Barcelona photo gallery
A couple of days in Barcelona in March 2001, to chill out and catch Calexico in concert at the Bikini Club! Plenty of time for sightseeing, though, in between the gig and the tapas bars…
Starting off round the corner from the hotel, with the Placa Toros Monumental
From there it's a short walk to the incredible Sagrada Familia, a cathedral started in 1882, and still only about half-finished. But it's already one of the world's great buildings, inspiring and trippy in equal measure. Not only is the structure itself quite breathtaking, it's covered in little (and not-so-little!) details of sculpture - bowls of fruit, a Christmas tree, protruberances that seem to evolve into doves, interpretations of Biblical scenes like you've never seen them... And of course we climbed the towers, about 75 metres up. Brilliant!
Fruit
Excellent spiral staircases!
Turtle
The other absolute must-see in Barcelona is Gaudi's Casa Mila, an apartment complex. On acid.
The apartments themselves are rather fine, but the roof terrace is the best part!
This is another Gaudi building, the Casa Batlló
Shop window
End of a hard shift as human statues…
Stonework in the Barri Gotic
This was below this arch
Gargoyles abound
Down to the harbour
The Maremàgnum centre in the heart of the old port
Self portrait in the reflecting panels
Close-up
Columbus, pointing roughly towards Libya, and some more modern sculptures
More civic art; but they do it with such style!
And finally, a look at the marina
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