Casa Batllo by Antoni Gaudi

Casa Batlló is one of the two great buildings designed by Antoni Gaudi on Passeig de Gracia, the other being La Pedrera

From the outside the façade of Casa Batlló looks like it has been made from skulls and bones. The "Skulls" are in fact balconies and the "bones" are supporting pillars.

Gaudi used colours and shapes found in marine life as inspiration for his creativity in this building e.g. the colours chosen for the façade are those found in natural coral.

The building was designed by Gaudi for Josep Batlló, a wealthy aristocrat, as an upmarket home. Señor Batlló lived in the lower two floors with his family and the upper floors were rented out as apartments.

This building is a stunning and original work and well worth the visit. If you decide to take a look around inside you will learn how much attention to detail Gaudi spent on his designs thinking about such things as varying window size depending on how high the window was from the top of the building. In this way he could ensure uniform lighting conditions in each room of the house.

Audio guides are available from the front desk which will give you information on each of the rooms.

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How to get to Casa Batlló, opening hours and ticket prices.

The following Information was supplied thanks to Ester Orriols who works at Casa Batlló . Dept. visites culturals.

Address: Casa Batlló, No.43 Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona.

Official Website: www.casabatllo.es

Metro "Passeig de Gràcia" (Green Line, L3)
Calle Aragó-Rambla Catalunya exit. Casa Batlló is only 30 seconds walk from the metro stop IF you take the correct metro exit. Look for the exit called: Calle Aragó-Rambla Catalunya when you are leaving the metro.

Entrance Fee - 16.50 Euros per person with an audio guide included in the entrance price. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card

What is included in the entrance fee:

Visitors are led to the inside by means of an audio-guided tour available in 7 languages. (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian, Deustch or Japanese) through a magnificent private staircase towards the Piano Nobile or Main Floor, former home of the Batlló’s. From there you enter the Piano Nobile through the building’s ordinary staircase, to ascend through the oniric Lightwell –where blue ranges from the very dark to the very light, dramatically mastering the distribution of natural light- toward the attics, roof terrace and swinging chimneys. Altogether, the tour takes about one hour.

Inside Casa Batlló visitors will also find a souvenir shop with exclusive gifts and a wide variety of Gaudi books.

Discounts on the entrance fee are available for groups more than 20 persons, students, pensioners, Barcelona Card holders, Modernism route have a 20% discount. Therefore the visit is 13.20 euros per pax with the audioguide included.

Occassionally one of the sections of Casa Batlló may be closed for a private event. Under these circumstances visitors may have restricted access to and the Entrance fee is adjusted accordingly as follows:

- Visit to the MAIN FLOOR (old apartment of the owners). Half an hour visit with an audio guide included. It costs 16.50 euros per person

- Visit to the ATTICS and CHIMNEYS (top part of the building). Half an hour visit with an audio guide included. It cost 16.50 euros per person.

Opening hours Every day, from Monday to Sunday 09:00 to 20:00. There are some days that Casa Batlló closes at 14:00 according to the availability of the rooms.

Casa Batlló only closes officially on the 25th December and the 1st January. Easter holidays open as usual.

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A magical park with amazing buildings, sculptures, and tile work designed by Gaudi. You will also find Gaudi's old home in Park Guell which is now open to the public as a small museum.

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