Luxury · 3-hour walk · Barcelona
The Eixample's other modernistes in three hours
The houses Gaudí's rivals built on the same streets: Domènech's Casa Lleó Morera, Puig i Cadafalch's Casa Amatller, the Tàpies foundation, a narrow Gothic palace and the House of Spikes.
Gaudí was not the only architect building in Barcelona's new Eixample at the turn of the 20th century. The city's rich families competed to outdo each other's houses, and two other architects, Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, were as much in demand. On one block of Passeig de Gràcia stand houses by all three, nicknamed the Block of Discord. This route takes the ones that are not Gaudí's.
The route, stop by stop
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Casa Lleó Morera
Domènech i Montaner's corner house of 1906 on the Block of Discord, with a rounded tower and rooms of mosaic and stained glass. Guided visits only.
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Casa Amatller
Puig i Cadafalch's stepped Flemish gable of 1900, built for a chocolate maker. The tour ends with a cup of Amatller chocolate.
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Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Domènech i Montaner's publishing house of the 1880s, crowned by Tàpies's tangle of wire, Cloud and Chair, and holding the painter's own foundation.
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Palau del Baró de Quadras
Puig i Cadafalch's narrow palace of 1906 on the Diagonal, its front carved with Gothic figures.
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Casa de les Punxes
The House of Spikes, Puig i Cadafalch's castle of 1905 with six pointed towers, built for three sisters as one building that looks like several.
25 min here Walk here →
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