Gaudi Tour

This tour will take you to the best of Gaudi, at different points of the city, in a comfortable coach and avoiding entrance queues. Antoni Gaudi, visionary architect during Barcelonas modernista (art nouveau) period early last century, graced Barcelona with nearly all his extraordinary and beautiful buildings. No less than 7 have been listed as World Heritage by UNESCO. We will explain what makes them extraordinary: the detail, the symbols, the structural secrets, the technical innovation, and give you a guided tour of Park Guell and the Sagrada Familia. Gaudis master work, the Sagrada Familia, is the last on the tour so you can stay and explore it as long as you like, return in the coach to the city centre, or continue on "The Montjuic & Panoramic Tour".

Passeig de Gracia: This broad elegant avenue was built for and by the wealthy Barcelonians and they have never left; luxury and design shops line the street along with major banks and the stock exchange. Architectural details include modernist lampposts and Gaudis tiles for pavements and a myriad of grand buildings including two of Gaudi’s houses.

Park Guell: Demonstration of how far ahead of his time Gaudi was, this residential suburb was financed by Eusebi Guell and meticulously planned by Gaudi with intertwining roads and footpaths, water catchment, market place and square, gardens and lodges. Only two houses were sold and eventually the Guell family sold it for a symbolic amount to the city as a park and allowing us all to benefit from this beautiful, world heritage site. The now familiar mixture of highly advanced technical engineering and fantasy decoration is epitomized by the famous mosaic dragon or salamander, which is also an overflow for the underground water cistern, and the curved mosaic bench around the square which is at once a seat, a balcony and a wonderful piece of art. It was listed as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984.

Sagrada Família: The jewel in the crown of Gaudis works, the temple is a synthesis of his overall conception of architecture. The richness of detail and its significance need explaining in order to appreciate this fascinating and extraordinary building in full. Gaudi wished the temple, which is still being built, to be financed by the people, not by taxes or funding, and thats just what your entrance fees do (included in our tour price): finance the completion of the building started in 1882. The Gaudí Tour we have kept the best to the last so tour members who so wish can stay on and savour the building for as long as they like, you can go up the towers by elevator, and visit the crypt and museum and compare the contrasting styles of the Birth and Passion facades.

 Passeig de Gracia- Facades of Casa Batllo and La Pedrera- Gracia - Pl Lesseps- Park Guell- Sagrada Familia

This tour will take you to the best of Gaudi, at different points of the city, in a comfortable coach and avoiding entrance queues. Antoni Gaudi, visionary architect during Barcelona's modernista (art nouveau) period early last century, graced Barcelona with nearly all his extraordinary and beautiful buildings. No less than 7 have been listed as World Heritage by UNESCO. We will explain what makes them extraordinary: the detail, the symbols, the structural secrets, the technical innovation, and give you a guided tour of Park Guell and the Sagrada Familia. Gaudis master work, the Sagrada Familia, is the last on the tour so you can stay and explore it as long as you like, return in the coach to the city centre, or continue on "The Montjuic & Panoramic Tour".

STARPOINTS   Passeig de Gracia   Park Guell    Sagrada Familia

Passeig de Gracia: This broad elegant avenue was built for and by the wealthy Barcelonians and they have never left; luxury and design shops line the street along with major banks and the stock exchange.

Architectural details include modernist lampposts and Gaudis tiles for pavements and a myriad of grand buildings including two of Gaudis houses:  

Park Guell: Demonstration of how far ahead of his time Gaudi was, this residential suburb was financed by Eusebi Guell and meticulously planned by Gaudi with intertwining roads and footpaths, water catchment, market place and square, gardens and lodges. Only two houses were sold and eventually the Guell family sold it for a symbolic amount to the city as a park and allowing us all to benefit from this beautiful, world heritage site. The now familiar mixture of highly advanced technical engineering and fantasy decoration is epitomized by the famous mosaic dragon or salamander, which is also an overflow for the underground water cistern, and the curved mosaic bench around the square which is at once a seat, a balcony and a wonderful piece of art. It was listed as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984.

Sagrada Familia: The jewel in the crown of Gaudis works, the temple is a synthesis of his overall conception of architecture. The richness of detail and its significance need explaining in order to appreciate this fascinating and extraordinary building in full. Gaudi wished the temple, which is still being built, to be financed by the people, not by taxes or funding, and that.s just what your entrance fees do (included in our tour price): finance the completion of the building started in 1882. The Gaudi Tour we have kept the best to the last so tour members who so wish can stay on and savour the building for as long as they like, you can go up the towers by elevator, and visit the crypt and museum and compare the contrasting styles of the Birth and Passion facades.

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