Blog | Casa Vicens

26/03/2021

Casa Vicens Gaudí launches a program of virtual guided tours

· “Gaudí’s First House” is the first virtual guided tour that can already be enjoyed on the Casa Vicens website The cultural sector continues to be one of the economic areas most affected by the COVID-19 crisis, due to the paralysis of the tourism sector as well as health and mobility restrictions. In the face … Read more

23/02/2021

Casa Vicens Gaudí received 49,376 visitors in its third year open to the public

48% of visitors to this World Heritage Site came from the province of Barcelona This World Heritage site in the Gràcia district opened only 195 days in 2020, 46% less than in 2019, and it nevertheless had about 50,000 visitors (compared to 163,096 in 2019). The house-museum’s director, Emili Masferrer i Fons, gives a very … Read more

22/12/2020

The Christmas star at Casa Vicens Gaudí

· A showcase from Stay Homas will get the Christmas season going at Casa Vicens! · From 24th December to 5th January, Gaudí’s first house will welcome two artistic installations Christmas comes to Casa Vicens this year, joined by the incomparable masters of ceremony, Stay Homas, the group that became a sensation during confinement. They … Read more

12/11/2020

It’s our third anniversary!

On 16th November 2017, Casa Vicens, Gaudí’s first house, opened its doors to the public. After being used as a private residence from 1885 until 2014, and after three years of thorough restoration and rehabilitation, in 2017 this UNESCO World Heritage Site was finally able to be enjoyed as a place to discover the origins … Read more

29/07/2020

Casa Vicens becomes the first museum in Barcelona to obtain the Safe Tourism Certified seal

Gaudí’s first house is the first museum in the city of Barcelona to obtain this seal created by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) The seal certifies compliance with the maximum hygienic and sanitary guarantees for workers and visitors alike Last Friday, 17 July, the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) awarded Casa Vicens … Read more

06/03/2020

Casa Vicens opened its doors online last Saturday to more than 600,000 people

Gaudí’s first house inaugurates the “Moving Civilisation” streaming series produced by the Chinese search engine Baidu, as part of the Baidu Baike Museums Project The expansion of the coronavirus is a reality that has also affected the world of tourism and cultural institutions. Amongst the effects of COVID-19, we can observe a clear decline … Read more

17/12/2019

Nature, taking centre stage this Christmas at Casa Vicens Gaudí

Last year, Christmas at Gaudí’s first house centred around the different table decorations in the dining room on the season’s three most important nights: Christmas, New Year’s Eve and the arrival of the Three Kings. This Christmas, it is nature that takes centre stage at Casa Vicens. We wanted to pay tribute to the idea … Read more

08/08/2019

Gràcia

The Festivals of Gràcia are back!

Casa Vicens is once again celebrating the Festivals of Gràcia. This year, the second since the house-museum opened its doors to the public, we are offering discounts and activities in the decorated streets for all kinds of people. We want to bring the beauty and uniqueness of the first work by Gaudí to everyone in … Read more

25/06/2019

Water is running again in the fountain at Casa Vicens

· Water was a key element in the design of the first house by Antoni Gaudí. Originally, the architect conceived a waterfall in front of the main façade, a fountain in the entrance and a fountain on the covered porch. · The laborious efforts to restore the water system of the covered porch’s fountain regales … Read more

20/03/2019

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#LaCasaPerATothom, Casa Vicens’s first act of CSR with the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation

Thursday, 21 March is World Down Syndrome Day. Although these people’s participation in society is being seen as more normal every day, we still need to give visibility to their real inclusion. This is why we at Casa Vicens began our Corporate Social Responsibility programme with #LaCasaPerATothom (The Casa [House] for Everyone), which donates 20% of the … Read more