Expert Led Private Tour of Gaudi's Barcelona with Skip the Line Tickets
Barcelona, Spain
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EUR49.00EUR
During this tour through the heart of Barcelona, we’ll introduce the fantastic architecture of Antoni Gaudí, Barcelona’s most important architect, and situate his work within the context of Catalan society at the time. Besides visiting some of Gaudí’s most important works, we’ll look broadly at how Barcelona expanded in the late 19th and early 20th century and became a breeding ground for the modernist movement and, eventually, such luminaries as Miro and Picasso.
We’ll begin by looking at the history of Barcelona and the growth of the city, introducing the urban planner Ildefons Cerda whose “enlargement” in 1859 laid out the modern city, much as Baron von Haussman did for Paris some years later. We’ll make our way through the heart of the city to see two of Gaudí's masterpieces: the Casa Batlló on the Block of Discord, and Casa Milà. We will spend concerted time inside of Casa Batlló and on its famous roof, picking our way through the thorough Gaudí museum inside.
We’ll begin by looking at the history of Barcelona and the growth of the city, introducing the urban planner Ildefons Cerda whose “enlargement” in 1859 laid out the modern city, much as Baron von Haussman did for Paris some years later. We’ll make our way through the heart of the city to see two of Gaudí's masterpieces: the Casa Batlló on the Block of Discord, and Casa Milà. We will spend concerted time inside of Casa Batlló and on its famous roof, picking our way through the thorough Gaudí museum inside.