{"id":8305,"date":"2016-11-17T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingturks.wpenginepowered.com\/guell-parki"},"modified":"2018-01-18T01:21:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T22:21:42","slug":"park-guell-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/europe\/spain\/barcelona-en\/sights-to-see-en\/park-guell-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Guell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>Park Guell, Barcelona<\/strong> \/ <strong>Address:<\/strong> Avenida del Marqu\u00e8s de Comillas 13. Poble Espanyol (Carrer de Olot. Admission; 9 \u20ac. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transportation by metro:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0the closest metro station is Lesseps (L-3) where is 5 minutes walking distance to the entrance for individual guests.\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transportation by public bus:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0bus lines H6, 32,24 and 92. PS; the buses from Pla\u00e7a Catalunya to Parc Guell are generally jam packed and be very careful with the pickpockets on the buses.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getyourguide.com\/s\/?q=park%20g\u00fcell&amp;partner_id=F2GZGY3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Park G\u00fcell Tickets (No Waiting In Lines)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No other work of <strong>Antoni Gaudi<\/strong> can summarize the artist&#8217;s spirit and style in a single work like Park Guell. Richest industrialist of his era, <strong>Eusebi G\u00fcell<\/strong> made a deal with his close friend Gaudi for him to carry out a building complex consisting of mansions of which G\u00fcell was very impressed in a trip to England. For this 40 mansion project, a bumpy land of 15 hectares with a surrounding forest and a birds-eye view of the city was chosen. However; one mansion, a building which Gaudi had been lived in for years (now a museum) and two administration buildings with fairy tale decorations at the main entrance of the park could only be finished.<\/p>\n<p>The construction, which began in 1910, had been terminated in 1914 due to economic problems faced by Eusebi G\u00fcell before it could be finished. Later on the park is bought by the Municipality of Barcelona and it was open to public between 1918 and 1984.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8310\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8310 size-full\" title=\"Longest bench of the world\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench.jpg\" alt=\"famous trencadis mosaic bench in Park G\u00fcell\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench-111x83.jpg 111w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench-215x161.jpg 215w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaudi-famous-bench-990x740.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The famous bench of Park Guell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What To See In Park Guell<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Main Square<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The square-terrace, on which Hospitality Hall (Sala Hospitalia) is located, is surrounded with a 110 meters curved <strong>sitting bench<\/strong> with <strong>&#8220;trencadis&#8221;<\/strong> craftsmanship to its three sides. Gaudi designed this bank with the help of architect <strong>Josep Maria Jugol<\/strong> and this is the world\u2019s biggest bench.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hansel Gratel Houses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Two remarkable beautiful buildings on the main entrance were built as the site\u2019s security and standby buildings. Saint George\u2019s cross, symbolizing goodness; and poisonous mushroom figures, symbolizing evil; crown the roofs of the houses reminiscing Hansel and Gretel\u2019s candy houses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8313\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-famous-houses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8313 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-famous-houses.jpg\" alt=\"famous houses in park guell\" width=\"700\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-famous-houses.jpg 700w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-famous-houses-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaudi&#8217;s candy houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>The Viaducts &amp; Walls<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Terrace walls, designed as a birds\u2019 nest by Gaudi, resembles a flowerpot with the trees and flowers planted on it.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to provide easy access between different parts of the park; Gaudi built three-leveled viaducts (all in different styles) using the stones mined from the park. Colomns supporting the galleries are inclined and their end points are designed as semi-circles. Some of the colomns are decorated with figures like <strong>\u201claundry lady\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cfruit vendor\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8316\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/what-to-see-in-park-guell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8316 size-full\" title=\"The viaducts\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/what-to-see-in-park-guell.jpg\" alt=\"What to see in park guell\" width=\"700\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/what-to-see-in-park-guell.jpg 700w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/what-to-see-in-park-guell-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The viaducts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Trias House<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you turn your back to the sea, the white mansion up the slope is the only house in the park that is completely finished. Martin Trias, a famous lawyer of his era, lived there. Today, the house is a private property.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sala Hospitalia (Hospitality Hall)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Built as the site\u2019s market place, this hall stands out with its remarkable acoustics, its ceiling decoration with trencadi craftsmanship and its 100 Doric colomns. The artist designed this hall, inspired by the Apollo Temple in Greece\u2019s Delfi Ancient City. Not a fan of straight lines, Gaudi broke off the monotony by putting asymmetric colomns in between.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8319\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8319 size-full\" title=\"Sala Hospitalia\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia.jpg\" alt=\"important and interesting sights in park guell\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia.jpg 700w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-sala-hospitalia-187x124.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sala Hospitalia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>The Salamander<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Trencadi-crafted water salamander figure, greeting the visitors at the park\u2019s main entrance and functioning as a water fountain, is the most photographed art work of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8322\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-symbol-of-barcelona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-symbol-of-barcelona.jpg\" alt=\"park guell the symbol of barcelona\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-symbol-of-barcelona.jpg 400w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-symbol-of-barcelona-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-symbol-of-barcelona-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/park-guell-symbol-of-barcelona-187x124.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Salamander Fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getyourguide.com\/s\/?q=park%20g\u00fcell&amp;partner_id=F2GZGY3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Park G\u00fcell Tickets (No Waiting In Lines)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park Guell, Barcelona \/ Address: Avenida del Marqu\u00e8s de Comillas 13. Poble Espanyol (Carrer de Olot. Admission; 9 \u20ac. Transportation by metro:\u00a0the closest metro station is Lesseps (L-3) where is 5 minutes walking distance to the entrance for individual guests.\u00a0 Transportation by public bus:\u00a0bus lines H6, 32,24 and 92. PS; the buses from Pla\u00e7a Catalunya &#8230; <a title=\"Park Guell\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/europe\/spain\/barcelona-en\/sights-to-see-en\/park-guell-information\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Park Guell\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[595],"tags":[2614,4533,2615],"class_list":["post-8305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sights-to-see-en","tag-barcelona-en","tag-places-to-see","tag-spain-en","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingturks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}