Palau Güell

The very last Gaudí creation I will see in my time in Barcelona! (I leave Thursday-- so soon!!!)  This Gaudí has been under renovation for the last 4 years and it just opened its doors back up for visitors May 26th, so of course I had to go!  It's most like Casa Batlló-- nicely decorated on the inside, and a fantastic roof.  Also, an audio guide was included in the admission price.  Although the audio guide wasn't as interesting as Batlló, it kept playing music composed by Eusebi Güell's daughter... who cares, honestly?  This 'palace' (i.e. mansion) was built for the Güell family (obviously very rich people) before both Casa Batlló and Casa Milá.  So it was one of his first real art-nouveau/modernist pieces and served as a precursor to all the other ones.  I toured the house with 2 friends from my program.  Here's a picture of the outside:

The first floor:

The basement-- where the Güell family kept the stables!

The audioguide! haha!

Great ironwork on the outside door:

Floor #1.  (Remember, floors start at 0 here, so technically it's floor #2)

Absolutely awesome ceiling

Some more of the first floor.  Or perhaps this was the second... there were a bunch of staircases we went up as we slowly ascended to the top, and I don't remember between which pictures they were located.

Back balcony/terrace

More of the inside

Hamlet stained glass window

and Macbeth

And the roof!  Always the coolest part of any Gaudi building, of course!

The two friends I went with- Pam and Liza

And that was it!  Of course the audio guide ended with "Visit our gift shop back on the ground floor!"  And the gift shop wan't even open- ha!  Although I wouldn't have bought anything anyway... so no problem there. Look for more posts to come soon on our last program dinner and a half-day visit to Tibidabo!