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Gaudí in Barcelona: Our Guide
Here’s what to see, and, most importantly, how to hack your way in ahead of the crowds.
Antoni Gaudí may not have been Barcelonan by birth (he was actually from Reus, about an hour and a half away), but his buildings put Barcelona on the map: the otherworldly towers of La Sagrada Familia, the color-splattered mosaics of Park Güell. Today, lesser-known gems of his Catalan Modernism—what we often refer to as Art Nouveau—open up each year. While design nuts could spend a trip to Barcelona just touring Gaudí's work, you don't have to be an architecture buff to appreciate his mind-bending creations. Here’s what to see, and, most importantly, how to hack your way in ahead of the crowds.
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