Small-group walking tour · Casa Vicens, Gràcia
This 3-hour tour starts at Casa Vicens in Gràcia, walks down Passeig de Gràcia to La Pedrera and ends at Casa Batlló, with a live guide and all three admissions included. It is the quickest way to see how Gaudí's houses changed, from his first to his most famous.
Gaudí built Casa Vicens from 1883 to 1885, Casa Batlló from 1904 to 1906 and La Pedrera from 1906 to 1912. Seeing them in one go shows the whole arc: the tiled, Eastern-flavoured summer house of a young architect, then the two great Passeig de Gràcia buildings of his maturity. This tour does it in a morning or an afternoon with one guide, in English, Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
You meet at Casa Vicens and visit the garden and main floor. Then you walk down through the Eixample to La Pedrera, where a fast-track ticket gets you into the ground-floor patios, the tenant's apartment and the rooftop of chimneys. La Pedrera, built from 1906 to 1912 for Pere Milà and Roser Segimon, was Gaudí's last civil work. "Pedrera" is Catalan for a stone quarry, a nickname for the rough, wavy stone facade. Along Passeig de Gràcia the guide points out other Modernista buildings before the last stop, Casa Batlló, where you visit the main vestibule and the noble floor. Casa Batlló, at Passeig de Gràcia 43, was Gaudí's 1904 to 1906 remake of an existing building for Josep Batlló. Its official General Visit starts at €29 in 2026.
Guests say the walking is part of the value: the guide keeps up a running commentary between the houses. The listing has 4.7 stars from 568 reviews, and guests name the guide Jane again and again. It promises a small group of up to 12 in its inclusions, and the group-size note mentions a standard group of up to 15. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Meet your guide at Carrer de les Carolines 20-26, in the old village of Gràcia.
The garden and main floor of Gaudí's first house: the tiles, the porch and the smoking room.
The guide talks as you walk down towards Passeig de Gràcia and the Modernista blocks.
Fast-track entry to the ground-floor patios, the tenant's apartment and the rooftop with its chimneys.
The main vestibule and the noble floor of Gaudí's most colourful house, where the guide says goodbye.
★★★★★Jane was a fantastic guide! There is no way we could have seen this three houses so quickly and learned so much. She also explained many things while walking in between. So glad we took this tour!
★★★★★The tour was excellent! Jane, was a knowledgeable and personable guide. Not only did she know her Gaudi, but as we walked from one building to another, she kept up a running commentary on what we were seeing along the way, thus enriching the experience.
★★★★★Our tour with Jane to the Gaudi houses is the best tour that we have been on in Europe. We highly recommend this tour. We had a fabulous time and learned a lot!
★★★★★Daniel was our guide. He was very kind, and his work is just excellent! Great knowledge of history!!
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Casa Vicens: the garden and main floor. La Pedrera: the ground-floor patios, the rooftop and the tenant's apartment. Casa Batlló: the main vestibule and the noble floor. Other areas are not included.
It starts at Casa Vicens, Carrer de les Carolines 20-26 in Gràcia, and ends at Casa Batlló on Passeig de Gràcia.
English, Chinese, Japanese or Korean, one language per group. One guest also says their guide spoke Portuguese.
3 hours. The inclusions promise a small group of up to 12, and the group-size note lists a standard group of up to 15.
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Casa Vicens, La Pedrera and Casa Batlló with one guide in about 3 hours, with all three admissions included.
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