Locations

Beneath the surface of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter lies a history that most visitors never encounter. El Call (from the Hebrew kahal, meaning community) was the Jewish quarter of medieval Barcelona…

Off a narrow alley in the heart of the Gothic Quarter, Plaça de Sant Felip Neri is the kind of place that stops you mid-step. Small, shaded by an orange…

If Barcelona's Gothic Cathedral impresses with its scale and grandeur, Santa Maria del Mar moves with something rarer: purity of design. Built between 1329 and 1383 in the ribera neighbourhood…

Built for the 1929 International Exposition and then demolished — and later reconstructed in 1986 — the Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is one of the…

Most visitors to Barcelona never make it to Colònia Güell, the model workers' village built by Eusebi Güell on the outskirts of the city. That's a pity — because the…

Completed in 1901 and designed by the prolific Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Palau Macaya is one of the most beautiful private mansions ever built in Barcelona. Commissioned by industrialist Macaya,…

Barcelona has no shortage of extraordinary modernista architecture, but Casa Comalat remains one of the district's best-kept secrets. Designed by Salvador Valeri i Pupurull and completed in 1911, this undulating…

Few buildings in Barcelona stop pedestrians in their tracks quite like Casa de les Punxes — the House of Spikes. Rising at the intersection of Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer de…

Of all the modernista buildings lining Passeig de Gràcia, Casa Lleó Morera may be the most exquisitely crafted. Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and completed in 1906, it stands…

Casa Amatller sits right in the heart of Barcelona's famous Manzana de la Discordia — the Block of Discord — where three rival modernista masterpieces compete for your attention on…