Description
Description
Barcelona invites you to get to know the unknown architecture of Antoni Gaudí, from another point of view beyond his emblematic works such as La Sagrada Familia, La Pedrera or Park Güell.
The man who fasted, the abstinent, the reader of the Bible, imagined and created unpublished buildings on which it is worth opening your eyes wide. The experience will be irreversible… we will follow a path hand in hand with our official guide who will tell us every detail of places that, in the end, will be as iconic as his most famous works.
Have you heard about the book “The Gardens of Gaudí” by Don Juan Bassegoda Nonell? Here we will dive right into the plot of this literary wonder come true. We will see the references of the fountains, pitchers, medallions, statues, grottoes… in 1887 the fountain in Plaza Cataluña was already part of Gaudí’s imagination for whom water would have played a very important role.
We will visit the hidden places of the Parc de la Ciutadella, fundamental in the history of Barcelona’s gardening, which our Catalan master presented in an international competition in 1873 as a result of his work as assistant architect to Josep Font, at a time when he needed money to continue his studies.
This student Gaudí, who was only a paid draughtsman, was in charge of the park’s gazebo for the municipal band, whose balustrade he carefully designed with interesting sculptural details. Years later, the statue of Bonaventura Carles Aribau was placed in the center of the traffic circle. He also designed the wrought iron and cast iron fence that surrounds the park with a perimeter of 1 km.
We will see closely the grotto under the waterfall, a work also attributed to Gaudí because the formation of caves or similar was a constant in his architecture.
Continuing in the park of the Citadel, we will know another work of our Master, although this strictly gardening. It is the calculation of the great elevated water reservoir. A huge pond built on brick pillars for the irrigation of the entire park.
At the end of this experience, we will not be aware of what Antoni Gaudí already possessed of genius when he was just a student, a boy of a few years of age but of great intellect and genius for creativity.
We want to relive his imagination in a tour that, we insist, will be exclusive in originality to fully know his most unknown works but no less emblematic than the others. We invite you to agree with us, are you up for it?
Price: To Consult
Duration: Minimum 3 hours.
Not included:
Transportation from pick up point and back.
Extras: Aperitif or lunch.
Our itineraries and experiences are all environmentally friendly, with a zero carbon footprint.
For a complete experience, we offer travel by electric vehicle.
CONDITIONS AND REMARKS
This offer is exclusive and upon prior request to BarcelonArt of Travel©
It reserves the right to suspend or modify the activity when the weather and security conditions so require. In case of inclement weather, we will propose the change of the activity in its entirety by another date, to be agreed, with an advance notice of 5 days.
Once the booking is made, you will receive a document with weather information to prevent any type of meteorological incident.
Prices for larger groups on demand.
