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Yes! Parc Guell https://parkguell.barcelona/ https://parkguell.barcelona/ and La Padera https://www.lapedrera.com/en https://www.lapedrera.com/en are must sees

Yes! Parc Guell https://parkguell.barcelona/ https://parkguell.barcelona/ and La Padera https://www.lapedrera.com/en https://www.lapedrera.com/en are must sees for Gaudi

loloquwowndueo 1y ago
Don't forget casa Batlló - visits are by appointment only (I think) but even just seeing the building’s exterior is pretty awesome.
- wkat4242 1y ago
  No you can just book a ticket like with all the others. Always buy a ticket online. Otherwise you'll be stuck in a queue. The Sagrada stopped doing on the spot visits because the queue was getting too long and Battló did as well. Only at la pedrera (or casa Milà as it's really called) can you still buy a ticket on site. But I wouldn't. You're just wasting your time waiting while all the prebooks go ahead of you. Battló is the best one for me by far. I love the organic shapes and the light well and the soft wood etc. Wow
  - goshx 1y ago
    They also do some cool projections on the façade in December.
  - ghaff 1y ago
    This business about having to book tickets online in Europe is pretty much new to me. I never used to have to do this with rare exceptions.
    - fpoling 1y ago
      We almost missed Louvre on a recent visit to Paris. You need to book online and depending on the season weeks in advance.
      - ghaff 1y ago
        I didn't even try the Louvre last time I was in Paris--which was OK. But, although I had timed tickets to the Musee D'Orsay, it was really sort of too crowded to be enjoyable. You couldn't get near the cafe behind the clock.
    - ido 1y ago
      There are a lot more tourists then there used to be in the past. When I moved to Vienna in 2005 I used to take weekend trips to nearby cities (anything up to a couple hours by train, like Budapest or Brno). I would just go on a train and when I’d arrive I’d find some hostel and get a room on the spot. Today you really have to reserve, sometimes months in advance if it’s during the high season.
    - distances 1y ago
      20 years ago I could just walk up to the Eiffel tower ticket office, buy a ticket, and go up after a couple of minutes. On a beautiful summer weekend. Today I wouldn't even dream of that. You really have to plan ahead for all the major sights that include an entrance.
stavros 1y ago
Casa Batllo is pretty nice as well.
- eszed 1y ago
  Strongly recommend Casa Batllo - it's magnificent. It pulls off this trick of being slightly surreal, but yet completely cozy. There's not a single inch of it that isn't unique and interesting to look at, and yet far from being visually overwhelming, it's immensely restful. I'd move into it tomorrow. All that said, if they still have the LED-installation at the exit - and if you're like me, and a little sensitive to visual stimuli - avoid that at all costs. It is 360° (or more? I think it's the floor and ceiling, too) of flashing lights and sound, which reduced me to a catatonic state, squatting in the corner with my eyes tight shut and my hands pressed over my ears. It was almost, but not quite (which says something for how good the house itself is), enough to ruin the experience.

Yes! Parc Guell https://parkguell.barcelona/ https://parkguell.barcelona/ and La Padera https://www.lapedrera.com/en https://www.lapedrera.com/en are must sees for Gaudi

loloquwowndueo 1y ago

Don't forget casa Batlló - visits are by appointment only (I think) but even just seeing the building’s exterior is pretty awesome.

wkat4242 1y ago
No you can just book a ticket like with all the others. Always buy a ticket online. Otherwise you'll be stuck in a queue. The Sagrada stopped doing on the spot visits because the queue was getting too long and Battló did as well. Only at la pedrera (or casa Milà as it's really called) can you still buy a ticket on site. But I wouldn't. You're just wasting your time waiting while all the prebooks go ahead of you. Battló is the best one for me by far. I love the organic shapes and the light well and the soft wood etc. Wow
- goshx 1y ago
  They also do some cool projections on the façade in December.
- ghaff 1y ago
  This business about having to book tickets online in Europe is pretty much new to me. I never used to have to do this with rare exceptions.
  - fpoling 1y ago
    We almost missed Louvre on a recent visit to Paris. You need to book online and depending on the season weeks in advance.
    - ghaff 1y ago
      I didn't even try the Louvre last time I was in Paris--which was OK. But, although I had timed tickets to the Musee D'Orsay, it was really sort of too crowded to be enjoyable. You couldn't get near the cafe behind the clock.
  - ido 1y ago
    There are a lot more tourists then there used to be in the past. When I moved to Vienna in 2005 I used to take weekend trips to nearby cities (anything up to a couple hours by train, like Budapest or Brno). I would just go on a train and when I’d arrive I’d find some hostel and get a room on the spot. Today you really have to reserve, sometimes months in advance if it’s during the high season.
  - distances 1y ago
    20 years ago I could just walk up to the Eiffel tower ticket office, buy a ticket, and go up after a couple of minutes. On a beautiful summer weekend. Today I wouldn't even dream of that. You really have to plan ahead for all the major sights that include an entrance.

stavros 1y ago

Casa Batllo is pretty nice as well.

eszed 1y ago
Strongly recommend Casa Batllo - it's magnificent. It pulls off this trick of being slightly surreal, but yet completely cozy. There's not a single inch of it that isn't unique and interesting to look at, and yet far from being visually overwhelming, it's immensely restful. I'd move into it tomorrow. All that said, if they still have the LED-installation at the exit - and if you're like me, and a little sensitive to visual stimuli - avoid that at all costs. It is 360° (or more? I think it's the floor and ceiling, too) of flashing lights and sound, which reduced me to a catatonic state, squatting in the corner with my eyes tight shut and my hands pressed over my ears. It was almost, but not quite (which says something for how good the house itself is), enough to ruin the experience.