Gaudí was just 30 years old when the project kicked off. In 2022, it received 126,632 visitors – you might well find yourself joined by local barcelonins also on their first-ever visit. The house finally opened to the public in 2017, and still remains a lesser-known jewel on Barcelona’s otherwise-packed Gaudí trail. It took a pioneering three-year restoration project to convert Casa Vicens into a visitable monument, led by respected modern-day architects José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres and David García. This is Unesco-listed Casa Vicens, Antoni Gaudí’s first ever independent commission – a luxurious summer house built between 18 for the wealthy trader and stockbroker Manuel Vicens i Montaner, in what was then a refreshingly green, sparsely populated area. Wandering along Gràcia’s unassuming Carrer de les Carolines, it’s impossible to miss the curious turreted mansion with rust-red walls, jagged balconies and strips of yellow-and-aqua tiling. but Casa Vicens offers the perfect Gaudí experience Gaudí’s mission has been faithfully carried on ever since, based wherever possible on his original plans and models (though many of these were lost during the Spanish Civil War). When Gaudí was fatally injured by a tram in 1926, only a small portion of the building had been completed, including the spectacularly sculpted Nativity Facade (Façana del Naixement) and the neo-Gothic crypt (where the genius is interred). It will eventually rise to 565ft (172.5m) and have 18 towers, with completion now tentatively expected around 2032 – just in time for its 150th anniversary. Towering over the grid-like streets just north of Dreta de L’Eixample, the monumental, Unesco-protected basilica is a feast of soaring towers, intricately sculpted facades, shimmering stained glass, forest-like pillars and nature-inspired forms. La Sagrada Familia is one of Barcelona’s top attractions © Johnny Greig / Getty Images You’ve probably heard of La Sagrada Família.įirst begun in 1882, La Sagrada Família is both the pinnacle of Gaudí’s career and Barcelona’s greatest temple to Modernisme.
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