Parque Güell

A visit to Parque Guell www.bcn.es deserves at least half a day of dedication. It is advisable to carry a bottle of water and a snack to be able to walk quietly for hours on this site.

Gaudi designed a garden city where architecture and nature will be merged into an area of singular beauty, and designed the Parque Guell (1900-1914).

In it, nature becomes architecture and the architecture mimics nature in terms of shapes and colors.

The package was declared a Universal monument by UNESCO in 1984. Already at the entrance to the park are three colorful figures fetish Gaudi: the salamander, the snake and the dragon Python

he initial project was commissioned by Eusebi Guell and it was to build 60 homes that were available for all services: water, gas, sewerage, lighting, space for a covered market, public square ... Although only came to build two houses in the park is the most essential Gaudí, which achieves a perfect harmony between nature and urbanism.

With the technique of trencadís covers curves banks, statues and columns to achieve a protective coating and polychromatic thanks to the recycling wastes of residues of pottery from locals factories. In the hilly bank that borders the square you can find a multitude of symbols and elements: shells, butterflies, shooting stars, constellations...

Park Guell is beyond the creative imagination of Gaudi creating a merger between his beloved fantasy universe and its nature, both in architecture in small details.

To go to Parque Guell from Plaza Catalunya should take the metro (L3) Canyelles direction and get off at Lesseps or Vallcarca.

From both stops you have to walk a few minutes to get there, follow the signs to walk the streets. Lesseps is accessed from the main entrance of the park, headed by the famous salamander color. Since Vallcarca is accessed by the upper part of the park

Since it is located in an area very steepy, the street is ready for access with escalators to facilitate access.