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About 21 miles away
A whitewashed beach town south of Barcelona, known for its film festival and carnival.
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Casa Vicens
Gaudí's first house, from the 1880s, a Moorish-inspired summer villa of green and white tile in Gràcia.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Carrer de les Carolines 20–26, 08012 BarcelonaDirections
- Getting There
- Fontana or Lesseps station (Metro line 3).
Why Go
Built between 1883 and 1885 for a stockbroker, the house is covered in tiles of marigolds and stripes, a first taste of Gaudí's style before his later curves. It opened as a museum in 2017.
It's rarely crowded.
Nearby in Barcelona
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