The famous Park Guell was built between 1900 and 1914 for Eusebi Guell. It was supposed to be an English style residential garden in the city. It was not much of a success back then and became the property of City Hall in 1923. Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi who is responsible for many of the impressive architecture in Barcelona and has inspired the rest of the building work here, designed it. When getting of the bus to go to this park there is a long steep up hill walk and until you get to the top and turn right you have no idea it was there. When you walk up to the entrance of the park you are set upon by two huge almost gingerbread houses built in the style of Gaudi with large curves, mosaic tiles and beautiful colours. Inside the park the first thing you see is a large lizard made completely of mosaic tiles, which has a small fountain underneath it. It looks beautiful and is a major photograph point. Once walking around the park you come across numerous pieces of art and strange monuments along the tree covered pathways. There is also a magnificent serpentine benches decorated in multi coloured ceramic mosaic. The whole park takes an eternity to walk around and absorb all of this creative architecture and is well worth to visit. It is free to get in even though you feel that if you did pay to get in it would be well worth the money. I cannot get over how beautiful this park was. It is a perfect place to either start your day off or finishes off the afternoon there as I did. Walking though the trees in the sunshine looking at the most stunning artwork I have ever seen is an experience that will stay with me forever.
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Advantages: Wonderful architecture, galleries and parks, superb romantic atmosphere, great for shopping Disadvantages: Aged quarters can feel a bit grotty, but that is natural and part of their charm. More expensive than nearby localities, but then cities always are.
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