The Barcelona Modernisme Tour - Modernisme in the...

On this tour of the best modernist sites in the old city you will have the
opportunity to discover:

Plaça Catalunya and Portal de l’Àngel > C/ Comtal > Palau de la Música Catalana guided tour: > Home of the Catalan choir, l’Orfeó Català, this world famous concert hall is known for its excellent acoustics and exuberant modernism. Designed and built by Lluís Domènech i Muntaner from 1905 to 1908, the Palau was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1997. After a short video, we will visit the major rooms of the building.

The Four Cats: > Meeting point of the Catalan avant-garde artists at the beginning of the 20th Century, this bar-restaurant-cafe was frequented by Pablo Picasso, who drew the menu. It was opened on 12 June, 1897 and housed on the ground floor of Casa Martí, a neogothic building designed by the modernist architect Puig i Cadafalch. Puppet shows, Chinese shadow plays, poetry readings, concerts and, above all, painting and sculpture exhibitions were held here.

Plaça Reial (Royal Square) Lamp posts: > Inspired by neoclassic French urban architecture, at the end of the 19th Century, Gaudí made 2 plans for the project: one with the central fountain surrounded by 4 lamp posts and the other with only 2. The second plan was chosen and you can see today the Fountain of the Three Graces and the 2 lamp posts designed by Gaudí.

Güell Palace: > Antoni Gaudí designed and built this palace for Eusebi Güell on Carrer Nou de la Rambla from 1885 to 1889. The outstanding features of this building are the façade in white stone and using parabolic arches as the entrance for the first time, the sinuous forged iron bars over the windows and the 18 chimneys that crown the building.