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Most people walk right past Hospital de Sant Pau on their way to Sagrada Família and never realize what they’re missing. It’s … Read more

La Pedrera was mocked when it opened. Locals compared it to a quarry, a garage for zeppelins, a stack of wheat sacks. … Read more

Casa Batlló is the building most people photograph from the sidewalk and never actually walk into, which is a shame, because the … Read more

Montserrat gets sold as “the mountain near Barcelona,” which barely covers it. It’s a jagged, oddly-shaped peak. A working Benedictine monastery. One … Read more

Park Güell gets sold to visitors as “a park,” which undersells it completely. It’s part failed real estate project, part open-air museum, … Read more

Barcelona’s train and bus network makes it easy to get out of the city for a day without renting a car. Here … Read more

Sagrada Família has been under construction longer than most buildings have existed at all. These photos trace that process decade by decade, … Read more

Say “Modernisme” in Barcelona and most people picture Gaudí. But Gaudí was one of three great architects competing for the same commissions … Read more

The Gothic Quarter is full of narrow medieval lanes, but a handful of them are worth deliberately seeking out. Here are nine, … Read more

Barcelona’s five biggest names get all the attention, and rightly so. But scattered around the city are quieter, stranger, older corners that … Read more