Free Modernism Tour of Barcelona

Join our Free Modernism Tour of Barcelona and discover one of the most prolific artistic movements of the past two centuries. Hear about the 2,200 different Modernist buildings in the city alone! Understand its origins, its aesthetics, and why it became so big in Barcelona. And, of course, learn about the life and work of its greatest genius: Antoni Gaudí.

Gaudí is considered by many to be the great master in architectural history. He challenged tradition and technique to such a degree, that in his time his work was known as “The Anti-Architecture.” See two of his greatest works in the “Apple of Discord”: Batlló House and La Pedrera House.

However, Modernism isn’t just Antoni Gaudí, learn about the life and work of the other two great architects of the movement: Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

On our Modernism Tour of Barcelona you will fall in love with the city and this wonderful artistic movement which tried to dignify, through beauty, the new urban existence of the 19th century. For, as Gaudí himself said: “Beauty is the glow of truth.”

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Free Modernism Tour of Barcelona Highlights

• Learn about the life and work of one architectural history’s greatest geniuses: Antoni Gaudí. Visit some of his most important works and learn to decipher them.
• Discover the fascinating history of Barcelona’s urbanism, the famous Eixample District designed by Ildefonso Cerdá.
• Hear the famous Legend of Sant Jordi and understand the meaning behind Casa Batlló’s architecture.