La Pedrera - Mila House (Casa Mila) Barcelona

-Casa Batlo, private house. Water-inspired and incredible. The solid forms look like liquid. The attic is awesome: catenary arches, a water-room, light well into very tall space that lights the stairwell. Colours change with movement throughout the building because of play on light.
-Casa Mila. Apartment building, with original furniture. Roof …

Our day started with a wonderful breakfast at our hotel. A long day of sight seeing was ahead of us, so we needed as much energy as possible. First stop at Passeig de Gracia Metro Station. Passeig de Gracia is one of the most stylish and artistic streets I've walked on. It's the street in which the famous architect Antony Gaudi was glorified! Gaudi …

Situata la malul Marii Mediterane, Barcelona este cea mai populara destinatie din Spania. Peisajele pitoresti, arhitectura modernista a lui Gaudi, cartierul gotic cel mai bine pastrat din Europa, galeriile de arta - sunt multe motive sa vizitezi acest oras incantator. In timp ce veti explora strazile veti descoperi o atmosfera care combina eleganta …

Após um café da manhã maravilhoso no Rafel Hoteles Badalona fui me encontrar com a Fabiana no hotel em Barcelona. Caminhei uns 20 minutos até a estação do metrô e depois quase 30 minutos para chegar ao centro de Barcelona, mas o hotel valeu a pena! De lá seguimos de metrô para La Sagrada Família e adivinha? Mais fila para visitar a igreja! …

Day three finds us visiting all things Gaudí:

Sagrada Familia:

Construction of Sagrada Família began in 1882, and Gaudí became involved with the project a year later, transforming it with his Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. The anticipated completion date of 2026 is the centennial of Gaudí's death.

Casa Milà:< …

Typically our ideas for a Spanish holiday are something different from the beach, although Barcelona does have an extremely good one. Low cost flights to the fabulous capital of Catalunya make a do-it-yourself city break simple. Getting to the Alpujarras, however, involves a 2-hour bus trip from Granada or hiring a car... but it's worth the trouble …

It is so often the case with me that I start things without ever completing them. Although, I never really lose the intention of finishing. So, here I am over a year later trying to keep my blog in line.

I find this trip fairly hazy now that I think of it. There are many many things that I could say about Barcelona but I think that the …

Walked up to do a tour of one of the famous Gaudi houses on Passeig de Gracia - Le Pedrera or Casa Mila, built bet 1906 -1910. It is the one that looks like stone waves from the front street view.

Had a coffee from our favourite shop on the way and also did some of the shops ... with some success!

The Gaudi house was amazing... we …

Yesterday was by far our busiest day, we toured Barcelona via a hop-on, hop-off bus. We slept in, which was a must after having a late dinner the night before, and ventured out to Catalunya Playa and on to Cafe Catalunya for breakfast. We both had chorizo on a baguette and coffee, it seems like a simple breakfast, but it was so satisfying. We …

I love this hotel for its location and its convenience to everything …

... feet. I was wowed by Antoni Gaudí´s tremendous tributes to nature and his incredible designs at the apartment building Casa Milà "La Pedrera", the famed, sandcastle like cathdral yet to be completed, the Temple de la Sagradra Família, and my absolute ...

... ceramic are used for decoration. Bizarre. With that it was on to Gaudi's last residential work, built between 1906 and 1912, called La Pedrera (The Quarry). Despite the rough exterior (which was hard to get a photo of from ground level) it ...

... way since we were there in 1998 but still no where near complete. We climbed it once again and took loads of photos. Then we went to 'La Pedrera', yet another Gaudí building. The ticket allows you on to the roof which as some interesting ...

... when you're bored. The second day I got checked into a hostel and went looking around at all the Gaudi stuff - La Pedrera, Park Guell and Segrada Familia. I met a guy from Portland and we went out for tapas and drinks. He told me about this cruise ...

... the exterior. Many tourist groups were agglomerating in the front door so we quickly moved to pay the entrance fee and start investigating La Pedrera's insides. We were also given audio-guides so we were free to roam about wherever we liked, in the ...

... viewing, Zonth thought that Gaudi must have been on something harder than mushies !!! We left had lunch, Rioja, and then walked to his two houses. La Pedrera, where we climbed up to the roof, but one quarter of it was being closed for restoration. Once ...

... come back someday and see it completed... Then I went to visit an apartment building designed by Gaudi - La Pedrera. It was pretty neat to go inside and see his concepts in practical form. His use of light and shapes is genius! ...

... passed by these houses and continued on to one of Antoni Gaudi's most famous structure: The Casa Milà, otherwise known as La Pedrera, which is Spanish for quarry. Gaudi took much of his inspiration from nature, which is clearly reflected in the organic ...

... check out the coffee book... Tara here. Casa Mila was the second of his sights that we took in. Usually called La Pedrera (the Stone Quarry), this building is considered Gaudi´s biggest contribution to civic architecture as it was designed as an ...

... the pensión around 3 or 4am.   Saturday morning Sandy and I woke up around 10 to see Gaudi's Casa Batlló and Casa Milà (also known by La Pedrera), the others were too tired and ended up sleeping in until 12 (how lame).  Walking towards Las ...