casa Lleó i Morera
Besides the boutiques, the Passeig de Gràcia is the best place to start the modernism route. This route can start, for instance, in the Lleó Morera house, shown by this picture, built by Domènech i Montaner- Useful information about La Casa Lleó i Morera:
- Address: Pg. de Gràcia, 35
- How to get there: Metro L2, L3 and L4, stop Passeig de Gràcia. Bus 7, 16, 17, 22, 24 and 28.
Casa Calvet
Casa Calvet in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudí
Modernism in Barcelona Old City
Palau de la Música Catalana
Detail of the Palau de la Música main facade. This building was designed by Domènech i Montaner
Inside the Palau de la Música Catalana (image obtained from wikipedia)- Useful information about El Palau de la Música:
- Address: Palau de la Música, 4-6
- How to get there: Metro L1 and L4, stop Urquinaona. Bus 17, 19, 40 and 45
- Web site: www.palaumusica.org
Casa Martí (Restaurant els Quatre Gats)
Inside this building there were interesting meetings of modernist writers and artists at the beginning of the 20th century
- Useful information about Els Quatre Gats:
- Address: Montsió, 3
- How to get there: Metro L1 and L3, stop Catalunya and L4, stop Urquinaona. Bus 16, 17, 19, 40, 41, 42, 45, 55 and 141
Mercat de la Boqueria
Mercat de la Boqueria main entrance, one of the largest markets in Barcelona
Modernist detail of Mercat de la Boqueria, one of the largest markets in BarcelonaPalau Güell
Detail of the main entrance of El Palau Güell, another masterpiece designed by Gaudí
- Useful information about El Palau Güell:
- Address: Nou de la Rambla, 3-5
- How to get there: Metro L3, stop Liceu. Bus 14, 59, 91, 120.
- Website: www.palauguell.cat
Col·legi de les Teresianes
Col·legi de les Teresianes in Barcelona
Casa Bellesguard
Casa Bellesguard in Barcelona
I hope you enjoyed this route. Other interesting routes in Barcelona are:
Finally, clicking on the next link you will find links to more beautiful places of Barcelona.