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Passeig de GrĂ cia & LâEixample
The elegant, if traffic-filled, district of LâEixample (pronounced âlay-sham-pluhâ) is a showcase for Modernista architecture, including GaudĂâs unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada FamĂlia. LâEixample also has a celebrated dining scene, along with high-end boutiques and wildly diverse nightlife. Gilded cocktail lounges and the buzzing gay club scene of âGaixampleâ are all part of the mix.
If you linger over the weird-and-wonderful detail of the Casa BatllĂł and La Pedrera, you could easily spend a couple of hours in each, which should just leave time to admire Casa Amatller and get the low-down on contemporary art at the FundaciĂł Antoni TĂ pies.
Follow up with a tapas feast at Carles Abellanâs inventive Tapas 24, and a walk along elegant Passeig de GrĂ cia. Finish off the afternoon at the Museu del Modernisme Barcelona.
Perhaps try dinner at Casa Calvet, with its otherwise inaccessible GaudĂ interiors. Dry Martini is a great place to ease into the evening.
If you linger over the weird-and-wonderful detail of the Casa BatllĂł and La Pedrera, you could easily spend a couple of hours in each, which should just leave time to admire Casa Amatller and get the low-down on contemporary art at the FundaciĂł Antoni TĂ pies.
Follow up with a tapas feast at Carles Abellanâs inventive Tapas 24, and a walk along elegant Passeig de GrĂ cia. Finish off the afternoon at the Museu del Modernisme Barcelona.
Perhaps try dinner at Casa Calvet, with its otherwise inaccessible GaudĂ interiors. Dry Martini is a great place to ease into the evening.
Facade of Casa Amatller | MATTEO COZZI/SHUTTERSTOCK Š
Getting There & Around
Top SightLa Pedrera
La Pedrera â officially called Casa MilĂ after its owners, but nicknamed La Pedrera (the Stone Quarry) by bemused locals who watched GaudĂ build it from 1905â10 â is in the top tier of GaudĂâs achievements. Conceived as an apartm...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Barcelona
- Top Sights
- Eating
- Four Perfect Days
- Need to Know
- Barcelona Neighbourhoods
- La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
- El Raval
- La Ribera & Parc de la Ciutadella
- Barceloneta & the Beaches
- Passeig de GrĂ cia & L'Eixample
- La Sagrada FamĂlia
- GrĂ cia & Park GĂźell
- Camp Nou, Pedralbes & SarriĂ
- MontjuĂŻc, Poble Sec & Sant Antoni
- Survival Guide
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers